Birthdays

Today is my birthday and I remember being excited about that--now, it's more like a necessary evil! ;) They seem to come around a lot more often! Better than the alternative, I guess! This is a re-post.

April 25th

Yes, I know that was a couple of days ago, but I was without access to the blog so I'm talking about it now! That was the day I graced the earth---many moons ago! I arrived around 4:30 a.m. and weighed 6# 13 ozs, which is also how much my son weighed, years later! Certain members of my family would say that was one of the few times I was early. To them, I would say-- zip it! No one is perfect, you know! And there are bigger flaws to be had. Need I mention any?! Getting back to the theme at hand--my sisters were 12, 11 and 9 when I was born. Their father had been killed in an accident when they were much younger. I was my daddy's only child. I'm sure he felt like he'd hit the jackpot! ;)

I look alittle like him in this picture. I'm sure my mother made the dress I'm wearing and the booties, too. (And why do hospitals insist on combing babies' hair that way? My daughter's hair was done the exact same way! I'd comb it down, she'd go to the nursery and come back with the little flip again!) My daddy also told me that I liked ice cream so much, I'd eat it until my nose was red.

I've had some fun birthdays in the past, but haven't had one in awhile. this is one of the last ones, my 26th:


My face is alittle pink 'cause it was a surprise party at a relative's house and I turned about as red as a human being could when I got inside! I had planned a surprise party for my husband a couple of months before with a friend of mine whose husband had a birthday like a day after and we told each of them that the party was for the other one! Weren't we clever?! Let me tell you, it worked like a charm and they were both surprised! So, not to be outdone, he surprised me back! It was funny.

We've had some fun parties for the kids but the one I remember most was one for my daughter in the second grade. I invited the whole class, thinking they would not all be able to come--HA! I had a house full of running, yelling kids for a couple of hours! It was in June, so they were in and out of the house, too! From then on I was all for small parties!

Having my birthday in April was good, weather-wise, usually. I have a lot of pictures with sunshine in them. And even though they aren't as much fun to celebrate anymore, I had some fun parties growing up.

I hope David, Todd and Eric also had a happy shared birthday this year!