Can you believe it???

Our little peanut is 18 months old today: June 7, 2009. Can you believe it? I know I sure can't.


Today Emmett went into nursery at church. He did fabulous. Most 18 month old kids are frightened and notice that their parents have left them. I think Emmett was more elated to be left with kids and toys instead of being corralled by his parents during Sunday School and Relief Society. Remember that in the doctor's/therapist's eyes Emmett is just 16 months old, which in my eyes is the perfect age for nursery because they don't care about leaving their parents. Ask me again in a month or so if he's still so excited to go to nursery.
I have to admit that I was the paranoid mother today. I felt like it was my first child, well that's not true, cause I didn't feel like that with Garhett. Maybe I should have but Garhett was in daycare during the day, so nursery wasn't a big deal. Anyway, back on topic. I felt nervous to leave Emmett because nobody knows Emmett very well.
So I was a Nervous Nelly, checking on Emmett throughout Sunday School and Relief Society. The first time I peeked through the window, I noticed Emmett sitting on the floor eating something. So I rushed in and immediately started fishing out a blue crayon from Emmett's mouth. He had chunks in his mouth. The men that are the nursery leaders asked me what he had eaten, I explained a crayon. One of them said, "Well I told him not to do that?" (REALLY???? I don't know what world you live in, but generally an 18 month old doesn't stop when you say don't do that. Just my thoughts, I didn't say it out loud.) No worries, my first thought was to take him out, but I didn't. I cleaned him up and left.
Then a little bit went by and I checked on him again. Now it was snack time. All the kids were sitting around the table so nicely. I noticed that Emmett was sitting half on the chair, oh wait, there he goes, he fell off on to the floor. So I rushed in again. The men said, "Oh he's doing great, he's fine." I said, "Well he hasn't ever sat on a chair by himself before." One of the men said, "Where is he?" I said, "Oh Emmett, he just fell off the chair and is under the table". "OHH!"
Okay, so I left. I am sure the men in my ward, think I am crazy (or probably some other words), but you know what I don't care. Emmett seemed to do well. As soon as I picked him up at the end of church, he clung to me. He passed on lunch and went straight to nap time.
I still can't believe Emmett is old enough for nursery.
Emmett remember when you were just a little peanut.

• Remember when you were taken out of me at 31 weeks 6 days.
• Remember when you only weighed 3lbs 3oz.
• Remember when we could only touch your head and the bottoms of your feet for the first 5 days of your life.
• Remember when dad put his wedding band around your hand, and we both cried.
• Remember when you fit in your Christmas stocking and you wore a Build-A-Bear outfit.
• Remember when you came home from the NICU after 5 long weeks.
• Remember when you weighed a whopping 5 pounds.
• Remember when you came home from the hospital with an apnea monitor that would go off several times during the night and so many meds that we became a pharmacy.
• Remember when you had 3 different therapists working with you 3 different days in one week.
• Remember when you found out your bones were fused together at your elbows and there was nothing the doctors could do to fix it.
• Remember how amazing it was to watch you learn how to maneuver your shoulders to accommodate your bone fusion.
• Remember when we took you on a family vacation to Disneyland - you did awesome flying and being transported everywhere.
• Remember when you started wearing a helmet to help reshape your head.
• Remember when you kept failing your hearing tests until tubes were put in your ears at 9 months old.
• Remember when we took you to Primary Children's Hospital in Utah for a sleep study.
• Remember when the pulmonoligist was appalled at your sleeping/breathing and recommended that you now sleep with oxygen.
• Remember when you saw every doctor under the sun so it seemed.
• Remember when you had every procedure done under the sun so it seemed.
• Remember when you sat up first before laying on your tummy and rolling over.
• Remember when you laid on your tummy, rolled over, and pulled yourself up within two months time.
• Remember when you turned one and you were still thriving.
• Remember when you proved the doctors/therapists wrong when they said you wouldn't crawl, but would go straight to walking - AND YOU CRAWLED.
• Remember when you walked on Mother's Day.
• Remember when you went in for your 18 month check up and you weighed 22lb oz and were 30 1/4 in long.
• Remember when Dr. Ally told you at your 18 month well check - you were in the 10% for your length, 30 1/4 and 12% for your weight, 22lb 12oz.
• Remember when you lived with Heavenly Father and Jesus and chose us as your parents

Remember that dad and I are thankful everyday for your sweet spirit joining our family
We love you Emmett!!! You are such a blessing and a strength to me.