happy 1st birthday!!!!!

all i can say is WOW...time really does fly by. i cannot believe my little guy is a year old. all day saturday i kept thinking about where we were in the "labor" process at certain times during the day...i remember feeling like that whole process was so surreal. i found more inner-strength than i ever knew i had, and in the end i was given the most perfect gift.

my wish for you on your first birthday, jack, is that you always follow your dreams and realize that you can accomplish anything that you are truly passionate about. i love you with all of my heart!

so in honor of the little guy's 1st birthday, i thought it only fitting that i show "then & now" pictures, hard to believe he was ever that small!

he's finally here! about 2 hours old.

getting ready to leave the hospital

loving being the center of attention...ya'll are singing for me!?

mmmm...cake:)