Happy Birthday Kynlie

Kynlie Faith,
I can't believe I am writing your first birthday post today. You have defied all the odds and proved to everyone that miracles DO happen.
You have been through more in your short life than more will go through in a lifetime, chest tube, pneumonia, picc lines, iv's, vent tubes, feeding tubes, experimental injections in your eyes, laser eye surgery, needle pokes and daily doctor visits. You spent 115 days in the NICU and got to join us at home two days before your due date.
Every day, you amaze me more and more with the things you are learning. Even when you are crying, I am so glad that you can because that means your lungs are healthy. Your eyes are great, your lungs are great, everything about you is amazing.
You are SO close to crawling, you rock back and forth on your hands and knees, turn around, you just haven't figured out that you can be mobile, but when you do, watch out! You roll and scoot to get wherever you need. You are very good with your hands, everything you get them on goes directly to your mouth.
You blab all day long, I wake up in the morning to da da da.  I know you don't really know what you are saying yet, you know I am mama! You also like to squeal- a lot! You have started putting your arms out to me when you want me to pick you up and it just melts my heart.
You have the most adorable toothy smile (4 on top and 2 on bottom) and you still love to scrunch your nose up when you are smiling.
You love your fuzzy sheets I found for you so now you snuggle with them and your soft blankies. You usually sleep all night, but sometimes you like to see me at 3am!
You love bath time and love to hoard all your bath toys. You get them all in your arms and just hold them, usually with one in your mouth.
You loved your first birthday cupcake, but I think you will eat anything, including the pumpkin guts you tried eating earlier tonight! You are really good at feeding yourself and you love your snacks. You also do pretty good with your trainer spoon feeding yourself.
You still don't have very much hair, but you have one really long one on the top of your head. What you do have is blonde and straight. You still wear a lot of 3-6 month clothes but need mostly 6-9 month for lenght. You did wear some 0-3 month pants to the fall festival and everyone kep trying to pull them down because they were too short.  You are still in size 1 diapers, and still don't have many shoes that fit because your feet are so long and skinny.
You love kids and dogs and can't concentrate on anything if they are around.
You have stole mine and your daddy's heart, and I think probably quite a few others too!
Happy First Birthday Kynlie Faith!!! Mommy and Daddy love you SOOOO much.

Mommy made you a farm birthday cake

 

Waiting for your cupcake, holding on to your balloon



Mmmm, that cupcake was great!! Didn't feel good in the eyes though!

Who cares about what the present is, the ribbon is all I need

What is this stuff?

Goin all in!

Great job carving daddy, it taste's great!

Kynlie and her first Jack-o-lantern on her first birthday.