All About MICHAEL!

Today is a special day! Today is MICHAEL'S 33rd birthday! I can't believe my Michael is 33!!!!!!! I'll never forget the day he came into the world! He arrived 3 weeks early (like his older brother, Charles did!) and Terry wasn't here! That's right! Terry was on a business trip ! Thinking we had 3 weeks to go, we didn't think it would happen again! (having one 3 weeks early!). DADDY took me to the hospital! It was hyserical! He was so nervous and it was like a scene from "I LOVE LUCY" when Mimi was throwing my bags in the car (holding Charles) and Daddy was saying, "hurry up!" and off we sped! As we checked in , I'm sure I looked like an unwed kid (I was barely 22 years old!) and here was my DADDY taking me to the hospital. Anyone who knows my Daddy knows that patience wasn't his greatest virtue. So, imagine me sitting with Daddy in the emergency room and the receptionist saying, "I don't have your pre-registration!" (well, DUH! I was EARLY!). Daddy flipped out!!! He said, "Just get her in a room and I'll do the damn paperwork LATER!" HAHAHAHA! Then, he rode up the elevator with me and imagine his face when the nurse casually said, "We had a woman give birth on this elevator last week!" Daddy almost passed out! As soon as those doors opened he gave me a hug and a kiss and said, "I'm fixing to go get your MOTHER!" Soon, Mimi was there and DADDY was babysitting! HAHAHA! After a short labor, Michael was born! MIMI was the one who said "you had another little boy!" All images of pink flew out of my mind as she said, "you aren't disappointed are you?" I laughed and said, "I told yall it was another boy!". Then Mimi said, "Just wait until you SEE him! He's the prettiest baby I've ever seen! I've never seen so much hair!" Yes, that was the truth!!! All I can compare him to is Tom Cruise's new baby girl! A head full of thick, black hair!!! Everyone---from the doctors to the nurses to friends to strangers would comment on that head of hair! More than CHARLES had :who wasn't quite a year old!!!!!!!! Yes, that's right!!!!!!!!!!!! Charles wouldn't turn 1 for 9 more days! So, for 9 days I have 2 sons the SAME AGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I'm the mother of 2, 33 year old sons who AREN'T  twins! HAHAHA!......From the start, Michael has made me LAUGH! The first moment I held him, after saying how gorgeous he was, I laughed! Yes, laughed! His famous "twist mouth" started at one hour old! He twisted that little rosebud mouth and I swear, he looked me in the eye and winked! We've always had such a wonderful relationship and how proud I am of him! Nobody makes me laugh more than Michael Brandon Fry!!!!!!!!!!!....How did I tell Terry about Michael? Well, Daddy dialed the number and put the phone to my ear and I said, "Terry! We have another little boy!" He thought I was kidding and said, "Let me speak to your daddy!" Daddy laughed and said, "Yes siree! You have a fine new baby boy that looks JUST LIKE YOU!" hahahahaha!! He did/does!!!!!!!!! Not only that, he is the best daddy in the world! I knew he would be, he loved Patrick and Katie so much when they were born and was always (And IS) the best big brother to them!Lily is his special angel and I love watching them together!(yesterday when she woke from her nap she was crying for "DADDY! DADDY!")......Michael, I love you and I know how much you love YOUR BIRTHDAY! While we celebrated Sunday night, I'm looking forward to having lunch with you today and being with you on Sept.19th. (and, yes, that is a satellite radio we gave him in the picture!).....Michael,  You are such a joy ---to me and to anyone who has had the good fortune to have met you!!!  I've never met anyone who doesn't like you---you just have the sweetest disposition and who doesn't love that crooked smile and devilish humor?! And so much more than that, you're one of my greatest blessings from God  to me personally and I will love you forever and be so thankful that God gave YOU to our family!!!!

P.S.and, Michael, yes, I know you love hearing that you were gorgeous 33 years ago and ONLY TODAY I will tell you that you are  just as gorgeous today as the first time I laid eyes on you, you handsome devil!