i didn’t add any sound to this reel because I don’t need it to go viral: I need it to remind us both of just how far you’ve come in one short year. i want to hear the hospital beeps turn into babbling. i want to see you go from intubated to standing. from one pound to 20. from NICU to home. from oxygen to free breathing. from holding my hand to holding yourself. from micropreemie to toddler. it’s your first birthday, Baby M, and you’re the most joyful warrior I know. You are love personified. You are curious and determined, happy and loving, adventurous and brave. you are a living testimony to God’s goodness and His promises kept. you are a village project, made more happy and more whole, more protected and more safe by the many many people who love you, pray for you, supply your needs, and hold your mommy and daddy up, too. to them we are so grateful, and by God we are so amazed. always remember my sweet boy: you are boundless. one day I’ll show you this to remind you exactly what that means. happy birthday, my sweet pea. you are the real mvp.