Happy Birthday, Baby Boy

I cannot believe today is Corey's first birthday. What a joyful year it has been. I really believe the first year of a child's life is blissful exhaustion for the parents.

Here are a few things about our baby boy:
- He says mama, dada, ca (for carley), Hi, yeah, duck, quack, nana, ma (more) , wawa (water), baba(bottle)
- He loves to point (nickname is Pointer)
- He loves books and his favorite is Bedtime Wish for Little Fish. He also loves Moo Baa Lala and Mirror Me
- He can take a couple of steps at a time. He still mostly crawls.
- He goes to almost anyone.
- He always cries at drop off for Bible Class and Daycare, but stops crying as soon as we are out of the room.
- He would rather put himself to sleep then be rocked all the way to sleep.
- He loves his paci with the frog on it.
- He has 7 HUGE teeth :)
- He loves baths in the kitchen sink.
- He has bad allergies and has had several ear infections in his little life and even had tubes at 6 months.
- He can clap his hands and loves to sing "If you are happy and you know it"
- He kisses Jesus in his Bible.
- He adores his sister and thinks she is the funniest thing ever!

Corey Wayne Nelson - We loved you before we knew you. Every parent knows their child is a gift from God and every parent knows that their child's life is in God's timing. Because you took longer to get here than we wanted, because we weren't sure if we would ever have a second child, because God's timing was not our own, and because of His Great Love for us, we feel this profoundly when we look at you. Dad and I know you are a miracle and you are our blessing. God gave you to us to teach us more about His love. For me, you are a physical manifestation of God's faithfulness. May you always live your life in a way that shows you are chosen by God and your life reflect the love that was shown to us. Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy. We love you!

1st birthday pictures coming soon!