We had a great time at the Green Beans on the Green birthday party. Ben and I can’t believe it’s already been a year! Wow! Our little guy has been such fun and an enormous blessing.

His blessor, Mariangela, flew in from Texas for the celebration.

Maxton loved Maria… loved, loved, loved her. And she showered him with hugs and kisses all weekend. It was so fun to have her here and she was such a big help for the party. We kept it simple, but there were still enough glitches to turn me into mom-zilla a couple of times this weekend. Everything turned out and we have the pictures to prove it! The vegan, organic cupcakes were yummy as well.

We spent his birthday, today, recovering from the busy weekend. We watched Maxton pull himself up on the couch and scoot down. He’s Mr. Independence now that he’s crawling, so after our long nap, we headed to Target and Right Start for baby proofing gear.

Thank you all for praying us through to this moment. We’ll never get over it. We still stand in amazement of our miracle boy’s life and thank God for health and our 24-lb. hunk of blessing! We pray for wisdom daily to raise him up to be a man of God.

I will exalt you, my God and King,
and praise your name forever and ever.
I will praise you every day;
yes, I will praise you forever.
Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!
No one can measure his greatness.

Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts;
let them proclaim your power.
I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor
and your wonderful miracles.
Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue;
I will proclaim your greatness.
Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness;
they will sing with joy about your righteousness.
from Psalm 145 (NLT)