Happy Birthday Case!

This day, 7 years ago at 10:38 pm Case Daniel Lambert joined our family! It was a day much like today. There was sunshine, followed by a thunderstorm that we drove to the hospital in. This was a much anticipated day. I knew this was going to be your birthday that morning. I got Andrea to babysit Colson and I drove to Target to get a few last minute things. While I was there my contractions became more frequent. I left, drove to the house Travis was working on and told him he had to come home and shower because it was time to go to the hospital. We got there about 5:30 and anxiously awaited your arrival.

We were so ready to see your little face! We had to know that you were perfect and healthy. When I was 5 months pregnant with you I had a sonogram. The doctor told us you had a sack of fluid around your heart and a tiny hole in your heart. We were devastated. This led us to a specialist and a heart doctor and they told us that you would either continue to grow and the fluid would dry up or that it would not dry up and the fluid would stop your heart. There was nothing we could do. There was no medicine that would fix it. Nothing, but to wait and watch you through a sonogram every week. Oh, how we prayed and prayed for you. You were so brave and overcame so much before you ever entered this world. Thank you God for healing our baby!

Now here we are, seven years later. You are so precious to us!! I love you so much that my heart breaks to think about almost not having you. I love that you are your own person. You don't feel the pressure to be like anybody else. I love that you love to wear boots and wranglers. I love that you think necklaces are cool and that anything can be one. I love that you turn my living room floor into a giant truck stop or farm with all your toys. I love that you can build for hours and make so many things with that giant imagination you have. I love that you snore like your daddy when you sleep. And I love that you still crawl up in my lap and let me love on you like you did when you were little. I love you Case Daniel and everything about you. I pray that you will always be your own person and that you will always be brave as you serve Jesus Christ. You are a wonderful son. I can't imagine my life without you and I'm so glad that God chose me to be your mom. It is truly and honor that I don't deserve. Happy Birthday my baby boy! I love you, Mom