Happy birthday to these two very special boys. I remember very clearly receiving a call from Calgary, early in Amy's pregnancy that they were expecting twins. We were all sooo excited. Amy had a difficult pregnancy and was basically on bed rest for the last several months. She was hospitalized a couple of times for premature labor. They were born about five and a half weeks early at the Foothills hospital in Calgary.
When Bruce and I got the phone call that they were born, we made arrangements right away to drive up to Calgary - 16 hours. We did it in one day. I was able to stay for the first week to help out.
Sam was pretty healthy but Max ended up in the Premature ICU for several weeks. He was full of tubes and could not eat anything orally for those first weeks. For such a small little spirit, he was very brave. I remember going in to see him and he rarely cried - only looked up at you with such understanding in his little eyes. I remember thinking how hungry he must be with only I.V. fluids going into his little body. It was a happy day when he got to go home and join his older brother, Sam.
Amy and Bill certainly had their hands full for those first years with two very active little boys. They are wonderful, patient parents and survived the ordeal.
Sam is our oldest grandson. He is a very responsible and kind boy. He loves school and started reading 400 page books in second grade. He also loves all things boyish - bikes, miniature horses, cows, dogs, ball, swimming, cub scouts, computer games etc. We love to have him around - he is such a fun kid and so good to his younger siblings.
Max is our second oldest grandson. He is loving and kind. He is crazy about computer games and will play them for hours, if allowed. He is extremely good at designing and inventing things - like machinery, computer games etc. He draws meticulous plans that are amazing to see. I can see him being an Engineer one day. He also loves animals, bikes, cub scouts etc.
I think that it is wonderful that these two stick together through the good and the bad. Amy took a picture of them, on the left, when they were both really sick and home from school one day. She put them at either end of the couch to rest. When she came back in the room, they were curled up together with their arms around each other. They didn't mind the crowding - they just wanted to be together. The picture on the right shows them in happier times.
Max Heaven
Max Heaven
Sam Heaven
Sam Heaven
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