Happy 8th Birthday Kobe!

Isn't this the cutest picture, he was only 7 months old.

I can not believe Kobe is turning 8. It seems like yesterday we brought him home from the hospital scared to death not knowing what to do. Kobe was born at 10:01 pm on Nov 10, 2000. He weighed 8lbs 10 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. He was stubborn from day one. I had actually gone into labor with him on the 9Th at about 8 pm. I remember i was having contracts all day long, I had our house cleaned, the grocery shopping done, and the truck cleaned by 9:00 am. Randy came home from work around 5 and we still had to go and get Kobe's dresser from RC Willey's. We went and picked it up and brought it to our house. Randy looked at me and said, Do you really want to go into labor tonight? Yes are you kidding me. So he said, help me carry this in the house and unpack it. Okay!! We carry it in the house, I get it all situated while Randy gets in the shower. Man, was I starting to hurt even more. But I was young and dumb, I just thought I hurt my back while lifting it in the house. My sister Shay called and was talking to me, she noticed that every couple of minutes I would tell her to hold on while i grunted and held my breath. She told me I was in labor and needed to get to the hospital. Randy got out off the shower and seen me laying on the bed and knew it was that time. We rushed to the hospital. Of course my doctor was out of town so they gave me some medicine to make me comfortable and said they would be back in the morning. Neither one of us were able to sleep. My doctor finally came in around 9 and broke my water, ( which is very uncomfortable, and embarrassing) . HE told me I would have him by about 4 pm. Around 2:00 pm I got my epidural, and was able to sleep a little. At about 3 I was in really bad pain, I could feel everything. It was horrible!! They thought they had just missed my spine so they tried again, SO now we are on Epidural #2. It worked for about 15 minutes. I was able to lift my leg everything, so they decided to just give me a pain shot every 15 minutes. They said my metabolism burned the medicine too quick for it to work, yeah whatever! By this point it was about 6:30 and the doctor wanted me to start pushing. After pushing for 2 1/2 hours straight they realized his head ( yes his head) was too big and he was not going to be able to come out. I started dilating backwards. So at 9:00 they prepped us for an emergency C-section. Which is a hole different story! I was not numb at all, I could feel everything. I seriously thought I was going to die. I remember the look on Randy's face as he was seeing the pain I was in, and seeing the doctors hold me down and try talking to me to keep me alert and awake. But also watching his first born child come into this world. As soon as they were able to get Kobe out they knocked me out. I wasn't able to be with him for several hours after he was born. I finally remember about 2 am getting to my room and there sat Randy with Kobe in his arms. He was so proud. I on the other did not want anything to do with him. Like I said he has been stubborn from day one.

Kobe has been so fun over the years. He loves to be outdoors, he loves to go fishing and hunting. He is very athletic. He loves sports. He is good at anything he tries. Kobe is our little clown. He loves to make people laugh. He loves to tease his brothers and sister. Kobe absolutely loves desserts. He is a HUGE ice cream fan. He would have that for every meal if we would let him. He can be easily bribed by a bowl of Ice cream with 4 scoops.

He has many friends. He loves spending time with Colton, his cousin. They can do some real damage when they are together. Kobe is also the type of person that will follow the rules exactly, but he will also be the first to bend them when they do not benefit him. He loves his sleep. He can sleep until 10:30 or 11:00 on Saturdays if we let him. He loves to lounge around in his under ware. Some of his nicknames are: Boges, Chubbies, Rubes, Carlson, and Kobo's

We are so thankful that we have been blessed to have him in our family. He is a great little boy,and we are looking forward to many more birthdays and fun memories with him. We love you very much boges, happy birthday!

Here are some of our fun memories with Kobe! (All my babies pictures of him are stored away.)