Christian Matthew Wilson

Christian celebrated his 13th birthday this past Sunday (December 6th). I can't believe my oldest is now officially a teenager!!

We found out we were pregnant on Good Friday in 1996 and that Christian was due December 18th. My dad hoped he would be born on Christmas Day but I was very, very thankful that did not happen. As with all of my boys labor does not progress quickly for me. I was in labor (contractions every 3 minutes) for 40 1/2 hours with Christian. My Dr. was wonderful and really worked with me because I was scared to death to have a C-section and we didn't have to! When Christian was finally born he was not breathing. At some point as he came down the birth canal the chord wrapped around his neck. I remember waiting those long minutes to hear him cry. He finally did and we were on our way!

Christian has my personality but gets his intelligence from his dad. He likes school, band and his youth group. He didn't like football and is still on the fence about basketball. He is very athletically gifted but UNLIKE his mother is not very competitive. School comes very easily to him. He is in all AP classes and loves Math. Band is his favorite! He has excelled at band with a 1+ last year at Solo & Ensemble competition along with a special recommendation and this year he was 1 of 15 from his band to make All Region.

Christian received his first "spanking (wasn't really a spanking just swatted his hand)" at 8 months old over the computer. He would crawl over to the computer in our apartment and try to turn it off. EIGHT times over and over he would crawl over, turn it off, I would spank his hand, put him on the opposite side of the room, he would cry and do it ALL again!! That was my first look at his determination! When he was little and he and Craig were riding in the car, Christian said, "Dad what color of truck will Jesus drive when he comes back to get us!" Ha. ha. One day when Caleb & Joel were little and we were all in the car both of them were crying. From the very back Christian hollered, "Mom, what were ya'll thinking having another baby!"

Happy Birthday to my first born son! I am so proud of the young man you are becoming. I can't wait to see all God has for you in the future. I love you!