My Baby is Thirty!

Thirty years ago today...a mad rush to Rex Hospital, which was only four miles away, in the middle of the night, hoping to get there before the baby arrived in a Honda Accord...

and that was Dave's BIG entrance to the world!  But he was only seven and a half pounds, average size.

He completed our little family.

He didn't sleep through the night for the first year.

And was sometimes rather strong-willed

But mostly he was our beautiful, sunny little boy (along with Big Brother, Bryson)

who turned out to be an awesome, record-setting swimmer

and always was a good student, with the possible exception of Algebra III...

and has grown into a BIG BIG man

who is a wonderful husband to our darling Emily

has a great group of friends

and makes us very proud.

Happy Thirtieth Birthday, Dave!  I love you!

Big Dave's Big Day

Today is my "baby" boy's birthday. He is twenty-seven. How did that happen?This is what he looked like on July 26, 1981.
He was a beautiful baby boy with silky blond hair, so light it was almost transparent.

If you are a mother, you may spend a few moments on your children's birthdays thinking about their birth experiences. I vividly remember this day twenty-seven years ago.

Dave was born twenty minutes after we got to the hospital. I thought he was going to be born in our Honda Accord!

Dave has always done things in a BIG way ever since.

And he has turned into a very fine, very BIG man.

Happy Birthday, Dave!