Sunday, June 1, 2008

B Is For...

BIRTHDAY

This post continues my "ABC's of blogging" project.
Kyle's First Birthday was such a special milestone and we really had a fun celebration. My parents came to STL for the festivities. We began a tradition that year of going to the zoo. Kyle's actual birthday is October 5th so the weather is typically nice and it is our last zoo outing for the season.

When Kyle was in the NICU, Hayden was Kyle's neighbor for the majority of his journey. They were born one day apart and spent the same number of days in the hospital. I became good friends with Hayden's mom, Angie, and we have kept in touch since. We decided to have a double 1st birthday party for the two "little miracles". The party was held at a local park and the weather was perfect. It was so much fun and the perfect way to celebrate his first birthday milestone.

Included in the birthday invitations was this cute picture of Kyle and Hayden (shown below) with a sweet saying on the back of the picture. The card read:
No we're not twins.
We're not even related!
BUT we are two little miracles,
born a day apart and months too early!
We laid side by side in our little "boxes"
fighting for our lives for three months!
We have become dear friends and
thought it was only proper
to celebrate our first year of life together.

Picture included in the party invitations.

Mommy and Kyle at the Zoo - Oct. '06

Kyle's 1st Birthday Party

Kyle eating his cake at the party.

Our Little Family at the party.

Kyle's 2nd Birthday was more low key than his first. Instead of having a party, we had a small family celebration. We made our traditional trip to the zoo and had a celebration at home with cake and presents. Kyle's favorite "present" was his balloons. He played with the balloons for a week after his birthday!

The Birthday Prince at the Zoo.

Kyle wearing more of the cake than he ate!

Writing this post sure did bring back many good, fun memories. Time sure does fly...I can't believe he will be 3 in October.

I hope you enjoyed Kyle's birthday journey down memory lane! A is For...

1 comments:

Angie said...

Oh this brought back some really good and sad memory's! Wow I can not believe how big our kids are getting!!! They look so cute in their Birthday picture! It's so hard to remember them at that age! I am so glad that out of Hayden's and our family's hard times during the NICU stay that I met such a wonderful friend! Thanks Lindsey!