The 3rd Child

It's the funniest thing...

I am going to be traveling with Isaac to Corpus Christi this coming weekend. We are flying down there, and this is the first time I have ever flown with one of my children. This evening, in an effort to avoid any potential airport drama because I was simply uninformed of certain policies, I sat down on the sofa and started reading through the 4 pages of information from the SWA website that was under the heading "Baby On Board: Information You Should Know When Flying With Your Infant or Toddler." On the 3rd line down I read "Proof of Age Policy: A birth certificate is required to validate age of all infants under age two." So, I went to the fire proof box, opened it, and started pulling out documents. I found Samuel's birth certificate, and then I found Avery's, but Isaac's wasn't in there. I pulled everything out, and it really wasn't in there. Hmmmmm. So, I went into his room and found his baby book and I flipped through all the pages. Hmmmmm. No birth certificate in there either. So, I got his keepsake box down from the top of his closet, and I looked through everything. But still, no birth certificate. So, I decided to dig a little deeper. I opened up every envelope from all of the cards that have ever been given to Isaac. I looked through every drawer in the house, and I even looked through every file in the filing cabinet. It was at this point that I started to get worried. And then, as I was putting Isaac's keepsake box back in the top of his closet, the box hit something. A big, pretty, white envelope!!! And it was from the hospital Isaac was born at!!! Oh, thank goodness, I found it. Whew, I can breathe a sigh of.... wait a minute... what's this.... you've got to be kidding me!!! Right there, in that big, pretty, white envelope were all of the papers that I was sent home from the hospital with after Isaac was born. It would seem that I never got around to opening that big, pretty, white envelope, because in that big, pretty, white envelope was a nicely typed letter from the Bureau of Vital Statistics congratulating me on the birth of my new Little Texan (yes, it actually says that). And underneath that cute little line, it listed the instructions on how to go about ordering my child's birth certificate. Uh huh.....

And there you have it! It would seem that I never ordered a birth certificate for my 3rd child, and he's 20 months old now! Feel free to laugh. It is quite funny.

Yesterday, I had a pretty bad day. I started to write something on here telling everyone what had happened, but I never got around to completing the story. Needless to say, what it all boils down to is that I had very good intentions to do something nice for my children, and my plans blew up in my face. And as if that wasn't bad enough, I got told by my oldest child that I had disappointed him. Ouch! That hurt... But today, I think this might just take the cake.... Sorry Samuel, I know that Mommy disappointed you yesterday in the school cafeteria, but at least I didn't forget to order your birth certificate when you were born. So take heart, oh thou first born child of mine. At least you are not the 3rd child.

I never ordered a birth certificate for my 3rd child!!!!!!!!!! AND, it took me 20 months to realize it!

I suppose I can take comfort in the fact that my oldest child is in touch with his feelings and he is able to express himself emotionally. He knows that he can be honest with me about his feelings. That's good, right? And I also suppose I can take comfort in the fact that my youngest child won't remember any of this. That is, if no one ever tells him. Yeah, I'm talking to you. :-) And by the way, I called the airline, and it seems that I can also use Isaac's shot record as proof of his age. Thank goodness the airline isn't as tough on me as my children are! I'll bet you anything that the person who came up with the "proof of age" policy for SWA is a 1st born child, and the person who added the part about being able to use a child's shot record instead of a birth certificate is a 3rd born child!!!