Wednesday, April 28, 2010

I can't believe he's 20

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

You are my little Hawaiian baby!

We seriously considered naming him Kona, after the Hawaiian winds,
it would totally explain his personality.
Jeremy was born April 26th 1990 on the Island Maui.
Charlee was discharged form the hospital a few days before after being there for two weeks due to his appendix rupturing. Jeremy was born at 11:30 in the morning, and soon after the doctor had him cleaned up Charlee went over to the airport to pick up Grandma Mangelson and Aunt Marilyn, who came all the way from the mainland to lend a helping hand.
Charlee brought the straight to the hospital, to see us, but there was just one little problem, the maternity ward was under high security which means no visitors. They couldn't come back to my room or see the baby. so you guessed it I had to travel out to the waiting room to see them just a few hours after having Jeremy. What was the big deal? Well, first of all it had been about 6 months since i had seen my mom, and second I had just had major surgery Jeremy was born C-section. The painful journey was short but worth it.
The two of them quickly became very useful. While the hospital staff insisted on starving me until my stomach" recovered" from surgery I sent them home to whip me up some chocolate chip cookies, by that point I hadn't eaten for about 4 days and I was hungry so they smuggled me in a snack. They did a great job holding down the fort and taking care of Dewey until I was released from captivity. We then spent the next week and a half touring around the Island, with a new baby in tow. needless to say I didn't get much rest until they went home. I felt bad that they came all that way to just tend me, and We were in Hawaii for heaven sakes I could rest later. May I add my house was never cleaner all 800sq. ft of it.

Jer never has required alot of sleep from the time he was little he was the last in bed and the first one up. I got tired of staying up with him so I taught him how to turn off the tv and he went to bed when he was done. (Pic in the rocking chair) was one of those late nights
Jeremy provides us with 24hr. entertainment he is quite the clown.

We have several Jeremy stories but i don't have time for a novel.

1. He stomped on a spray paint can to see what would happen
2. He got hung up in the basketball hoop and hung by his teeth after a slam dunk went wrong.

Jeremy loves spending time with his buddies
he loves motorcycles and trucks.

I worried alot over this kid and I'm sure that will never end, he struggled to get through school and I have wanted to strangle him several times, but in the end we are usually laughing.
I love you Jer,
Handsome as ever!

2 comments:

  1. Sure do love Jeremy. What a fun kid to be around. I love his McNeill humor! Happy Birthday, Jer!

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  2. Cute post, I was there (sort of) and hardly remember most of that time. I do remember Charlee's ruptured appendix and Jeremy being brought home, but the rest is blurry.

    We're so glad that he is such a fine man. We're glad that we have lived next door to him, most of his life and I am so happy that he and Ethan are best friends.

    He's a great guy! Love ya buddy

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