Good morning friends~ Today I'm celebrating the birthday of my first born son, Jeff.
I still remember the day I had him! It had been a long and difficult labour which ended in a C-section. Funny how a mother forgets all the agony once that darling baby is placed in her arms. Such was the case with me.
Jeff was and is a delight to our family. He was the baby that every mother dreams of; he slept through the night from the time we brought him home from the hospital! He was always very good-natured and is to this day, a joy!
Here he is at age 5 with his brother Joel.
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Jeff has always had a keen interest in the animal kingdom and has studied it from the time he was a little guy. There is nothing he doesn't know about animals and insects.
This is a photo of him with his son Brent admiring the salamander they found. Brent has inherited a love of God's creatures too! That's me looking on and no, I'm not scared of salamanders! I had to learn years ago to like these creatures!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2PORDJEkTbtIqOB56665XZUR3lhI8B0T9vVa7vzBgP5lOe0x4TeiTvn8K5kG6KWZ_VeEj5lR6HJMKOryc-fM5NHfdQZxdPBh-8ByiYmUy8KyuIclBRw2-Q3BHNzc4lpOGqgx1JY_YZI/s320/Jeff,+%27Sammy%27,+Brent,+%26+Me+-+Mother%27s+Day+2009.jpg)
He was an adorable child and today is a handsome and caring man! He and his beautiful wife Joanna have blessed us with three little grandsons, Cameron, Brent, and Jared.
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"Happy Birthday Jeff"
We love you & are so proud of the man you have become!
Sharing from my heart~ Sandi