Miracle

{Baby Hefter | 12.01.09}

It's hard to believe that a year ago this little dude had been growing for only about 8 weeks and in that short period of time, he turned our world upside down. 

Uriah and I laid in bed those first weeks, with our secret between us, and imagined the little bean baby that we couldn't feel.  Who was he going to look like?  What he would act like?  Would he have dark hair like Uriah or be a blondie like me?  What color eyes would he have?  Would he have our (dry and inappropriate) sense of humor?  Would he be OCD like me or laid back like Uriah?  Would he be tall or short?  Uriah's metabolism or (God forbid) mine?  Would we be able to teach him to love to read as much as we do?  When would he start moving around?  Will he like us? 

Mostly, though, we were content to revel in the fact that nobody knew, except the two of us, that we were going to have a baby...and for a little bit, he was exclusively ours.

{Finn | 12.1.10}

Isn't it incredible what a year can do?