HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

This day only comes but once a year so I think I should be able to secretly jump and shout about it. This one is especially special because I am 21 on the 21st. Now THAT only happens once in your lifetime.

So in honor of my birthday, I am going to tell you about my mom's birthing experience of having me! Just kidding.

But I will tell you some stuff about it, just not the discovery channel version.

1. I was a lard baby. I weighed 8lbs. 15 oz. I couldn't even imagine the pain associated with giving birth let alone to a Hindenburg of a baby.

2. Because of my extreme fatness, they had to use forceps on me which sprained my neck and bruised my face. My aunt said that I cried so hard when I was born. I guess things never change.

3. I was named "Jessica" because my mom "liked" it so the story behind my name is pretty much non-existent. However, my middle name "Clare" is my mother's maiden name.

Favorite Birthday Memory

I don't remember how old I was turning but GameWorks had just opened up at the Arizona Mills Mall and me and my dad went and hung out all day. It was awesome. He took me somewhere cool to eat and then we had fun playing on all the games. I don't remember what I got for my birthday but I know that I had a blast.

Favorite Birthday Gift
When I was 6 or 7, I got a rabbit for my birthday. Since DaNelle's birthday is right after mine, what ever I got, she did too. Kind of like kill two birds with one stone deal or if you want a less morbid idiom, a buy one get one free. I named it Thumper. Talk about original. He was fun until we stopped playing with him and he got all wild. I would have to wear a coat to hold him because he would bite me.

Well happy birthday to me. I am one year older now and actually do feel older since 18 is when you graduate, 19 means your still a teen, 20 isn't much better but 21!!!! That means something even if I don't know what it is. I guess I have a year to find out.