Happy Birthday Jamie!

Today is our son's first birthday!

James Wyatt Passut was born at around 9:00 a.m. on Monday, September 25, 2006. He weighed 4 pounds, 12 ounces. Jamie was a preemie, born about six weeks early (we were told that a Halloween baby was a possibility). Like his older brother Charlie, Jamie was delivered by Caeserean section at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.

James is named after James Morris, Jena's stepdad. Wyatt is Kathy's maiden name, and the last name of Jena's maternal grandparents, Warren and Stella Wyatt of Riceville, Iowa. Jena also has a cousin, Wyatt Lee, of Elma, Iowa. James' initials, JWP, also fit neatly into the family paradigm of a C or J (for first names), and an M or W (for middle names, but W used for children), hence: CMP (dad), JMP (mom), and CWP (brother).


The picture on the left is of Jamie in Beaumont's NICU, which he was in for several days before we could take him home. He was placed under blue light a couple of times to help fight jaundice. At the right is Jamie on August 31, 2007 (OK, it's not September, sue me) during a visit to the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

Happy Birthday Jamie!