Our Boy, Kingsley!

We have a special wee boy in our family who is celebrating a big FIRST birthday today!  

My little nephew Kingsley is ONE!  One year old and he has lived quite a courageous life in the past 365 days!

Kingsley is the much anticipated boy in the group in the all-girl offspring that my sister Jill and I have birthed.  She has two daughters, Rachel and Cordelia and when they found out that their third child was going to be a boy the entire family was elated!  A boy!  

Jill is notorious for dressing ALL her children in matching and co-ordinating outfits.  This is one of their 3 Christmas co-ordinated outfits.  Love you for it Jillsy! 

The news that we received only days after us finding out that Kingsley was a boy wasn't as elating and shocked my sister and our family.  Kingsley had Spina Bifida.  

All of what we learned about our much anticipated boy came at the exact time that Karis was born and so there were a lot of mixed emotion surrounding her exciting and healthy arrival and also learning that our baby boy was going to be born with Spina Bifida and would require immediate and life long special needs.  

Rach, King and Cor.  Of course they had matching jams too! 

But from the minute this little boy was pulled from my sister he has shown us nothing but courage and bravery.  The first of his surgeries happened only hours after he was born and his most recent surgery was just 6 weeks ago.  Through it all Kingsley has maintained his gorgeous flirtatious, easy going and smiley personality!  He is such a trouper!

I look forward to continuing to be amazed by our little King!

Happy Birthday to our 1 year old Kingsley!
We love you!  xo