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Crazy First Year

Since we just started this blog there is alot I would have put on our blog had we had one. So here are a few of my favorite photos of our first year together with Ben. I was quite an adventure being a new mom and trying to figure things out. Ben was a natural born comedian. I swear I have never laughed so much in my whole life as I have since he was born. He is quite a fighter. He had 2 surgeries his first year. One at three months and one a month before he turned one. He has opened up my eyes and made me see the world in a new way and made me appreciate things I never thought twice about before. Like these squirrels that live in our back yard. he loves to stand on the back of our couch and watch them run around and chase each other. He gets so excited to see them. He calls them "mouse" because squirrel is a little hard to say. He has been very independant from day one (he gets that from his dad). He crawled at six months and walked at nine (hit the ground running and never, ever stops). He is stubborn and never gives up. He is kind- of obsessive compulsive (he gets that from me) and knows exactly what he wants and if you don't get it for him he will get it himself. But in between all the running around and crazyiness he has these brief moments that he is so sweet and kind. I soak them up because they are few and far in between but thats makes me appreciate them more. He is a momma's boy but there is a special relationship he has with Logan. I think he is a perfect mixture of both of us! He is such a handsome boy and we had an amazing first year. Sorry, there are a lot of photos! There are to many cute ones to choose from!

This was his first halloween and no costumes fit him very well except this one!
He always looked funny in the car seat because he was so small. At the hospital he had to sit in the car seat and they checked his breathing and stuff while he sat in it to make sure he would be ok in it because he was under weight for him to be in it.

He has loved baths and water since the beginning!

He wore preemie cloths until he was 3 months old and has always been a size behind. Even now.

His first Christmas.

He didn't like the snow very much.

He love hats!

He has the cutest baby feet in the whole world!

Benson Daniel Cutts joined the world March 27th, 2007

Benson Daniel Cutts joined our family on March 27th, 2007. He came a month early due to PIH. The pregnancy went well until the end. I had to be induced and right before he came out it got a little scary. His heart rate kept dropping when I pushed but we were in excellent hands and we both got through it. He weighed 4 lbs 11 oz. He was so tiny. They took him straight to the NICU and cleaned out his lungs and he was suppose to stay there but he ended up doing just fine so they watched there for awhile and then they brought him to me. That was the most surreal miment of my entire life. He was ours, our child. I was so scared out of mind and I had no idea how to take care of this little baby. I can't believe how far we have come. Anyway, he was in the 3rd percentile in both height and weight. He has bumped up to the 5th percentile and has stayed there. He is has been super healthy other than 2 surgeries. He had a right inguinal hernia repair when he was 3 months old and a left inguinal hernia right before he turned one. He did well with both of them. He is the love of our lives! We are so lucky and glad to have him.

This picture really shows how teeny he was.

He wore preemie clothes and they still were super huge on him!