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One year ago today The Man and I came home with #6.  His birth was not like any of our other kids.  He was 8 weeks early and weighed a little over 4lbs.  If you've never had a child in the NICU, you probably don't realize you have to be "tested" to see if you know how to take care of your baby before you bring it home.  I wrote about that HERE.

The day they cut this band.. I wanted to cry.. I wanted to scream and do a jig.  (I didn't because I thought they'd keep me there if I did.)

Here's #4 and #6 the day he came home. 

You should know that #4 isn't bank robber, he just had a cold that day.

Here they are today..

He was 4lbs 3 ounces and 16" long when he was born.  He's 22lbs and 31" long one year later.  He went from wearing preemie clothes to wearing 18 month clothes.  How blessed are we?

Pretty blessed.

Today's Pinterest Photo Challenge is a favorite photo of myself.  I don't really think I have that many favorite photos, but here are a couple of my favorite.

This is the one of the only photos I have of myself when I was little. It's one of my favorites because I think it looks a lot like my kids.

Here's a couple of my runner ups.

The Man and me

A blurry photo of #1 and I laughing.

#6 when he was just 5 days old.

This photo takes me back to the day I checked out of the hospital.. but had to leave my little muffin there.

This photo is just a months later  when he was home in my arms.

**if you are one of my children and you are reading this.. just know I have a photo of us together.. but I'm trying to switch my computer over to a new one.. and I can't find anything.  Love .. Your Mother

Today's Pinterest photo challenge is a picture of TIME.  I was thinking I would take a photo of my favorite clock in the house.. and realized I hadn't hung it up like I thought I had…(it needs a new battery).  Then I thought I could take a photo of time in my house,  but I was in my car most of the day…..

So I took a photo of time on my car stereo.  That little "badge" thing is from last years WordCamp (WordPress conference) and it hangs on my mirror.  Not the exciting photo(s) I had planned.

Antique German Carved Wood Monkey Clock

Check out this really cool time keeper: HERE  Sold for $9950.00

Last Wednesday evening #2 told me he was in serious pain.  I thought he had indigestion.. We gave him the typical stuff. 

It didn't help.

About 1:00am he told me the pain was much worse, so I took him to the hospital.  When we got there he was given an EKG, and X-Ray. Once it was all said and done, he was diagnosed with severe acid reflux.

See that little sticker? It's from his EKG.

He didn't want to pull it off. 

So I did    I'm happy to report he's doing well a week later.