Last year at this time I was probably standing alongside Caden has he received his first exam in the Hospital Babyward. He was born at 11:24am, just over 1 year and hour and half hours ago.
That was an amazing day and emotional hours prior to his delivery. It was a sunny fall type day for California, bright sun and a breeze with just the right chill. We were in that room for what felt like days on end. In the end I walked away with a healthy new Mom and son and I couldn't have asked for anything else in life. I was all smiles from ear to ear walking on cloud nine.
Caden has come along way from that 7lbs and 21" as today he weighs in around 24lbs and is well over 30" tall. Well above the 80 percentile for his young age. He now uses sign language to communicate with us (more and all-done) along with pronouncing words such as "Mamma", "Daaaaad" and "up".
Catherine and I have seen some tough days in the past trying to adapt to the new life style and we have seen some truly beautiful days of bliss. All in all we have worked together to make it past those tough times and have learned more of and about each other.
Would we do it again? Hell yes! :)
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