now if that isn't a golden birthday, i don't know what is!
my first born is two as of yesterday. does it get easier as they get older or is it just as hard to watch them grow? - it happens too fast. i have to remind myself that every new stage has its new joys.
i remember the night my water broke like it happened last night. there were two minutes left in the super bowl and honey told me to hang on as i was calling for him from upstairs. he thought i only needed toilet paper and that i could wait. ; ) we got to the hospital, things progressed quickly, i was 8 cm and then boom... hunter's heart rate dropped. a bajillion medical people rushed in and said an emergency c-section was necessary to save my boy. i cried. i was nervous. i was also excited to meet him. within fifteen minutes i was staring into his crying eyes. i've never been so thankful for c-sections.
and now, a little combination of me and my man walks runs among us. what a gift!
we spent his birthday saying the abc's...
playing with his barn... i never want to forget how he plays...
eating his first ever homemade (egg-free) chocolate chip cookie...
it actually tasted like a normal cookie. i've made several batches before with different recipes and they all were awful. these were keepers. hunter loved them. and so did we. the recipe called for cream cheese instead of eggs. here it is, for all you anti-egg eaters out there ~
Ultimate Egg Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
adapted from food.com
Ingredients
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup butter at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 375ºF. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large mixer bowl, cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla. Gradually blend dry mixture into butter/sugar mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop heaping tablespoons (I use a 18/8 cookie scoop) onto ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375ºF for 9 to 11 minutes, or until golden brown.
back to the birthday day~
my mom and siblings stopped by to bring hunter balloons and meanwhile they loved on sagey poo, too.
sage and grandma
sage and aunt melanie
it was a laid back birthday of cherishing the little moments. it's the tiny blessings of life's everyday's that mean the most.
hunter babe, your dad and mom cherish you! we praise God for the gift of your life. you were fearfully and wonderfully made. it is our desire that one day you will be able to proclaim this Psalm ~
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
(Psalm 139:14 ESV)
41 {comments}:
precious baby boy!!!
sending birthday blessings your way-
xo
Yay! Happy Birthday Hunter! Looks like ya'll had a great day. I love days like that...simple but oh so special!
Such a wonderful post!
Beautiful little boy.
With Benjamin, he was in distress during labor too. It was so scary. I pushed for 2.5 hours and they said with his heartrate dropping I would need an emergency c section but I guess I was able to push him out in the last possible second. He was sunny-side up! No wonder he took so long to get out.
It was the worst feeling in the world, seeing the panic on the nurses faces as they were trying not to look panicked, but called for the doctor to come right away.
That was a hard birth!
So glad you have a healthy, beautiful boy :)
Look at that Strawberry Blonde hair! He is just so precious! Oh and yup it stays hard LOL BUT it is the Hardest job we will ever love....and there are more good moments then bad....I thought the 4's would be easier and we are four mths into them and wow....LOL
OK soooo what a great birthday and a great idea to let him pick his whole day! I love the ABC cards in his room and all the things he picked out to play! The cookies do sound good, who would have thought sour cream in cookies how fun!
Your mom and sister are so cute!
I love that bible verse "you are fearfully and wonderfully made" When Kelcee was born she was born in the evening my aunt brought her a book "On the night you were born" and that bible verse is in it throughout the book and it is one of our favs....
xoxo
Happy Birthday Hunter
Sums
Beautiful, lovely, enjoyable, and awesome post.
I love the picture with the Thomas the Trains in the barn. He's got it right -- you read the books and they go to the station, I mean, barn. :) I've got a couple pictures like that of my little Hannah. Savor these times.
Happy Birthday (a day late) to your handsome Hunter.
And I'm glad you found those egg-free cookies. Finding appropriate foods -- whether egg free or gluten free -- can certainly be challenging. When you find a gem you have to go with it!
Rachel
Happy Birthday Hunter! I love the trains in his farm...boys do have some fun playing:) I'm so glad you found a good cookie recipe. A birthday with no treat would be terrible! When Henry was little he had egg and milk allergies and there was a local bakery that make milk, egg, and nut free cakes...such a lifesaver!
Happy birthday, Hunter!!
sweet sweet birthday boy! aunt melanie is a doll. love that face sprinkled with beautiful freckles:)
Aww, happy birthday sweetie! :)
Happy Birthday to your BEAUTIFUL boy! We have the same barn!
My button is in the drop-down menu in the sidebar, where it says button up. :)
How sweet! Happy Birthday sweet boy! :) Praise God for c-sections... they have saved many precious children and mothers! He is just adorable!!!!
