Dear Friends and Family

How is it possible to cram one year's worth of accomplishments into a slideshow for Eli? 

How is it possible to show he needed help breathing for 2 weeks, an incubator for 7 weeks, and a feeding tube for 8 weeks? How can I show you how excited we were when he came home? How could we show you that the Iron-Hide toy that once was almost as tall as him now is just the same size as his head? How can I express our gratitude for his first home at UW? How could you see how much we cherish the doctors who brought him here and the doctors,nurses, nurse practitioners, and respiratory therapists who kept him here? How can I prove he grew from being a featherweight champ at 2 pounds 3 ounces to being our heavyweight champ at 15 pounds? How can you see that he out grew his pants and sleepers and shirts and onsies by growing 12 inches in one year? Don't you want to hear his kitten cry one more time? How can you see him do all his tricks? How Can you see the love his sisters have for him? How can I show you how proud we are of him? I wish I could show you our memories that we have stored inside our hearts and heads. I wish I could make a video of all the miracles we have witnessed. I wish I could show you the people that Eli has brought into our lives. I wish I could show you how much we love our Heavenly Father and His Son. I wish I could tell you who Eli's angel guardians were in the NICU. I may not be able to show or tell you all these things, but I hope after you watch his First Year in pictures and videos, you might be able witness a few. 

I hope you like it,
love The Soptich's