Happy 1st Birthday my little scooter bugs!

When you're pregnant, everyone (and I do mean everyone) has a story to tell. But the real story is what's going to happen to you as a person the moment you give birth. Let's be honest, when you're pregnant with your first child you have NO idea what to expect. You learn, quickly and inbetween the stress of being a new mom you grow. I think every day I learn something new, and grow as a person. I watch my son, who I brought into this world, and I think how did he learn so much in one year?! Well he grew, and we taught him. How amazing is it to be able to say that I taught my son. He's taught us too. I now truly understand the meaning of love. And motherhood is the greatest lesson I've ever learned. I'm not perfect and I will never pretend to be perfect, but over the last year a lot of my flaws have melted away. I have patience, I'm kind for no reason, I'm happy because I'm truly deep down inside happy. I'm forgiving and understanding. That's what I've become over the last year because of him. I love him so much that most of the petty stuff in life doesn't matter anymore. If he's healthy and happy than so am I. I could go on and on about how wonderful it is being his mother...but today's about him. And let me tell you, Dawson Lee is a little ball of energy, he's smiling all the time. He rarely cries and over the last year he's learned to smile, roll, crawl, stand, and walk. He talks, he screams, he laughs, he's absolutely a mother's dream, and to me he's perfect.

I almost bought a onsie that said "Mommy was in a world of hurt this time last year..." and you know what I was, but it was worth it. I may have been in pain, but my heart was growing twenty times it's size and I'll never be the same woman I was a year ago. Now I'm a mom and he's my son and it's his birthday and I can't believe he's here and grown to be an entire year old. I can't wait for the next 60 years with him!