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| Brand new- don't know what was up with the date except that it was accidentally turned-on. Dates on pictures make me CRAZY! Rest assured, this was 09/20/2008 |
Even still, I get all sorts of emotional when I think about Asher's first week. He was 5 weeks early, delivered after I got really sick. No one really seemed to think anything was going to be a huge problem, since at that time, he was already measuring via ultrasound at 7+ pounds and I had been taking good care of him ;-) He had severe lung disease and respiratory distress syndrome and I did not even get to see him for more than a minute before he was evacuated to the UVa NICU. The first time I saw him, I was just so scared. He was breathing close to 200 shallow breaths per minute and had to be ventilated. All the while, Valerie still had school, I was trying to recover from a C-section and a pretty ugly bout with my liver AND Mary Baldwin was calling daily to see if I was coming back soon. That was insane. The entire first year was, actually, but the second year has been much better.
We love Asher so much, he is a BUSY BOY, but we love it. He keeps us busy too, makes us friends where ever we go and he is so adorable. We all love Asher so much. He is really lucky that Valerie is so much older, he has allll sorts of teenager giving him hugs and kisses and swinging him around all the time. We love our guy so much.
Enjoy some photos- mostly from the last year
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| Asher in the NICU with CPAP. He had his eyes closed for 5 days straight, his body was using so much energy just breathing, that he slept... and did not sleep after that for about a year. I kid not. |
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| Itsy-bitsy boy always making the funny faces |
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| Thirteen Months! Look at that baldy |
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| Visiting right after Taylor was born- barely 12 months |
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| 15 months |
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| Nakey baby in Jennifer and Michael's yard |
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| First birthday cake |
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| October 2009, on the way to see family in DC |
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| Winter 2010 |
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| More winter 2010 |
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| Christmas 2010 |
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| Valerie's outfit she picked out for Asher |
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| SECOND ER visit as a one year old. This one was compliments of Valerie's careless friend. |
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| BOOTS! |
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| ALWAYS trying to escape from church |
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| Going with daddy to therapy |
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| The culprit of ER visit #1- earbud metal mesh |
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| This resulted in a trip back to UVA for emergency retrieval down the esophagus. |
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| Looking at airplanes |
We love you, Asher!! We hope to help make this an awesome year to be two!
7 comments:
Happy Birthday Asher! Smooches from Katie! :)
Very cute, happy birthday Asher. I love that the first 2 pics he looks so different, but has a very similar look on his face. Too cute!!
happy birthday you precious little man!!! we are all so glad that you are part of our lives... you will never know how much you have touched my heart little man!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!
happy birthday big boy!!!
Asher, we are so so lucky that you are with us. We love you and loved seeing you earlier this month. We hope your birthday was wonderful. From the looks of the photos, it was a red letter day. love from grandma and grandpa
I LOVE those faces and sure wish I could kiss those cheeks!
I love the chronological pictures! You've come a long way Asher! Happy Birthday!
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