Happy Birthday Jordan ♥

The day of treatment I have trouble sleeping, thanks to the Decadron that's in my system. Since it's a steroid, I can't get a good night's sleep. However, once it's completely worn off, you know the routine...I'm VERY tired for a couple days. Well, I'm still in my Decadron state and if I don't write about my baby girl's birthday, I might miss it altogether, and when I wake back up it'll be too late!!

It was about 9:00 this morning (13 years ago!) when John and I had just dropped Johnny off at my brother's house in Gilroy and decided to grab a bite to eat at McDonalds, breakfast of champions! As I lifted my leg to get back into our van, my water broke. Oh no! We were still an hour away from Kaiser in San Jose. I saw the doctor the day before and he placed some type of gel down there to start the labor, so we knew that it was going to happen, but we were still far away. We made it to the hospital, and thought that Jordan was coming right then...but she wasn't. After 10 hours of labor, she graced us with her presence at 7:23 p.m. My baby girl was born :)

Jordan was a feisty young thing, to say the least. She was the ornery toddler that my mother always warned me about! Although she was absolutely beautiful with her striking blue eyes and blonde hair, she had a little mouth on her. For some reason she thought she was in charge and would hold her hand on her hip and sass us as if she ruled the house!! My oh my, we had our hands full. However, it's almost hard for me to remember those days because of what a WONDERFUL young lady she's turned out to be. I guess she got it all out of her system while she was still young. I wish my mother was still around to see her now :)

I've written before about Jordan's cooking skills, but she is way more than that. From the moment Jordan gets up in the morning, her game is on, she's all business. She usually wants to get to school early because that's the kind of girl she is; whether it's to help others, or to actually need more explanation on her higher math, she's all business. Her education is very important to her and we love it! With a 4.0, she's on her way :) When she gets home, she immediately plops her backpack down, puts her headphones in, and pounds away at her homework. For a couple hours, I'm not to disturb her, because like I said...she's all business. Now that I've been home a lot, I can see her usual routine, and classmates usually call for her assistance...it's amazing. I can't remember the last time we asked her if her homework was done. What's that?! We absolutely do not remind her of things like that...it's almost insulting to her. LOL. Jordan's favorite thing to do...read. The girl is so into books, I think she's turning into a bookworm. Besides school work and reading, Jordan enjoys music, watching anything that has Will Ferrell in it, and goofing off with her brother.

I'm very proud of my young lady and I hope she has a wonderful day...Happy Birthday Jordan!!

Today I am BLESSED. It's obvious that I am BLESSED to have the family that I have and I am also BLESSED to have you all as friends. I am also BLESSED to have the lord on my side.

Peace to you all ♥ Love, Genie