Happy Birthday to MJ!

I've been looking forward to celebrating this day for awhile now. I vividly remember last year on March 9th, Mat and I saying to each other that we couldn't ever imagine March 9th being a happy day for us and just how sad that made us feel. While I think the memory of the fear of that day will always be there, I'm soooo pleased to say that we've turned this March 9th into a happy day! Seeing our baby boy toddle around laughing, smearing cake all over himself, and playing with new toys just reminds us how far we've come. Can you believe that just one year ago MJ was lying in a NICU on a ventilator, Mat was at a hotel with my brother trying to get a few hours of sleep, and I was alone at the hospital lying awake wondering how my baby was. Our brand new family was all separated and devastated. Now tonight, after spending lots of time with our little guy, MJ lies upstairs sleeping peacefully, Mat is watching tv, and I am here blogging. God is sooo good! We are so incredibly thankful for our precious miracle.

We've had lots of birthday fun over the past few days. Many more pics and videos to come, but I wanted to share a couple favorite videos from today. The first is Mat going in to get MJ out of bed this morning:




The next video is us finishing up MJ's birthday dinner with him. I made spaghetti and meatballs and cupcakes. He got nice and messy and then had a bath afterwards. Hopefully you can hear these two videos; the volume wasn't the best. Pardon our horrible singing skills. ;)