****UPDATE**** I just spoke to Pip and it turns out, I’m terrible at math. He’s only 34 today. Oh well. 34, 35, what’s the difference.
Today my baby brother is 35.
THIRTY-FIVE.
Which is weird because in my head he’s still the 8 year old boy who followed me around the house and thought I was his other mama.
Which I totally was.
In fact, I find myself calling my kids “Phillip” sometimes–especially when I say things like “don’t run out in the street,” or “don’t eat the butter straight out of the container!”
He’s come a long way in 35 years–considering he was born 6 weeks premature and his chance for survival in 1975 looked grim.
I was 5 years old then, so I don’t remember a lot about his early arrival into the world. I only have a tiny snippet of a memory of sitting on my dad’s shoulders, looking through the glass of the hospital nursery at this drowned rat looking teeny tiny thing who had at least a hundred tubes and wires coming out of him.
But miraculously he was a fighter and after being in the hospital 3 weeks, came out a champion. And he’s been a champion ever since. He was my pet from the beginning, and I feel like really, he was my first child. I don’t think I’ve ever even been mad at him. At least I can’t think of an instance.
Pip (as we call him) has turned out to be an awesome husband and father (for which I take partial credit–I mean I *did* raise him right) and I’m proud to be his big sister.
Happy Birthday, little brother. My life is better with you in it.
Oh yeah, and he gets his good looks from me too
Hey, be sure and check out my post on Aiming Low today. It’s about how my family screwed me on Christmas a few years ago. It’s a heartwarming tale.
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Happy Birthday Phillip!
Beauty runs in the family.
Happy Birthday to your HOT brother!
Nice. And your bro? RAWR!!
Moms and dads need to remember that they’ll be spending a fair amount of time in the nursery too. Making the correct decisions about baby nursery design from the beginning will do wonders toward creating a relaxing environment for parents to enjoy with their children.