Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Happy Birthday Mark!

Today is my brother Mark's birthday. I was 13 when he was born, so I remember it pretty well. It was a scheduled c-section and I was so anxious to get the call from my dad confirming that Mark had arrived safe and sound and that my mom was ok.

Complications were expected - Mark had even had blood transfusions before he was born. Even though he was teeny tiny and spent his first few weeks in the NICU, he came through all right!

With Jemma on his wedding day in January 2007

As a kid he loved Mikey Mouse and silly movies and hamburgers. Now he loves Suzanna and statistics and hamburgers. In a few months he'll be a dad and have a little boy of his own!

4 comments:

Mark said...

Thanks Laurie! Where did you get that picture of me in the NICU, and how did you get it on the computer? I imagined you scanned it... Don't I look so young on my wedding day?

Holdinator said...

I sure hope he still likes silly movies.

Bond Girl 007 said...

Hey happy birthday to your brother....but oh my that photo when he is just a tiny baby....soo scary.

Robyn said...

Happy birthday to Mark! Sounds like he was a miracle baby. My son Austin was in the NICU for 7 weeks. He almost had a transfusion too. Whenever I look at photos of him with all those tubes I think how lucky we are to have him today! I am sure you feel the same about your brother. Cute photo of him and Jemma. Thanks for the good mail, BTW, such a cute card and kind words. Hope you're getting some crunchy, crispy foods in these days! At least you got to watch P&P nothing bad about that!! Colin Firth... aaaah.