Helsea Gain

Another trip to Park Plaza Hospital on Saturday night, February 23rd.   The big girls were dropped off with Janey and H once again. Since it was the weekend Dr. Joe Ed McLemore was pinch hitting for Dr. Woodward. He was a tall man with big cowboy boots and an expectation that every experienced cow should be able to drop a calf on her own.  Now Cherry and I may have been a little lax about the breathing exercises since we had been there and done that.  All of this has left Cherry with only one memory of Chelsea's birth:

                        PAIN!

Chelsea made her debut Sunday morning, February 24th, at 12:44AM.  We named her Chelsea (inspired by On Golden Pond) Jane (after her grandmother Martha Jane).  Chelsea was a pretty baby and had beautiful blond hair with a hint of red.  Cherry had realized her fear that my offspring may have the red hair I was born with.  Chelsea has gone from strawberry blonde to red although a much prettier color than her Dad.  Chelsea has since embraced being Dad's clone right down to her fake mustache collection. 

Dad was pretty busy playing Mr. Mom and taking care of the big girls so this birth seems like a blur.  It is hard for a Dad to keep up with a Mom's schedule. 

Chelsea grew up under the influence of her big sisters who always convinced her to take the blame for things since she was too young to get in serious trouble.  She called herself Helsea Gain since she had trouble with her name.  When she was young she was a great sister to Charlie as she enjoyed playing with Star Wars action figures.  Her Dad tried to make her a star basketball player because she was tall, but she just was not mean enough to play in the paint.

Chelsea has always been fun to be around.  She should always be asked to sing Hakuna Matata from The Lion King and The Cow Jumped over the Moon from Rent because she is quite good at it.  Chelsea is courageous because she seeks adventure in places like India and chooses to live in high cost and crowded California.  Most of all she seems to have a knack for falling into nettles.  See Kelly's blog to get the full account of that episode.  Now she knows the PAIN her Mom suffered through to bring her into the world.

Chelsea, I started this blog on your birthday but time ran over to the 25th before I finished.  I hope you had a great birthday and look forward to hearing more about your adventures.

Maybe not a power forward after all, maybe LPGA Tour!