Thanks for the recipe! I'm not supposed to have egg either - so this is great for me!! :)
He's such a cutie! Glad ya'll had such a wonderful day!
Awww....I loved this post, Carissa! Happy happy 2nd birthday, Hunter!! What a little sweetheart! I'm exactly the same as you...just clinging to every little bit of "littleness" that I can. I am not good at letting them grow up too fast :( You are such an amazing momma! xo
you have such a beautiful family! :)
blessings!
Precious pictures. I love when you can see true happiness through the lens:)
<3 hugs!
Hey girl thanks for your sweet comment I heart you :)
Feb. 7 Post a silly picture of someone you LOVE!! Something really funny that cracks you up!!
I love a good laugh and silly pics so I thought that one would be fun :)
I put a list on my blog yesterday of all the themes it is under todays post I was a little late putting it up hahahah
xoxo
Sums
The theme for monday is a really easy one LOL
Such a cutie! Cherishing is so important. It all goes by too fast.
Lovin' the Fisher Price barn. Boy, they have come a long way since my girls had theirs and especially since I had mine. My people had wooden bodies with perfectly small round heads. Sometimes change is a blessing.
Love on those cutie pies and cherish their days!
Happy 2nd to Hunter and his mommy~
Happy Belated Birthday Hunter!! You have such a sweet, beautiful family Carissa!
I hope his day was fabulous. :)
Happy Birthday to your little man.....such sweet memories
Happy Birthday, Hunter! It's amazing how fast they grow! So thankful that blogging makes it easy to capture all the little moments of their lives!
Awww...Happy Birthday sweet Hunter!
i think it's both hard to watch them grow and it gets harder as they grow... if that is even possible. i know that already having a toddler makes me relish in the new baby moments so much more with Connor than i ever did with Brayden. and that makes me kind of sad.
Amein! Such a sweet day, looks like. Blessings to you and your family.
Love,
Nat
Two year~olds are FABULOUS! I hope you begin to delight in the new joys of this fun age very soon!
Oh, & thanks for making me feel like I need to eat chocolate chip cookies. Right. Now. : )
Happy birthday Hunter! xo
Yes, Carissa, each age brings it's joys (and sorrows) but it's all fun. I wouldn't trade any stage that ours went through.
Hunter is just precious. He's just 4 mos. younger than our Grandson. We haven't found the "2's" to be that difficult just yet. :o)
Sweet blessings to you!
what a preciouss boy! i just love love love his pinchable looking cheeks! i'm glad his birthday was wonderful :))
Just love when you post pictures of your children. They were all so precious. It looks like Sage's hair has grown since we were out for the holidays. Cute of my daughter and her granddaughter too. Fun to see Mel. Where was Andrew?
So sweet!! :)
What an amazing day...full of such blessings:)
so many of your post bring tears to my eyes. hearing you remember "that" night, made me remember mine, and that makes me cry tears of joy. what a precious little man you have - please give him a birthday hug from team us:)
happy birthday hunter! looks like you have a mommy and daddy that loves you very much... :)
Sarah-Anne
What a wonderful and sweet blog post. Happy B-day to Hunter! They do grow fast, but the memories last a lifetime! You are doing a good job of cherishing and recording the moments!
My kids are 15 and 11 and I drive them nuts with all my stories of when they were younger! I love the bible quotation at the end and "we and fearfully and wonderfully made".
I found you on the Weekend Wanderer blog hop! Hope you have time to check out my blog!
Much happiness to you and your family! :)
Cherie
What a gift. Such a precious boy. He is adorable... such a sweetie! The cookies look so yummy. :) Happy Birthday Hunter!
happy birthday to your little man! Looks likes such a blessing of a birthday!
I am in love with those little fingers wrapped around the cookie. He is just so sweet. I hope he has a wonderful 3rd year.
Oh and Melanie and those freckles :) She is gorgeous!
This post brought tears to my eyes--so sweet! Happy birthday to your little man!
Happy Birthday to Hunter!! It's so sad how quickly time goes by but as you point out each stage has its new joys. It really does get more and more fun (although, I will always miss holding them while they were sleeping as babies!).
Your mom and sister are beauties!!
happy birthday to your sweet little man!
there's nothing like a medical emergency with a child involved to make you stop, count your blessings, and give thanks that we have the care available that we do. thank God for modern medicine and access to it.
happy, happy day.
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