Happy 10th Birthday Mick

Wow - My Poor Mick.....

Everytime he has a birthday I get so sad. Mick is the oldest and I cannot believe he is 10!! It just seems like yesterday... I know - we hear it all the time but as a mother it is so true! Mick has been one of the biggest blessings in Eric and I's lives. Eric was so ready to be a dad by the time we had Mick. I don't think I changed a diaper for a week. Mick spent countless hours on his daddy's chest as a baby.

The great responsibility of being a parent, holding this little baby and knowing what was ahead as far as raising him correctly... This is what really made us re-evaluate our life and the way we were choosing to live. After Mick was born was when Eric and I made the decision to go through the temple. Mick was about 6 months old and I can remember before we went just having wonderful dreams about sitting across the alter with my husband and having them bring little Mick into us all dressed in white. Well, Mick had a different idea of how it should be. Mick had cried the entire time he was in the nursery at the temple because he didn't have a familiar face there. He had finally cried himself to sleep when they woke him up to come the the sealing room. I can still hear him screaming at the top of his lungs throughout the temple. We seriously had to hold him down by us to get him sealed. Oh, well - all the same.

Mick has a huge responsibility as the oldest of 6. But if you ask him, he would have 6 more. He loves his brothers and sister to death. We have always expected alot out of Mick and he has always rose to the challenge. He is not a quitter. He is a hard-nosed kid who loves to laugh. We are so proud of Mick and the young man he is becoming. Mick - we love you bud! Happy Birthday!