Leland is 1!

So the big day came up on us fast. I can't believe my little boy is one. His party was fun. This is the only picture I got of the 3 of them together that was somewhat close to everyone looking at the camera.

Leland finally has some boy toys. A garbage truck and race car track made the day AWESOME.



The children were chanting Leland Leland over and over he felt like a super star



there were 6 children crammed in this little house.


My favorite is the leg sticking out the window :)

3 Generations of fun

We missed Walt for our 4 generation picture. Grandma Belva is always the life of the party.

He wasn't sure what was going to happen

These are the cakes. I made a International 1066 tractor Lee helped with the detail work on it. Shannon suggested the haystack personal cake for the Birthday boy.

Kind or looks like a jeep but I tried. Next time I would trim the back down.

The rear with the PTO this was a lee addition

He ate the whole personal cake it was amazing

Now we will get a little more sentimental

It is hard to believe that this little boy had such a hard year. Longest labor in the family.

Our longest Jaundice baby.

Lets not leave out the lovely RSV

The poor skin problem that had people asking me if his face was burned (I still thought he was GORGEOUS!)

But through it all we grew as a family and realized we could do anything together.

We survived more blood work than I can remember (lily only cried 2 times when they hurt her brother) 2 specialists and 8 trips to Hershey, and failure to thrive diagnosis. My boy is strong and through it all he proved to everyone out there that he can do anything, and lately eat anything that is put before him. I have learned so much about how strong we are as a family. I also have learned that I am an AWESOME mother and Lee is an amazing Dad. He was always willing to help with breathing treatments even though Leland would cry and so would Lee. I hauled 3 children around as a new mom and did it with a smile. Even when things got rough I knew that I was strong enough to handle whatever was thrown my way. These are the things that Leland taught me this first year.

Thanks Little Chuck :)

At his 1 year checkup we were given the all is good diagnosis. His head is still big but not scary big. His blood work is good. He weighs 21 pounds (25% from no % in 6 months) his height jumped from 5% to 15%. He is developmentally on track and gaining speed. As the doctor left the room I teared up. I felt such relief, our baby is HEALTHY.