Tracy's 25th

Today I want to tell about my daughter, Tracy.

As in the past I have given an overview of the birth of each of my sons.

I will do the same for my only girl.

This wonderful event happened July 16th, 25 years ago.

It was a Sabbath, Larry wasn't feeling very good so I stayed home from church to be with him.

Larry and I were just resting for awhile. He started to feel better so we decided to take a walk down to lake La vista .

It was a nice day, a little hot, but the trees along the path offered much shade, and we sat on the lake side, observing the ducks. I could tell that my baby, was going to come soon, but didn't know if she was going to be born that day, or maybe the next. We weren't there very long and strolled back home. Larry was good company and kept my mind off of things.

Dad had taken the other 2 boys to church and returned.

I had just finished eating lunch when I really began to feel like this was going to be the day.

I mentioned to dad that I thought this was going to be it. Well, he had already decided he was going to take a nap, which was his regular way of doing on the Sabbath.

He went in to rest, the boys were playing, and I went into the living room to lay down for a while.

I wasn't there very long, and then I knew, this was not some small thing, that was going to go away.

I got dad up and told him we have to go to the doctor.

He sort of wanted to wait. I told him, NO we were not going to wait.

We got all the boys rounded up and in the car. We took them to Veda Mitchell's home here in Columbia and dropped them off.

We then headed down to Jefferson City, where our doctor had told us to meet him.

We walked into the hospital, and waited, then the doctor came and examined me, and told me we had better go on down to the clinic, in Tuscumbia, where we had arranged for this birth to take place.

I guess, at this point, dad was pretty excited, he actually can drive fast.. can you imagine that? The Doctor had a jeep he was driving, he flew past us going many more miles an hour than us.

On the way there, the pains had really picked up speed, and I hoped we would make it. After all the boys each took 17 hours to make their entrances. But I guess Tracy just wasn't wanting to hang out in a small, dark , damp place.

We arrived at the clinic, and I was put into the labor area, and examined again. I don't think we were there for more than an hour.

We had taken the Lamaze classes at the university hospitals and clinics, and so we were using all the techniques they taught us. Or I should say I was.

There was only the doctor, nurse, dad and I at the clinic. I really liked having no other emergencies taking place, and the quietness of the place. It was really nice.

Well, we finally went into the delivery room, and had one of those birthing chairs, that you sit up in, like a recliner, with a cut out area underneath. let me just say this, that is the only way to have a baby. it lets gravity help you. With each of the boys, I was laid flat on my back and had to actually push uphill.. to get them here. So the birthing chair is a real nice change. This was absolutely the easies birth ever. I was even telling the doctor jokes, and he was joking too. Dad was being a good support too. The birth was perfect.
Dad got to hold her first, then they gave her to me.
While I was having her, I thought "oh no, what if its not a girl, and its a boy", not that I wouldn't love it, its just that I never even considered it would be a boy, as I already had 3, and my church friends had given me a baby shower, and everyone bought girl stuff.

As it turned out, I had nothing to worry about, It was a girl.

The prettiest little person you ever saw. She had rosy cheeks, and such a quiet disposition.

I felt wonderful, and I wanted to get up and take a shower, but they made me stay in bed for an hour, and drink a 7 up. After that, I got up, took a shower, and dressed. Then I dressed Tracy in one of her little gifts; a pink gown, and wrapped her in a pink light weight blanket, and off we went to the car.

We stopped in Jefferson city to show John and Cherry and the boys, and they had fresh squeezed lemon aid for us to drink, then we heading home, stopping off to get gas, and met our neighbors that lived across the street.

Then we came to Columbia, and showed the boys, and then went to Grandma and Grandpa Trumbo's house.

They weren't there, so we waited. It was their wedding anniversary so they had gone out to eat. When they got back they were very happy to see their new little granddaughter.

Tracy shares her birthday with my brother Lyle, my brother-in-law, Bob, my nephew's first wife, Sharleen. I talked to my brother Lyle and he said to tell Tracy, "Happy Birthday".