Okienurse's Paper and Ink Therapy: 37th Birthday

Sunday, January 20, 2013

My baby is 37!

A long, long, long time ago in the galaxy I currently live in I met the most wonderful man (did I mention HOT!) in the world and decided to settle down and get married. Chuck was a student at the University of Oklahoma and I was a student in nursing school at OSU in Oklahoma City.

April 5, 1975

About 3 months after we were married we found out that we were pregnant (I did mention that he was the hottest man!) and settled down to have a family.

Oh no where did the time go? I can't believe it was that long ago that I held that little squirming bundle in my arms and swore my life to his care and well being! The following are some pictures celebrating Chad, CHarles Arthur Doswell IV!


January 20, 1976 waiting on them to bring out our new baby!


Christmas 1976 with Chucks Mom and Dad at his Aunt Fran's house in Altona Illinois.

We have had a lot of "firsts" with Chad but unfortunately don't have pictures to validate them. Chad learned about Rocket launching and built his own rockets that lead him to the notice of the Norman PD, the camping trip where Chad learned he could light methane gas direct from the source, or use the roof as a jump off to the swimming pool, and how about the time he learned he could use my debit card to draw out money and buy a pellet gun! Yes there were a lot of first and I thank heavens he survived it all!

Chad's first horn! Christmas 1978! Don't you love those shortened jammies...he wouldn't give them up so I cut the feet out! He loved music and always wanted to play an instrument.

Chad's first driving experience. Summer 1978

Chad loved his first (and only) baby sister

Chad's first ball team 1984. He was an awesome catcher!

Halloween 1986 when Chad had been injured in a fall he decided to become GI Joe to show off the damage...No folks most of that isn't makeup...its real. This was a foreshadowing of what was to come!