30 days to 30: day 4

4th birthday. new outfit and AWESOME new bracelet.

1985 is the year my brother donald was born and that's what some of my earliest memories are about. i was about 3.5 years old when he was born. i vaguely remember my mom being pregnant and how excited we all were to have a new baby. i remember when my mom went into labor and we all drove to san jose so she could have the baby in good samaritan hospital where all of us were born. we stayed at my aunt kathie's while my parents went to the hospital and i remember waking up late at night to go to the hospital to meet him. after that we went home to tracy and grandma hanlon took care of us until my mom and brother came home from the hospital a few days later.
i was so excited to hold him for the first time and i remember sitting on the couch and having him placed in my lap. i had to be ever so careful and gentle.
my poor brother grew up with 3 older sisters who all tried to be his mom. we loved our baby brother. i thought he was the cutest baby in the world and i couldn't get enough of him.

donny wearing his blessing outfit. december 1985.