Happy Birthday Ryan!!!!

My second son, Ryan turns 32 years old today. Now going back 32 years, I spent 8 weeks in hospital waiting for this fellow to make an appearance. He was such a big baby for me that he put too much pressure on my abdominal aorta and my blood pressure was 60/40 and because I was high risk (because I had a pacemaker) I had to go to Winnipeg and be admitted until he was born. This was very hard for me because it also meant I had to leave 18 month old Chad with Grandma and Grandpa at Shoal Lake. So I ended up in Winnipeg all by myself as Dennis had to work and everyday the doctors would do ultrasounds telling me that the baby was due in the middle of January. I told them they were nuts as my due date was December 24. No way I was going to the middle of January. They would not do a c-section because of the pacemaker and back in the 70's they did not know enough about them so I had to deliver naturally. Anyways after a few false labors and a good push from the doctor the baby finally dropped and a couple of contractions later, Ryan Dennis Preston was born at 1:50am at the Women's Centre in Winnipeg weighing 8lbs 12 oz and 22 inches long. He was very blue and on the apgar scale he was a 3, the doctors had to work on Ryan with oxygen and compressions and he was whisked away very quickly from me. Dennis missed his birth due to the snow storm on the drive in from Russell. I was on my own.

Ryan was supposed to be named "Riley" after my dad but Dennis did not like that name so he became Ryan, I was very disappointed. Dennis and I had made a deal that I name the boys and he name the girls so I lost out there again. Dennis went back to Russell the next day without picking a middle name so I just added Dennis on the certificate.

Ryan had alot of issues with allergies as a child and had no immunity to anything but he outgrew that and other than his scoliosis he has grown into a handsome man whom I love dearly. Dennis and I are so fortunate to have three awesome sons whom we love.

Ryan is the one in the middle in the photo above. Scott is on his left and Chad on his right. Top row is Judy (me), hubby Dennis and Chad's finance, Kristina. This photo was taken Thanksgiving 2007.

Ryan loves to fish, winter, spring, summer or fall.

I hope you have an awesome day Ryan, love you lots.