Birthday Boy, Uh, Man!

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

We love you and are proud of your accomplishments.

Keep making that guitar sing.

Twenty today.

Working for UPS.

Changing oil with Papa.

Gigs on the weekends with his band, With Drew.

Sawyer Fredricks Simple Man
https://youtu.be/PCJL439zFXo

My Love

Happy Birthday!

The love of my life and I have grown up and grown out together.  

We've known each other close to a half century. 

It certainly has never been boring.  

He is my center. 

I am his challenge. 

Love you always, husband of mine!

Old Man

"Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you 

I need someone to love me the whole day through 

Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true."
Neil Young

Today my old man is sixty-four

which reminds me of another song (Beatles)...

I still feed him and still need him when he's sixty-four

We  have endured floods together

and worked through many nights.

He's always given me a hand

and I'll always have his back.

I look forward to many happy years with him.

You'll always be my nemesis, my lover, my husband and my friend.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Breasts!

You are forty-six today
I am fifty-eight
For forty-six years I hid you
Today we celebrate.

You entered my life
Around the age of twelve
Oh, how you made it
A total living hell.

From the "budding" to "perky"
You were never welcome here
I could no longer climb trees as well
And a shirt I had to wear.

Bosom, ta-ta's, boobs or tits
All the names they call you
Not one
Seemed to fit.

I finally knew
As every lady should
I called you breasts
You made my sweaters look good.

No longer at attention
You've not fared as well as me
Unless confined within a bra
You tend to swing free.

Today we celebrate
I know you are low
But perk up, my beauties!
We've many years to go.

My Baby's Grown Up...

I send you flowers,

Happy Birthday wishes,

and love

from everyone At The Farm.

May your new year be the best ever.

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

 

It's been a heck of a year and it's only gonna get better.

Happy Birthday from all those who love you

At The Farm!

Jake, Jake, Jake....

Happy Birthday, our miracle boy.  Nine years ago, we didn't know if our one pound ten ounce bundle of joy, born three months too early would get to stay with us...but he did and we are so glad. 

Jake is our second grandchild, thanks to miracles performed every day at Arkansas Children's Hospital and the will of God, we have him in our life.

We have watched this young man grow from a tiny perfect being to the fine young man he is today.  We have loved him since he was no bigger than a good sized sack of candy. 

...and boy, are we proud of him.

Happy Birthday, Jakearooroo!

We love you!!

Sweet Child of Mine...

She's got a smile that it seems to me

Reminds me of childhood memories

Where everything was as fresh

 as the bright blue sky.

 

Now and then when I see her face

She takes me away to that special place

and if I stare too long,

 I'd probably break down and cry.

 

She's got eyes of the bluest skies

 as if they thought of rain

I'd hate to look into those eyes

 and see an ounce of pain.

 

Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place

Where as a child I'd hide

and pray for the thunder and the rain

to quietly pass me by.

Well, her eyes aren't blue but they're beautiful...

this sweet child of mine!!!

Her heart is as big as the universe.

I wish all the words above were mine but, alas,

Guns N Roses sang them first.

Happy Birthday, Melissa!!!

May this be the best year ever.

I love you.

And I Begat Maria...

and she begat Andrew and Zander.

Today Maria is one year older with two fine sons. 

 And now the tale of her birth.

My second pregnancy was no easier than the first, sick for five months, twenty-four/seven.  I got so tired of being pregnant I would crawl on my husband's lap and let him hold the baby for awhile.

One week before Maria's birth, I began labor...the real thing, but for some reason I stopped.  Did the hospital run and every thing, felt like an idiot when four hours later they sent me home.  I was informed of an appointment and said, Nope, wasn't coming back until I had the baby.  They laughed.

Back was hurting, so I mopped floors, did dishes, started laundry, took a shower and then decided I needed to wake the driver.  By the time he was awake, I had waited so long, Hubby had to put my shoes on for me.

We are forty-five minutes from the hospital.  We are flying! Didn't even have time to take the first child down the road to Mom, she met us at the highway.

We walked into the clinic and the lady laughed and said, I see you're here for your appointment.  I said, No, Ma'am, told you I wouldn't be back until this baby was coming and I'm here to have it.  They didn't believe me.

Doc says, don't make me miss my cake...they were celebrating his birthday, I think.  I laid in my room and kept waiting...I got on the intercom and said, Ladies, I think we better do something.  I'm not even prepped and this baby is coming out. 

The ladies came in laughing, looked and said, OMG, call the doctor.  Needless to say, he missed the party but they saved him some cake.

Totally natural child birth, no pain killers, no gas, nothing.  Hubby was with me.  The doctor was joking about going into business together...us the breeders, he the deliverer and then we sell the baby. 

Less than an hour after we reached the clinic, Maria was born.  Nine pounds and eight ounces!  I begged Doc to let me walk out of the delivery room.  I said, Come on, let's really shock them.  He wouldn't go for it...but he did let Maria and me go home that day.  Things sure were different in the seventies.

Today, I say, Happy Birthday, Maria.  I love you, I'm proud of you and you will always be my baby girl!!

Happy Birthday, Hubby!!

Here stands a good man.  I've known him forty-one years or longer, been married to him thirty-nine of those years.  I have only seriously thought about killing him maybe twice in all those years...not bad, I think.

Hubby and his get

He is a loving, teaching grandfather

and a loving understanding father.

Today we celebrate his birth.

Happy Birthday, Dad, Papa, and Honey!

Just A Twinkle In Her Daddy's Eyes...

only thirty-nine years ago.

Now, that twinkle has grown

into a wonderful, beautiful young woman.

Today begins her thirty-eighth year.

Melissa, my oldest daughter,  is a very warm and loving young lady.  She is  a wonderful mother to Jake.  A very talented lady, but she won't admit that...she's a tad like me...don't tell her.

I am very proud of my daughter, who makes a lot of lemonaide because life has served her lemons now and then. 

To my loving, wonderful daughter, Happy Birthday!!!  I love you, always have, always will...and may the new year be the best you ever had!!!

Fourteen Years Ago...

our first grandchild was born.

I was honored to attend his birth.  When invited by the doctor to actual watch him enter this world, I declined by saying, you take care of that end and I will take care of this end...but I was in the room,  holding my daughter's hand.

Andrew has grown, so have we and so has our family.  It is hard to believe fourteen years have passed and I now have three grandsons and the oldest is legally able to drive...with an adult present!

Happy Birthday, Andrew!!!   We are all very proud of the young man you have become.