Yesterday was Xyler's birthday! It was a great day to celebrate him turning 1! One year ago I gave birth to a handsome baby boy whom we thought was healthy. It was my easiest labor and delivery. 2 small pushes and he was out, but my dr says technically it was one because he was holding Xyler back because he wasn't ready to catch him yet. :) Xyler had the cord wrapped around his neck twice and was really purple and having a hard time breathing. He seemed fine after he was cleaned up. 7 hours later we watched as life flight took off with our baby boy, not fully understanding what was wrong with his heart and not knowing what his future held or if he even had a future.
Now look at him! He is 1 and doing so well! He will pull himself up now and walk and is super speedy at crawling. He likes to get into the dog dish and toss the food everywhere. This boy is super busy now and gets into whatever he can. I think he is making up for all of those months that he didn't have the strength to do much before his second surgery. Now, you would never know that he was born with a CHD and has had two OHS's. He is my hero. I have learned so much this year from our experience with Xyler and what he has gone through. I learn things from each of my children as they grow since they are all different, but with Xyler it was a lot in one year. I have learned more about love, faith, enduring, and trusting. I have also learned more about the heart than I can remember learning in physiology, or maybe I should say I paid more attention this time when learning about it. So many other things but I won't go into them.
We are truly blessed to have Xyler in our family. He is such a fun, sweet boy. We all love him so much! It was a great day yesterday and I can't wait for more of his birthdays to celebrate.
We got Xyler a heart cake to celebrate his birthday and his heart.
As you can see he was loving the cake. :)
I love it when he pulls this face! So cute!
Xavian seems to think that Xyler's new toys are his. When I give it to Xyler to play with Xavian get's mad and says "Mine".
Another of him eating his yummy cake.
He was having fun trying to grab the whole cake. It was a great day! :)
