Happy Birthday to My First Born....

...Yes...Brendan is a St. Patrick's Day baby! This is his day and his story!!

Ryan and I had been married a year exactly, when I found out that I was pregnant with our first born. We were on vacation at Hilton Head Island and we were both so excited to see those 2 lines on the HPT that I took early one morning!

The doctor told me that he was due on March 11, 2000. A millennium baby, we were so excited! My pregnancy was as normal as any pregnancy could be. I didn't have any weird cravings and I didn't have heartburn or morning sickness...it was the best 9 months and I loved being pregnant. So I went on my maternity leave and I waited and waited and waited! I thought he was never gonna come and that I would be preggy forever! And then finally in the wee, early morning hours of Friday March 17, 2000, I went into labor!

I got to the hospital about 3:00 pm, was put into a room and we waited and waited and finally at about 7 pm I started to push and at 9:45 pm, he was here; all 8lbs, 6 oz of him! The thing I remember the most is, that while I was in labor, the NCAA March Madness was on the TV. Ryan and the nurses kept pulling out their brackets to update them! I remember the big game that night was Florida vs. Butler!!

We always say that he waited for his day; he was already named, with 3 Irish names, so he wanted the most Irish day of the year, and he got it!

I wish I had pics of him that I could post from the day that he was born, but my scanner is not working, so I have chosen these 3 pictures of him from this last week.

He is a sweet, loving, bright, thoughtful, hard-working, athletic son, brother, cousin, grandson, nephew and friend and I could not and would not imagine my life without him. It was 9 years ago that I held this sweet boy in my arms for the first time and fell in love like I could never imagine possible. I can't believe that I am a mom to a 9 year old; time is flying by just way to fast!

Happy 9th Birthday Brendan...we love you!