Another Day Stronger: Timmothy turns 9 today!!!

Wow!!! Where has the time gone???? It seems like it was yesterday that I was in the hospital delivering him. On June 2, 2003 I was admitted to the labor & delivery to start my induction. At about 8am on the 3rd they came in and broke my waters. There was meconium in it. So in came the nicu team to wait for his arrival. I received 3 different epidurals, yup go me, the first 2 didn't work. Around 5 I started to push. Timmothy was born at 9:28pm. He was what they call an assisted vaginal delivery. The doctor ended up having to use the "vacume" to help him out as he had gotten stuck in my pelvis. So here he was, welcomed into the world, the only problem was he wasn't crying and he was purple in color. After much suctioning and stimulation and O2 he finally cried and I was able to hold him for a few moments before they took him to the nicu for observation. I woke up about 4 hours later in my room and asked that they bring him to me and with me is where he stayed for the rest of our stay. Flash forward 9 years and I have a healthy, bright, extremely energetic boy! He never ceases to amaze me. He is definitely his mothers child, lol. He is starting to outgrow the whole Mom I need you for everything. He is becoming so independent and loves to hang out at his friends house verses our house. Now I would say I am sorry for the picture overload, but I am not. Here is Timmothy though the years :)