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Positive Day

As I look down at my little man napping beside me in his bouncy chair, I think about how it is such a miracle that we now have this amazing tiny person in our lives.  I mean, this little snuggling, smiling, giggling, wiggling bundle of preciousness was created out of a whole lot of love.

Oh, what a wonderful year it has been.

A year ago this morning, it was just another Monday morning.  I was getting ready for work, dreading the double shift I had to complete at the restaurant.  It was a hot and sunny June day and the most exciting thing in my life was the camping trip that we were going on the next day.

I worked my lunch shift and decided I would walk home for the hour or two I had before the dinner shift started.  On the walk to my apartment, I was just another married girl without kids who was working as a waitress.  Deciding to do things like camping trips and going out for dinner with friends and catching a movie with my husband was just a matter of whether I wanted to or not.

I was a very different person on my walk back to work.

I was a Mom.

Believe it or not, I still have this pee stick.  I’m weird.
That day, we didn’t know his name.  We didn’t know he was a he.  But we did know that we had just been blessed with a little baby and we were beyond happy and excited (and, okay, a little scared).  We already loved Cameron.
Can you believe that in the last year, Cameron has gone from this:
Stunt Double: Not actual photo of Cameron
To this:
Cameron at 27 weeks gestational age
He’s now old enough to do his own stunts.
To this:
Cameron no more than a couple days old.
To this:

 Cameron today.
15 weeks, 3 days old
That is some serious growth and development folks!
Dan and I often look at each other and exclaim “We’re so lucky”.  And we are.  We have been blessed with such an awesome little baby, and this last year has been simply wonderful.
Cameron has officially been in our life for a year, and I think that is reason to celebrate!
Laura (@LauraORourke) is a photographer who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A wife to Dan and a mother to Cameron, she spends her free time blogging and reading. Her blog finds its home at http://miraclesofamily.blogspot.com. Her photography can be found at http://www.olalaphotography.com.

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