Side by Side..Year by Year..

I sit here tonight staring at him..just like I did one year ago. Basking in the beauty of a child I helped create. A child that we longed for yet didnt know we needed until he completed us. I wont lie and say the last 365 days have been easy, they at times have been more than difficult. At times I questioned by ability to be a mom, something I had always wanted to be...sometimes I questioned if I had made the right choice in having a third baby.

Thoughts like that are washed away with each giggle..each slobbering kiss and infectious grin. Brennen is absolutely the missing piece to our family puzzle. He has made us stronger as a family, knowing that at times it will take each of us working together just to make it through the day. It has taught us that our love for each other runs deeper than we ever really imagined. Brennen gave Ethan a role of big brother that he carries out beautifully..he has taught him responsibility, love, commitment, it has brought out a protective yet simply loving trait none of us knew existed. Brennen has softened Dakotas heart..made him more caring, more loving..he has brought out our very best qualities that otherwise may have been hidden forever..

Brennen knows no stranger, and frankly I believe he was put on this earth to bring others together..to make a hardened soul smile through his thick skin. Complete strangers speak of his sweet nature, he is changing human kind one smile, one person at a time.He is completely silly yet totally demanding, the temper of a redhead and the attitude of a bossy diva and we would have him no other way.

Brennen has been spoiled since day one, by not only his parents but by each friend he encounters..he is a completely rotten little boy. It's no wonder he does nothing on his own when he has so many servants tending to his every want and need! We squeeze him and kiss him, love him and cherish him. He will always put a smile on our faces and love in our hearts.

“Sometimes, when only one person is missing, and the whole world seems desolated.”

Happy One Year- continue to amaze us!
Always and Forever,
Mom