Clay's 1st Birthday!

Clay turned 1 on New Year's Eve...quite a day for a birthday. He has had a tough year, but he came through it with flying colors. He was born 4 weeks early and was in the NICU for a week before he could come home. Then he had severe acid reflux which made him cry and throw up pretty much all day and night...for months. He finally started sleeping through the nights on a somewhat regular basis in May, and he stopped crying and throwing up during the day in October. He stayed on his meds until November, and now he is a happy and healthy little boy.

He has just started saying "Uh Oh!" and when he plays with cars he makes a car sound. He smiles and laughs all of the time now. He is very close to mastering the stairs. He LOVES his siblings and chases them as fast as his little crawl will take him. He just figured out how to walk with a toy walker/scooter and he is almost ready to start walking on his own. He has 2 teeth and a few more almost ready to break through. He also just got his first haircut and he looks so grown up! I can't believe my last baby is already 1. This year has been a tough one, but I am happy to have my little boy, and would do it all over again just to have his happy little spirit in our home.