Thirteen years ago Paul Swain Nicholas Braxton came into the world at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Va. He was my shortest pregnancy, shortest labor, and smallest baby. He was induced at 38 weeks due to his older brother being so large.
For his birthday Nicholas wanted to go to a Hurricanes Hockey Game. Dallas and him should be on the way home now. This morning we gave him the tickets and he gave them to Dallas to keep. Dallas and I then went to vote. After voting Dallas and I emptied our pockets into the big trash can outside the voting building. You probably know where this going. We get home and Dallas says to Nicholas...you have the tickets don't you? Nicholas and I both tell him that he did. Back to the trash can Dallas goes. He said people thought it was quite humorous him digging through the trash can. Another cub scout leader was there and was disappointed that Dallas found them so quickly. He was hoping to see Dallas dig to the bottom.
Last year this time, Nicholas was having his birthday dinner at Wendy's in UNC hospital. Grace was still recovering from her surgery. We had a chocolate cake for dessert. Fortunately only the only similiarity is the chocolate cake this year. For dinner we will be having london broil, homemade macaroni and cheese, and green beans. These are all of Nicholas' favorites.
Happy belated Birthday!! SO GLAD those tickets were still in the trash can! Can you imagine if someone had taken it to the dump?! That would've been horrible. What a happy ending!
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