Michael Eugene Smith
8 lbs 1 0z
20 inches
January 22nd, 1989
He was the cutest thing I had ever seen in my life, all that black hair and round face, chubby cheeks. They lay him on my chest and he started nursing and I fell in love with this little man, my baby boy, my only boy.
I was home with him everyday, and all we did was play and snuggle and play and snuggle. From the minute he was born until he was nearly three the only place he slept was laying on my chest. What a snuggle bear. Mike and I spent so much time just staring at him that in the car he would say "turn around turn around" because he wanted us to STOP staring.
He loved listening to Dwight Yokem, repeatedly. He loved both his great grandpas. He was blessed to have them both. Oh, he loved his great grandma Ginger too. Of course his other grandparents as well.
When he was 2 1/2 he got a baby sister, his first one. He loved her so much and she bossed him around from day one!
He kept getting sisters as everyone who knows us already knows. When Missy came in 96, he hugged me and cried and told me how thankful he was that God gave him another sister and that we were all healthy. PRECIOUS! They are so close to this day.
He is maybe the biggest mommas boy EVER! In jr. high and high school he could really push my buttons, and especially Mikes. He got a little lost in highschool, not drugs or alcohol. More lack of motivation. He didn't graduate with his class and learned a really hard lesson.
In the fall of 2007 he lost his best friend. It was devastating to all of us and something that will affect him his whole life. He really loved Justin. We all did.
He's an adult now. He's not perfect, but he is amazing. He still struggles a little with motivation, but he's getting there. He got his GED right away. He's had several jobs and he's currently searching hard for a new one. He plans to go back to college in the fall. He's had the same very sweet girlfriend that we love very much for almost 4 years. They have lived together for a year and a half.
He is an amazing brother and son. We talk on the phone at least twice a day. Him and his girlfriend do NOT drink and party, in fact, if they have a free weekend all they want to do is have his sister come stay. He spent his 21st birthday with his parents and his girlfriend. He helps his grandma with everything, from dropping off her water bill to shutting in her chickens, even though they freak him out.
He's a LOT like me,he's a worrier. He's a little like his dad and has a hot head, that's getting better too. He's big softie mushball. He's trying really hard to be a surrogate brother to Justins baby sister and it makes my heart melt to see him do that.
I've NEVER seen another boy so involved with their sisters, he just really loves, cares for and wants the best for them. They are so blessed to have him.
This baby and I have grown up together. I probably made my biggest mistakes as a parent with him, but we have both grown and learned.
I thank God for this little boy that made me a mom, and for the man that he's growing to be.
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