Thursday, September 3, 2009

Happy Birthday David!

This is a bit late. David actually turned 8 on Monday, August 31. I can't believe he's 8 already. I still remember the day he was born. We were so stressed out because he was due around the end of August. At that time Phil still worked for the school district and couldn't get much time off because school was starting then. David was breech so we'd scheduled a c-section and lined up people to help take care of Rose (who was only 22 months old at this point). But then David decided he didn't want to be breech anymore. So my doctor wanted to wait and see if he'd come on his own. Of course this messed up my plans and meant that there was no one to watch Rose. ACK! Well to make a long story short my doc agreed to do a c-section anyway on August 31. We arrived bright and early at 6 a.m. I got checked in, put on one of those lovely hospital gowns and settled down to wait. Phil brought along cards and we ended up playing gin rummy, a tradition that started with Rose and would continue with all of our kids (some of the nurses actually remembered us from one kid to the next simply because we played cards). My doc was gonna do my surgery then head to the office to see patients. But an emergency c-section came in and I had to wait. By the time it was my turn, my doc had to go to the office. So I was stuck waiting all day until she got done seeing patients. Another doc offered to do my surgery late that morning but by then I'd had 2 sips of 7-up, which meant I couldn't have the drugs. So I ended up waiting anyway. David was born at 5:15 p.m.

Since then he has grown into a kind, sensitive, caring, helpful, generous young man. He likes to cook, play video games, watch Star Wars movies, read books. He is in 2nd grade this year and has developed quite a good sense of humor. He loves to regale us with jokes he's heard or made up himself. He loves to be silly. He is very smart and enjoys school - last year he was reading at a 3rd/4th grade level. He is an amazing kid and I am so grateful to God for putting him in our family!

Happy Birthday David! I love you lots!!!

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