This date will forever stay in my mind and not because it’s Presidents Day. February 16th is the day I went into labor with our daughter Jody Rose.

Wayne and I had been married about 18 months and I was excited to be a first time mom but a little intimidated by the thought of labor. I asked my mother what it was like and not wanting to frighten me, mom said labor was a little like cramps only more intense. It didn’t take me long to realize labor was a lot more intense than cramps!

After Jody was born, on February 17th, I told Wayne –in no uncertain terms– that if he was disappointed he didn’t have a son, then tough because I was never going through this ever again! Famous last words . . . four and a half months later I was pregnant with Jenny Adele.