HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFANY FAITH McDONALD

On this day 22 years ago Tiffany decided to surprise us with her early entry into this world. She was actually due on my birthday, march 17th. I had been to see the Dr. a few days before, they said I was alright to travel by car, but to get out once an hour and walk around for 5 minutes or so. We decided to go up to Priest River for for a couple of days( Feb.15&16). So James, Jamie, Christa, Unlce Tim and I(Tiffany) all went for a visit. We were told we had to call before leaving P.R. and coming up to the Calvins so that they could meet us at the end of their long drive way as there was so much snow we wouldn't be able to get our Escort up the road. Well we didn't call them, we brought a sled for James and Tim to pull the kids up the hill to the Calvins home in the woods. When we got there, T.J. said why didn't you call! Then Karen said, Sandy your all wet. She got me a nightgown and robe, and told me to take a warm bath and she would wash and dry my clothes and have lunch ready when I got out of the bath. So we ate and I was so tired, so I went and laid down for a while, the next thing I know, Karen is telling me we have to go, here are your clothes. So I got dressed and we left, I had slept from 2 till 5:30. We all got in big bird, thats what they called there big yellow 4x4 bronco, and went to Church. I sat at the back of the VFW hall on a chair while James and Tim kept an eye on James and Christa and talked a litte to a few friends during the Church service. Part way thru Church Tiffany decided she'd had enough, and hit me with a huge contraction, I sucked in air loudly and almost fell off my chair. Well now the race was on, it's now 6:30 at night and it's snowing, and I'm in labor and its the 16th. of Feb. not March, a whole month early. We got loaded up in the car and headed straight for Moscow to drop the Kids off with friends before heading to Lewiston. It was snowing hard, the contraction close, and James was having a hard time seeing, it took us so long to get back home, and then the nasty drive to Lewiston down that awful grade in the snow. It was 1 a.m. by the time we got to the hospital, then they had to find our Dr. because it was a planned c-section, so we had to have him. So Febuary 17th early morn, brought Tiffany Faith into our world. (I'll explain her name later, because it was choosen for my Faith in God that she was healhty and a few other reasons.)She had bright red hair and was 21 inches long, she weighed 8 and a half pounds and had blue eyes. And she sucked her thumb, even in the ultra sound pictures, she was sucking her thumb! I LOVE YOU TIFFANY FAITH, Love MOM.