ONE YEAR AGO! !

A year ago on December 19th, Andrew Russell Rodriguez made his way into this world. he was 6 weeks early and he wasn't going to wait a moment longer.
Kassie had been in the hospital for pre-term labor on four different occasions. This girl has her babies early and there is no getting around it. The only one that complied with regular term limits was Austin and she didn't have other children running around, so she was on complete bed rest. Ashlynne made her way into this wonderful world at 29 weeks.
But our little Handu made his way in, kicking and screaming, with no problems associated with preterm babies. He was 6 lbs and 6 oz., with a full head of hair, a strong grip on the fingers, and ready to go home the following day.
This year has been pretty eventful with him though; Two and a half weeks after his birth, he ended up in the hospital with seizures, of which he has outgrown thankfully. He was also hospitalized for RSV with a collapsed lung and pneumonia a few months later. But through it all he has not slowed down on the eating and drinking and growing.
He is 12 months old and is in 18 month clothes. He is the joy of our lives (as well as the other two). He brother loves to wrassle with him and play with him and his sister loves to give him kisses.
This child loves his Nana and would love nothing better than to be held all day long. He loves to be read to and he adores music.
For his birthday party Sunday night, the family gave him an Elmo plane and he was thrilled. How many one year olds do you know that have their own airplane?
We have enjoyed having him in our family and wouldn't trade him for anything in this world.
Happy Birthday Handu, we love you to pieces.