Happy Birthday Deacon Elwood!!!

Today my baby turns one. Can someone please tell me how a year had already gone by? As I type this blog my sweet boy is in our bed sleeping with his daddy. At this time last year (6:45 am) he was fighting to come into this world. I was in hour 46 of labor, I believe by this point I may have been ready to kick everyone out of my room, Justin was feeling sick laying on the couch and the doctor was giving up hope of a birth without a c-section. In the end I couldn't agree more with a c-section and was practically, um, actually, I was definitely begging for one. Within minutes of being in the OR I had started to wondered when they would begin and then in a split second I heard a noise that sent me to tears, a noise I would grow to have a strong love/hate relationship with, the most beautiful noise I could have ever heard....MY CHILD was crying. God is Good, God is faithful, God is STILL in the Miracle Working business, and God answered my many, many prayers. I'd like to reintroduce you to Deacon Elwood Ferguson, my miracle:

THEN....AND NOW....


Deacon was born on 11/11/08 at 11:13 am. He weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and was 21.25 inches long.