Well, today marks another birthday. Well, the Nicholas is 21. He is the brown headed cutie in the middle there. That looks alot like his dad did when young, with the added Cherokee cheekbones from my side.
Nicholas was our first unassisted birth. We had been seeing a CNM and planned to deliver at the hospital. But she went on vacation, and there was NO WAY, I was going to deliver with the OBs, she worked with.
So we had 3 days of off and on again, labor. Dan worked in Norfolk, VA at that time and we lived in North Carolina. He called in for 3 days, because about 2 am every day I would start having contractions, but then they would stop by noon. As we prepared for bed on the night of Nov. 30, Dan told me that he had to go to work the next day. About 11:30 pm, the contractions started up again. Well, they didn't go away this time. He made his hellos about 6:30am on Dec.1st.
He was not named Nicholas because of the birth month. He was named after a gr.gr.grandfather, Nicholas John Matt, on his father's side.
He has been a joy and a stress, a blessing and a trial; as all children are.
My wish for him this day is a happy life.
Sounds like a great labor! He is a cutie. Hey, I saw you and Dan aren't going to be able to make it to camp. You do realize camp is not camp without the two of you? We will miss you dearly!
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