Rebecca's son, Austin Le Roy Hatch, had his first birthday party. Here he is enjoying all the commotion and the food. Some of the Wirthlin family were there in addition to the Hatch family. Rebecca and Emily organized a great party with Paul doing the barbecue honors.
It hardly seems like a year had gone by since the drama of Austin's birth; there seems to always be a little drama. Austin was in a hurry to get out and face the world and when it was time, he came in a hurry. It was late at night and Becca said they had better hurry because she was going to have a baby any minute. Paul raced to the hospital, went through a few stop signs, yelled for help when they got to the hospital and prayed she would not have the baby on the elevator.
The nurses were saying that there was no doctor present but nevertheless when they placed Becca in her bed, Austin just jumped out and has been a little dynamo since.
I remnded Becca that she repeated the drama of her own delivery back in Michigan. She was #13. I had taken 11 kids to our place in northern Michigan with some dirt bikes and they rode around until they broke all motorcycles. I called Mom and told her we were coming and noticed that she was groaning a little every minute by my watch, "Are you in labor?" This was two weeks early! "I want to get our of this" was the reply. I called Roy to the phone (he was 18 and at home for work) and gave him instructions to take Mom to the hospital immediately and do not listen to her stories of why she could not leave right now and if he did not he would have to deliver one of his siblings in the back of the Pinto car. He screamed!.
After an hour of driving, I found a phone in a remote little town and called into the delivery room of the hospital. The Doctor informed me that Mom had just arrived and was having the baby, (little Becca) on the stretcher (without anesthesia) as we spoke.
I talked to Roy later and wondered why it took so long to get to the hospital. He said Mom would not leave until she found matching shoes for 12 children for church the next morning and they had to stop for gasoline. He totally freaked when the nurse came and told him that he had a nice baby girl!
Well Austin and all the cousins had a great time at his first brithday party.
Alles Gute, Opa
It hardly seems like a year had gone by since the drama of Austin's birth; there seems to always be a little drama. Austin was in a hurry to get out and face the world and when it was time, he came in a hurry. It was late at night and Becca said they had better hurry because she was going to have a baby any minute. Paul raced to the hospital, went through a few stop signs, yelled for help when they got to the hospital and prayed she would not have the baby on the elevator.
The nurses were saying that there was no doctor present but nevertheless when they placed Becca in her bed, Austin just jumped out and has been a little dynamo since.
I remnded Becca that she repeated the drama of her own delivery back in Michigan. She was #13. I had taken 11 kids to our place in northern Michigan with some dirt bikes and they rode around until they broke all motorcycles. I called Mom and told her we were coming and noticed that she was groaning a little every minute by my watch, "Are you in labor?" This was two weeks early! "I want to get our of this" was the reply. I called Roy to the phone (he was 18 and at home for work) and gave him instructions to take Mom to the hospital immediately and do not listen to her stories of why she could not leave right now and if he did not he would have to deliver one of his siblings in the back of the Pinto car. He screamed!.
After an hour of driving, I found a phone in a remote little town and called into the delivery room of the hospital. The Doctor informed me that Mom had just arrived and was having the baby, (little Becca) on the stretcher (without anesthesia) as we spoke.
I talked to Roy later and wondered why it took so long to get to the hospital. He said Mom would not leave until she found matching shoes for 12 children for church the next morning and they had to stop for gasoline. He totally freaked when the nurse came and told him that he had a nice baby girl!
Well Austin and all the cousins had a great time at his first brithday party.
Alles Gute, Opa
5 comments:
And Becca is always very punctual .... maybe Austin will be too.
Was Dr. Brinton the person who delivered Becca?
Dad,
Thanks for coming. It was a great party with lots of family.
That is such a cute picture you got of him.
We love our little Austin, and I also can't believe how fast this year has flown by.
Love, Becca
Mary.. Dr. Brinton was not the one who delivered Mom as I remember.
We had a nice birthday party for Emily at Rebeccas today
Love, Dad
Dad,
Actually I did not help plan the party--just helped with the 7 layer dip and frog eyed salad..Becca should get all the credit for this great party. :)
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