Brayden turns the big 2!!!

I can hardly believe that my baby boy is two years old. It seems like yesterday, I was standing in front of the fridge packing my lunch for school and feeling a gush of liquid, as my water broke almost one month early!! That began an exciting yet scary birth adventure. Brayden was born at 5:02pm and came out screaming! It is the best sound ever. Shortly after the Dr.'s started to notice that he was struggling with his breathing. Before long they had decided that he needed to be admitted to the NICU. Words cannot express the helpless feeling that you have seeing your tiny bundle of joy being hooked up to tiny tubes and not being able to do a darn thing! After almost two long weeks, a collapsed lung, a central line, and many chest x-rays Brayden was able to join Todd, Jillian, and me at home. What an exciting day that was. At that point we thought that worst was behind us. Little did we know that two weeks later he would be back in the hospital to have a laproscopic surgery that had nothing to do with any of his breathing issues! This was only a short stay, soon he was home with us for good.

It is amazing to look at him now! He is beautiful little boy

that is full of

life. He loves to run, jump, and play with anything that

has wheels. He has such a fun laid back personality. We had a

three day celebration starting with his birthday, February 25th. Todd and I both had to work that day so Jillian and Brayden spent the day with "Umma" Margaret. When we got to Grandma's house at 7:00am. She had hung balloons and had a wrap

ped gift for him to open. She is so amazing! When I returned open we had dinner and birthday cake made by Jillian and Grandma. The second celebration was a BBQ with family and a few friends. Brayden was so excited to play with the kids and loved his homemade dump truck cake made by "Umma" Linda. It was a fa

ntastic night filled with food, fun, and lots of new

trucks, trains, and motorcycles! The last day of the three day celebration took place at the local Pump it Up. Brayden, Jillian, Todd, Margaret, and I spent the morning: jumping, sliding, climbing and laughing. It was so fun to see the look on the kids faces as

they slide down the huge inflatable slide. The day ended with bean burritos on the patio at one of favorite restaurants.

I love these moments and can't wait for the years to come! Although I would like it to slow down just a little! :)