Wednesday, June 1, 2011

June 1,1978.....The BIGGEST Adventure!

Thirty-three years ago, We began the best, largest most all consuming adventure of all...children.  Erin was born on June 2, 1978....Twenty years (technically 19) after I was born, 2 years after I graduated High School, and Medical Assisting School, and 17 months after Scott and I were married.

Scott and I are goal oriented, driven and adventurous people, so it made perfect sense to start our family early to enjoy all the "life we were going to experience and share it with our children".  People thought we were crazy!  Scott was in the Volunteer Fire Department in El Toro, California, and with the California Department of Forestry, which meant it was seasonal.  I had odd jobs, but when I became pregnant, my main job was at a corporation as a clerical typist in Irvine.  That was going to quickly end as my due date came closer.

Scott was a trouper, he worked several jobs, even as a "Kelly Girl" Temp to sustain our family, we NEVER borrowed or asked...we made it work.  I will always love the "Kelly Girl Man" that made our life work!!

On our Wedding Day, I looked into the eyes of the man that I knew was my 'soul mate', and realized that no matter what, we were going to be fine!

On the night of our first childs birth?  I was a bit unsure of that earlier statement..lol...He happened to be out on 'field training' in the middle of n o w w h e r e......when my water broke..

Let me back track....my mom had come out to be with us for this sweet  baby...I still see her sitting on my brown plaid couch, looking so confident and serene..  God, I miss her!  Ok, so we were watching a program and it was 8pm....my water broke and I had 'some kind of look on my face'....my mom "Are you OK?"....me.."Well, either my water broke or I peed".....a few minutes later, I  k n e w it had been my water.....So what do I do?  Take a shower...(I know)...then try to reach Scott (before cell phones).  I am finally able to reach the Chiefs wife, yes, this was when you were able to directly talk to the 'higher uppers'....they found him and sent him to the hospital.

Where, he was exhausted, and he wanted to sleep, so he did, until the time when I really needed him, then?  Like I said?  What a guy!!  Several hours and some 'invasive procedures' later, she was breech, our first born came into the world.  Named after Ireland....Erin Kathleen....Bald, small and the bluest eyes.....our very first adventure!

We have traveled the world, and will do so again, God willing, but the best adventures are the ones with your children, either having them or having them along!  Now, we also have delighted in the adventures with the grandchildren!  

Happy Birthday to our eldest, Erin Kathleen....Let the Adventures Continue!!

love to all