Monday, February 23, 2009

Happy Birthday, Carl!

Today is Carl's 26th birthday! Happy birthday, Daddy!!

For Carl's birthday he wanted to get a tattoo for Carson. The only other tattoo he has is on his chest and he got that for his 18th birthday. It matches one that his dad had on his arm so it means a lot. This time he decided he wanted to use numbers that represented Carson's birth and find some sort of picture to go along with it. We were stumped for a few days and then started playing around with our zodiac symbols. So he is the design we came up with...

1=He is the first child
710= 7lb 10oz
1914= 19 1/4 inches long
1313= Born at 13:13
042108= His birth date
39576-104986= The latitude and longitude of where he was born
The symbol= the zodiac signs for Pisces, Leo and Taurus




We went and had it done at the shop owned by UFC fighter Big Mike Nichols, but he isn't there on Sundays. :( Carl did really well, but said the ribs hurt SO MUCH more than his chest did. He was a trooper and I'm glad I was just there to watch! Ouch! We are glad he went with the ribs so he can get a matching one on the other side when we have our second child.

The artist did a great job and matched the design we brought in exactly. It looks awesome!

4 comments:

The Smith's said...

That is very creative and looks WAY good!

The Smith's said...

Oh and Happy Birthday Carl!!!

amzingcarla.blogspot.com said...

Wow it looks really cool! I LOVE it is just perfect, and so very creative.
Thank you so much for coming over Saturday, and spending some time with us, it is always fun seeing all of you, but specially Carson he is so adorable!
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY Carl.
I love you guys.

Michelle said...

Happy birthday Carl!! We love the tat, Dave is trying to think of one for both of our kids. You guys are so creative!!