Anna's First Year

This year has went so fast. I know the next 17 will to. Scary thought. I just wanted to look back at Anna's 1st year with you all.

ANNA'S BIRTH

We were to be at the hospital at 6:00 a.m. on December 9, 2005 for a scheduled C-Section. The night before it snowed and snowed and snowed. Shane was so nervous he couldn't sleep and at 4:00 a.m. went out to shovel the driveway. At 10 till six I had to yell out to him that we were going to be late. His mother, Mema, was going to stay with Ian in the morning and then bring him up to the hospital later. However, she got snowed in in Ossian and wouldn't be able to make it by 6:00. So Brett Browand, friend and Shane's co-worker, came down to stay with Ian until Mema could arrive. All went well and we finally got to meet all 7lbs. 10 oz, 21 1/2 inches of Anna J-Lynn Heath.

JANUARY & FEBRUARY

The first two months took some adjusting. We were used to having Ian around who was pretty independant by then. She did what most babies do: eat, sleep and poop.

MARCH, APRIL & MAY

Anna started becomeing more active with each month. I loved dressing her up in the cutest clothes and then taking her picture. In the picture from April, she was watching TV with Ian. In May, Anna began to roll. She would roll into the strangest places. Here she is on Lexy's bed waving.

JUNE

June was a very scary month for the Heaths. At a regular "well baby" check-up it was discoved that Anna had, what was thought to be a collapsed lung. She was rushed to Lutheran Hospital by ambulance only to discover it was actually Congenital Lobar Emphysema. A birth defect where her middle lobe was too big and squishing everything. This was causing her to spit up anything she took in and what she kept down was getting burnt up faster than it came (she had only gained 3 oz in two months) . On June 23, 2006 she had surgery to remove the middle lobe and all was good. It is just a waiting game now to see if she will have any long term problems.

JULY & AUGUST

We spent some time at the lake and discovered that Anna loves the water. Good for us since that is one of our favorite places to be. She began crawling and the race was on.

SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER

We got to take Anna to the free fall fair and the pumpkin patch for the first time. I don't know about her but we had fun. Anna also had a follow-up with the surgeon and the lung specialist...all was good. She will have to see the specialist again next year and however many to follow.

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

The holidays are such a fun time because you get to spend the

m with family and friends. Anna started walking and that race I mentioned earlier got faster. We also got to celebrate Anna's first birthday.

All in all it has been a great year. We have learned that Ian and Anna are now and will be two completely different people. Anna has this fight to the death attitude and those big blue eyes that make it hard to say no. She loves her brother and laughs and everything he does. She has started walking and is everywhere and into everything. She still loves food, baths and duck duck. Her six teeth, with a gap between the front two, are one of the cutest things about her. Her hair is begining to curl out and be uncontrollable, something I noticed in my baby pictures (sorry Anna).

Thank you God for this little angel you sent us. We pray that you watch over her and guide her through another happy year.