Happy Birthday Wyatt!!!!

Wyatt's birthday was Tuesday...and he is now 5! How does that happen??? I can't believe I have a 5 year old!

Let me tell you a little about Wyatt (this is the short version). He was born 10 months after we got married. When he was born he was not breathing. They had to "bag" him to give him oxygen, but he still couldn't get enough on his own. Jesse helped keep oxygen on him, but if you took it away, he would turn blue. Anyway, I he was born at home, so we had to transport to the local hospital. After being at this particular hospital for a few hours it became apparent that they could not keep him alive. So, they called the lifebird helicopter and Jesse and Wyatt headed North to the "big city". I went back home to get a few things, then my dad drove me to the hospital (about 2 hours away). There were moments we did not know if he would live or not. But we had many, many people praying for him. I talked to every doctor in the NICU and they all said that had he been born in the hospital, the exact same thing would have happened. They were all impressed with my midwife. Many times you do run into problems with midwives with no medical background etc. But how reassuring to know she did everything perfect! Anyway, here he is in the hospital. So tiny, with needles and tubes everywhere. He ended up staying in the hospital for 10 days. Our first Christmas was spent in the hospital with our sweet baby boy.

Monday night was really sweet. I asked for a hug before bed. My last hug from my 4 year old. He looked a little sad and gave me an extra long hug! Then he told me that he would give me a huge hug in the morning from my 5 year old, and it might be an even bigger one!!!

Here are all the kids with Grandma Marcy

And with Great Grandma Rita