is celebrating his Birthday today
8-6-13
Let's begin in the beginning.........
August 5th! I went for my OB visit and my doctor said this baby was getting TOO BIG (YOU THINK? 11 pounds of baby he was!) and I needed to go into the hospital on the 6th to be induced.
I was awake off and on all night and was in much pain but it was unlike anything I had ever experienced in a pregnancy. Bright and early we went to Parkview Hospital and I was going to be induced......
Making a LONG story SHORT... he was no longer in position to be born. They took an x ray and found out the pain I was in during the night was due to the fact Grant was tired of the TIGHT quarters and decided to move. That X-ray was the TALK of the hospital and all the OB doctors there that day wanted to LOOK at it. We tried to get it for a 'keepsake' but they said NO we could not! So Grant had been in position for birth BUT he wanted to stretch out. The pain that night was him trying to get comfortable and he did it! His head was on my right side...... his back went across the top of my stomach and his legs hung down on the left side..... He was no longer scrunched up. That also meant an emergency C-section! That also meant a perfect looking baby!
Grant brought joy from DAY 1...... he also brought controversy when it came to giving him a name. I wanted his first name to be Isaac.... I thought it was appropriate since Abraham and Sarah gave birth to Isaac when Sarah was "old" and I was "old' when I gave birth to Grant. I thought it was perfect and how I loved the name. Well, when the children heard what we were going to name him they ALL called me at the hospital ONE by ONE to tell me that was a DUMB name! They were persistent in the protest of the name so I gave in. Grant was such a BIG baby and I thought the name GRANT was appropriate for him! Grant Andrew would be his name! (but I still wonder what it would have been like if he had been Isaac)
Growing up with Grant was FUN! He was such a good baby; a happy toddler and a fun young man!
Growing up with Grant was FUN! He was such a good baby; a happy toddler and a fun young man!
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| Montessori school just made Grant blossom! He loved school and did not like it when weekends came and there was NO SCHOOL! |
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| Grant was good but he could make a mess...... when he got upset WATCH OUT... the clothes came OFF! |
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| Ninja Turtles wer the BEST! |
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| "Who we gona call"?.......... GHOASTBUSTER! |
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| Is it a surprise Grant became an accountant? |
Grant was such a 'stable young man". People would ask me what I did to make him so RESPONSIBLE...... and I could not take credit for it...... "he just came that way"! What a joy he has always been to our family!
Grant grew up; served a mission; went to BYU (graduated with a degree in accounting); Met KATIE PARKER..... and they married. Moved to Houston, TX
So far it has been a 'happy ever after' story..........
TWO THOUGHTS: Grant grew up making the Lord a partner in his life. It was not that he was 'problem free' but he faced the obstacles in life with his Faith. He was obedient to the teachings of the gospel. I have found when you are obedient Life is abundant!
SECOND: As a parent the greatest joy is to remember the first time you held your baby..... I can close my eyes and remember WELL the day Grant was born. I remember holding this tiny (OK.... 11 pounds is NOT tiny but he was still a baby!) infant to my face and loving him with all my heart. Kissing those tiny cheeks..... so happy he was/is a part of our family!
Turn around and he has a baby of his own.
We were together in July and how I loved seeing Grant as a father...
so tender to Emily
Only a mother can truly know those feelings I have.......
It is a mother's greatest joy.......
to see life come full circle.
I remember all the middle of the night feedings
Grant and his chronic ear infections and his first set of tubes at 3 months
Suzuki lessons starting at 4 and going to Bunch twice a week for those lessons......
Bunch Montessori School
Memoria Park Middle School
Snider High school
Being a Priest and taking the sacrament to the shut ins every Sunday
Wendy's uniform being washed quickly so my house did not smell like hamburgers :)
The mission call
BYU
Marriage
now being a parent.......
Grant has brought me GREAT JOY in life!
Happy Happy Birthday Grant
Eight 'plus' is Enough to Fill my HEART with LOVE!
1 comments:
Grant's in Dallas today, so we're missing him on his birthday :( Thanks for the great post! I love the name Isaac! Maybe someday you can have a grandbaby named Isaac ;) Grant's a great name too!
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