#1 Son...

November 3, 1976...1:30 pm...

( - 34 years ago -)

David 'Todd' Wolford

was firstborn to Dave & Priscilla

...Dad graduated from ASU when Todd was 6 months old...

(cute picture of Todd w/daddy & mommy)

Even from the beginning, Todd has been a thoughtful and considerate son...

Here is how the story goes:

Mommy was in Mexico with Nana & Grandpa Weco awaiting the first signs of her first little son's arrival into this world...
...the doctor told us that Todd was 'on his way' at about 6pm on November 2...

Daddy (who was still in Mesa working) jumped in the old Toyota Corona and headed south for the border...unfortunately, the border at Deming/Columbus was closed when he got there (about 11 pm) so he slept in his car until the border opened again at 7am...

It was a long, arduous night for mommy and Nana who faithfully stayed by her side timing each contraction which came about every 30 minutes...the doctor had said that we should go up to the hospital in Nuevo Casas Grandes (10 minutes away) when the contractions were about 10 minutes apart...Dr. Hatch was famous for saying, "I'll sleep with one foot out of the bed..."

Jimmy Carter was elected President of the United States that night...but that was small news compared to the business at hand...

Dr. Hatch's sleep was not to be interruted, however, and the contractions maintained 30 minute intervals all night lo-o-ng...

Daddy finally arrived about 10 am and within 30 minutes the contractions became 10 minutes apart...

In retrospect, I think Todd was trying to be considerate to patiently wait for his dad to help mommy...after all, we wouldn't all that Lamaze training to go to waste...hee...

Todd has continued to make us proud parents as he learned quickly while progressing through school...

(Senior pic on the left)

and gaining a strong testimony as he served as a full-time missionary in the Georgia-Macon Mission...

(Mission pic on the right)...

...and isn't he handsome!!! (...that must be why everyone says he looks like his dad...)

I think his extra-ordinary intelligence may have had something to do with his 'aunties' (Marci & Lisa) putting large glasses on him when he was about 2 yrs. old and telling him,

"Todd, you're a genius.."

He has demonstrated that he is quite the 'genius', especially when it comes to computers...

He certainly was a genius when it came to picking his wife, Becky...we are so glad they have moved closer to us so we can see them more often...

He is a great example to me with his patience & quiet strength...

Todd...I love you and hope you had a Happy Birthday!