~Thursday Thirteen # 10 Happy Birthday Shain~

This Thursday 13 Is For My Son Shain Who Turns 18 Today!

1. Eighteen years ago today at 4:20pm, I became a mom for the first time and gave birth 5 weeks early to a tiny baby boy.

2. After 12 hours of labor, I'll never forget how I felt when they placed him on me so I could hold him. I never knew I could love someone so much.

3. At 5 weeks early, he still was a descent size at 5lbs 7ozs and 18 inches long.

4. Over night his weight dropped and he had severe jaundice. He was placed under the lights and had to stay in the hospital to be watched.

5. The hardest thing in the world was going home without him but after 6 days he was given the ok to come home.

6. I got the name Shain from one of my favorite "soaps", "Days Of Our Lives" except I wanted to be different and that's why his name is spelled the way it is.

7. When he was younger everyone said he looked like his father except with dark features. Today everyone says he looks like me.

8. His personality/attitude can change in the blink of an eye.

9. He has the most caring personality, will give the coat off his back if you ask, but rub him the wrong way or get him angry and watch out.

10. He has never liked school but in the last year has really worked hard to make sure he graduates with a "B" average overall in hopes for a "HOPE" scholarship.

11. At first he wanted a career in Culinary cooking, but has changed his mind and now wants to go into Radiology. He has been looking into school for this field of work. He graduates high school in 2007 (How time flies!)

12. He works at a Wendys partime and takes atleast $100 out of his paycheck to go towards a car. Iam so proud of him for doing this, it shows how much he has grown in the last year.

13. Happy 18th Birthday to my oldest baby. Wow, how the years have flown by. I have seen you grow from a tiny baby into a wonderful, loving strong young man who Iam very proud of and very proud to call my son! And even though we have butted heads more then I care to count, I love you more then you will ever know.

Shain such a cute baby, want to pinch those cheeks at 19 months

Shain a few months ago (He wouldn't let me take a resent one). He loves to play his Bass for fun. Never took any lessons, my hubby taught him how to play.


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