The Morris Family: One Eventful Year...

Dear Sweet Baby Lincoln,

One year ago, at this very moment, I was giving you your first bottle. Just me, you, and daddy making our first "family" memories. You were born at 2:55pm weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. You had the most bruised little face (they told me from a very fast descent) and the combination of skin color and dark curly hair nearly confused our sweet nurse. You didn't look like you came from us!! Regardless, you were the most beautiful baby I had ever seen (and I dont think ANY babies are cute!!). It wasn't until probably six months into your life that I looked back at pictures and said, "Oh, my! His little face WAS purple!" I was that starstruck by you! You were delivered by Dr. Cave being as Dr. Foster was out of town that day. You had to come a couple weeks early due to the fact that my blood pressure was not agreeing with me!

(About 30 seconds old!)

One Proud mom and dad!

Just a few hours old here. First bath.

It wasn't but a few days and you were all pink (with a touch of yellow, thank you jaundice!!) and just as adorable as you could possibly be. I remember thinking while I was pregnant, "what in the world am I going to do with a baby?" I've never really been around kids, and wasn't sure I'd knew what to do with one - especially such a tiny one!! But I have to say that once you got here, it felt like you had always been here! You've been better than I could have ever asked for a baby to be. You've slept through the night since you were 3-4 weeks old, you're rarely sick (knock on wood), and even when you are a little puny, you still have that hilarious laugh that is so highly contagious! You've always eaten well (a little too well according to the Dr) and your measurements have always been perfect! You have hung in there around 75% weight and 95% height since you were two weeks old. Now that you're a little bigger, you'll eat ANYTHING we give you! Thank goodness you aren't a picky baby, cause we'd really be in trouble! And we got rid of the bottles so easily. You still have one in the morning, but I guess we'll get rid of it this week (I just couldn't bear to do it on your birthday!).

One week old here...

Three weeks old

As you grew, so did your mommy's heart. Everyone always told me that you'll never know true love till you have a child, and honestly, I thought it was just one of those things parents were "supposed" to say. You know what? It's so not... There is no way to describe the love that I have for you! Even when you are into everything, fussy, teething, whatever - I still just want to hold you and kiss you all over! You give me that little, "you can't be mad at me" grin and it works!
So I guess since your first word was "daddy" - I love you enought that I'll let it slide! Besides, we all know you are mommy's baby...

Three months old.

3 months

You are now cruising around everything and pushing anything that will move (including chairs, laundry baskets, etc). You babble your own little language, and have started to really imitate the things you hear. You can say a few words pretty clearly though!! "Mama" "Dada" "Moose" "baba" and "bawoo" (balloon) are some common ones. But you imitate any noise we make! And you LOVE to give big ole open-mouth kisses. You're pretty free with those kisses! And you wave bye-bye to everyone. Especially after they've already left. Or when they are pulling away in a car. And you always wave bye-bye to daddy when you're on your way up to bed. You are just so sweet - and I wonder what in the world I ever did without you!

6 Months old

6 months

Exactly 9 months old!

9 months

Little Mr. Lincoln, we are SSOOOOOO blessed to have you... I wonder everyday what in the world I could have done to deserve such a precious, perfect baby. I love you so much (and so does your daddy!). Happy First Birthday baby boy!