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Our "Baby" Turned 6 Today



It is hard to believe that McClain is now a six year old. Today I went into his room at about 6:15 AM. He is very sick so I was not only checking on him, but wanted to greet him the second he opened his eyes. When he woke up, I said, wow, you did it, you turned 6 while you were sleeping. He smiled that no top teeth for all these years smile and said...." I have waited my whole life to be a 6 year old." "This is going to be the greatest day." How on earth can you argue with that?


McClain is just the light of this families life. He was our very first honest to goodness baby. He was born 10 weeks premature and was put on methadone to come off the drugs that his birth mother fed him while he was in utero. He is an amazing boy. He keeps us laughing with his McClainisms. Today he said maybe he was allergic to his birthday that is why he is sick. He loves Grave Digger and it was a year ago that this community got together to make him the bed that he loves so dearly.


McClain loves life and is very outgoing and talks freely to everyone...both a good thing and a bad thing. He has a kind heart and seems to understand that many of his siblings are not like he is. He will help and he will hold a hand when it is needed. At times some of his siblings have scared him with their differences, but as he has gotten older, he seems to now understand that their brain just works differently than his brain.


McClain wanted to go to Chuck E Cheeses for his birthday. We are celebrating it on the 26th. That is a good thing, maybe now he will get well before then.




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Anonymous said…
Poor Clainy. But even with him being sick he still says the funniest things. He is just so adorable. I'm sure he'll just keep getting better with age. Give him a big hug and a Kiss from his Aunt Tammy!
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