Nick's 6th Birthday

This past weekend we celebrated Nick's 6th birthday and he had his first official kid party at Chuck E Cheese. I think he had fun from the limited time I saw him. He invited two of his friends from school, Luke and Charlie, and Zac came too. It was fun to watch him interact with the kids outside from the school setting. It is hard to think of Nick as a 6 year old and how far we have come in six years.

Nick's birth six years ago was a moment in our lives that was crazy. We did a lot in just a few months with our wedding, moving into a new house, and then changing to a family of three to four. It is amazing to think we are now a family of six and still living in the same house ;-o

I will forever remember waking up in the morning to contractions and being scared because my mom was up North. I called her at my Grandpa's house, only to have her tell me what was she suppose to do three hours away and that I should be calling the hospital. Later on I found out that my Grandpa tripped over a chair getting to the phone, I guess I forgot it was 5 o'clock in the morning. As if my stress level wasn't high enough, I called St. John's to find out they were full and that I would have to go to St. Joe's. More nervous now, I woke Chris up and Jasmine (hard to believe that she was only 5 then).

Gals...never let your husband take their time when you are in labor. Chris, more girlie than me, had to shower so he didn't stink and groom himself as I waited in hard labor by then. Poor Jasmine had Cheez Its for breakfast and was rushed away in my truck. Wow I forgot about that until now that I we had to take my tiny Maroon truck, because Chris didn't have gas in his truck. Again gals remember to gas up your vehicles if you think you might be going into labor.

We never gave it much thought that I might have to go to another hospital and that directions might be a good thing. Chris drove like a mad man giving no thought to traffic laws or road directions and finally got us to the hospital. We didn't know how to get into the hospital, and he had to call his mom for directions. It looked dead inside so I told him to get me to the emergency entrance. There was no one in sight and I remember Chris running inside and grabbing a wheel chair only to have a security guard tell him that he needed to move the truck and couldn't park there, totally oblivious that I was doubled over in labor pains.

A nurse finally showed up and whisked me away to maternity with Jasmine running behind. I was afraid that Chris wouldn't show up in time because the nurses told me that the baby was coming and the doctor barely got there too. So seven minutes after arriving at the hospital, Nicholas Rocco Carvelli was born. It was extremely hurried but we got to the hospital and Nick was healthy. I just remember Julie walking into the room and commenting that Nick was already born.

Nick's birth only made the other kids to follow easier and less stressful and now six years later he isn't my baby anymore :-(