Happy Birthday, JRM!

Jonathan,
 Happy 1^st Birthday!  You have been through a ton in your first year of life.  God has blessed us tremendously with your birth and life.  It was a scary/stressful time with the two, week long hospital stays and numerous follow up doctor appointments.  Your mother did a wonderful job managing and tracking your progress to ensure you had the best care and recovered quickly.  Now a year later, you are looking strong, happy and healthy.  You eat everything we put in front of you; you must be making up for all that time you were on a feeding tube.

 I look forward to watching you learn to walk, talk and keep up with your big brother. You two get along very well.  I thank God for giving you to us and pray that your mom and I can be good parents to you and that Thompson can be a good brother to you.

I love you,

Daddy

Dear Jonathan,

You have come so far this year:

·         You are crawling fast

·         You are pulling up on everything.

·         You smile a lot

·         You love your momma (which thrills me to no end).

·          You already look up to your big brother and try and copy him.

·          You are a fantastic sleeper!

·         You babble and say “Dada”, “Nana” (banana), “Baba” (ball, brother, not sure what else??)

·         You have six teeth and working on some more

·         You love to eat pretty much anything

·         You love your little giraffe blanket from T-lo and to suck your thumb only with the blanket

·         You get excited when daddy comes home

Jonathan, your dad and I had no idea how fitting your name would be. You truly are our gift from God. We are thankful for His mercy in healing you and we pray we can parent you in a Godly way.  Happy first birthday precious baby boy!  
I love you so much and you are a delight, Mommy

NICU

CHOA for your CLE