Jesse & Amy
Where do I begin? If Becky spent her teen years trying to give me grey hairs, Jesse was determined to turn my hair grey before he turned ten!
Jesse was born in 1978 and is my "number only son." He was climbing his way out of his playpen almost before he could walk and figured out how to get out of his crib shortly after that. We moved into a house with hardwood floors when he was 2 1/2 and I quickly decided to put him in a regular bed so he wouldn't crack his skull letting go from the top of the crib.
Jesse spent his toddler years decorating the walls with crayons and discovering what items would NOT flush down the toilet. We ended up pulling up the toilet in the hall bathroom three times in one year because the items that tried to go down got so thoroughly stuck in the neck that pulling the toilet was the only way to get them out.
After that, Jesse discovered matches. He tested them out on some grass outside -- fortunately the flames didn't touch the house six inches or so away. He and his sister even tried playing with matches in his bedroom closet. I still shudder to think... another time he decided that the hallway from the living room to his bedroom would make a great bowling alley. Unfortunately, the ball didn't stop until it had gone into the wall. We had a vibrating recliner in the living room. While it was plugged into the wall, he decided to cut the cord "just to see what would happen." He managed to break the circuit, ruin the cord AND the scissors. He didn't hurt himself only because the scissors had rubber shielded handles!
Fortunately, Jesse became actively involved in Little League and other sports and found a healthier outlet for his energy. And he discovered girls. A running joke while he was in high school was that every dance picture was with a different girl. There was only one exception -- and he married her.
Jesse and Amy have now been married for over 10 years and they have two sons. I think Jesse is getting a bit of payback! Last year they moved to Illinois so that Jesse could take a new job with the company where they both work. Amy actually found a new job just one floor away from Jesse, so they still share a commute.