Happy 9th Birthday Zachary

Let me tell you about my boy Zachary...

He is the strong quiet type. He is wise beyond his years but to get to know him on a deeper level you have to be invited into his heart.

His birth was a flurry of activity, it started December 18Th at 9:00am I woke with cramps nothing that would convince me we were close or even that it was real. I went to have a shower and get ready for my day. As the morning crept on I was have to slow down and focus a bit more on the contractions.

Now you see my mom was to be at the birth and as I was getting into the shower I heard her and my dad leave to go do some last min shopping. This was before everyone and their dog had cell phones.

Anyways,

Chris convinced me to at least go to our family doctor to get checked out rather than head up to L&D. I agreed so we pulled his sister out of school to baby sit Austin. I got to my doctor's at 11:30am where I was checked to see how much I was dilating. And then the fun started my doctor looked at me and asked " are you in any pain?" and I assured him they were getting stronger but manageable. He then told me not to move that I was 10cm with head crown but bag of waters still in tact. WOW! Needless to say I got escorted to the hospital by ambulance. LOL

The strange thing about his birth is I had no urge to push with the contractions so waited and let my body do the pushing. And at 1:23pm my baby boy slipped into my arms on that snowy afternoon.

Zachary was the cutest little toddler, he had this long blond surfer hair and this dark little tan.

He got his first paper route at 7 years old and has only spent his money on his siblings. He spoils them rotten on their birthdays and Christmas. Zach is an amazing painter. He started painting when he was 6 with oil and I have two of his framed in my living room. Those are the two above.

Well that's it for now I will post more tonight after the party.