Baby of the Year: Clarkson--2017 in Review

Best Baby of the Year!

Enjoying a messy meal of solids recently!

2017 was a year full of some of the greatest joy I have felt and the most stress and sadness I've ever gone through as well. Samii and I welcomed our son, Clarkson Joseph Raymond Bitterbaum to this world on February 28th, 2017, a whole ten weeks earlier than he was expected. Due to his prematurity Clarkson had to stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit until May 11th when we were overjoyed to have him come home. It was hard having him in the hospital for such a long period of time as soon as he was birthed but Mercy Saint Louis was wonderful to him and us. Since coming home Clarkson has continued to grow and just be amazing everyday. While many babies were born in 2017 I believe without a doubt that Clarkson is the best baby of the year. You can disagree if you want, but you'd be wrong.