14 years ago yesterday was labor day, and much to my dismay I was NOT in labor. Baby #5 was 12, yeah that's right 12, DAYS LATE. (Only those who have had late babies know what it's like to have EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE ask, "Haven't you had that baby yet?" What kind of a question is THAT?! Does it LOOK like I've "had that baby yet"? Do you see me carrying a baby on the EXTERIOR of me? NOPE? Well, then nope, I haven't "had that baby yet.") Baby #5 was due the end of August, and being 12 days overdue put me in a whole other month. It was like having a 10-month pregnancy. I cried the Sunday before labor day at the prospect of going to church still pregnant. But late Monday night, September 7th, labor started, and we made it to the St. George hospital in time, but the doctor almost didn't. He arrived in a rush with "bed head" and didn't even take time to change his clothes before catching Trent Douglas Barlow as he FINALLY made his grand entrance into the world on September 8th at 2:04 a.m. As the nurses were recording vital statistics, one of them remarked, "Now that's a cool birthday, 9-8-98!" Wow, I hadn't even noticed, and suddenly, the fact that Trent came 12 days late didn't matter quite so much (OK, from the remarks above you can see it still did and does matter a little) cause 9-8-98 is a pretty cool birth day.
So happy birthday Trenty boy! We love having you in our family, and I love being your mom! And you have a pretty darn cool birthday to boot!
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| Baby Trent 1998 |
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| Big Trent-celebrating 14th birthday tubing at the lake with friends |
A cool birthday addendum
And....just to make a cool birthday, even cooler, Trent caught a long bomb and ran it into the endzone for the first touchdown of the 8th grade football game today (9-8-2012) (which his team won). Way to go Trent! (If ya gotta spend your birthday playing football, catching a pass and making a touchdown, seem an appropriate way to celebrate :)
Wow I cant believe Trent is 14! When did that happen? At first I was thinking he was 12 years old when you said he was 12 days late hahah that sounds more right than 14. Well tell him i said happy birthday and i love him :)
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