Look Who it Was Random video

Happy Birthday to My Third Teenager!

310 views · Published 5 February 2017 · 15:05 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: Music Is A Rainbow · 2017 · People & Blogs

Watch on YouTube

Happy Birthday to my sweet boy!  I can't believe I have another teenager.

It was a very emotional time when we were expecting Andrew.  My brother was being deployed for the first time and was sent to Iraq for a year, plus he was gone for training even longer than that.  He was gone for his 10th anniversary with his wife, my 30th birthday, our grandma's 80th, dad's 60th, and more.  And then I found myself trying to schedule Andrew's birth around his departure because I didn't want the weekend to become about me.  I thought I would have the baby and then we would have a family gathering, but I became overdue and the chances of going into labor just as he was leaving was likely.  

I was miserable anyway, contracting everywhere I went for weeks on end with no progress and I wanted to spend time with my brother.  I also wanted him to hold my baby because there was no guarantee he would come home.  With dread, I scheduled an induction, which I didn't want to do, but it ended up being a huge blessing because they saw I was having contractions (like I had been having every single day) and said the doctor could just break my water.  4.75 hours later, Andrew was born.  He was the sweetest, most alert, peaceful baby ever.

We spent time together as a family two days later and then the following day my brother, sister, and I sang together in church.  I said goodbye to my brother in the foyer and my mom said I could come to her house briefly to lengthen the goodbye, but I was feeling pretty awful.  I really don't think I could have handled it because even unexpected members of our family cried as they prayed.  

That was one of the hardest times for our family and we're grateful he came home unharmed.  My heart breaks for families who lose their loved ones or have them come home different people than they were before.  I'm so grateful my children know my brother and have so many more memories to make with him.

And I'm grateful to have such a sweet son!  Happy Birthday, Andrew!  I love you!

More from this channel