Just Great

I was thinking about the new little guy and reminiscing about how cute his mom was when she was little. And then it hit me--I'm a Great-Aunt! Then it occurred to me that I'm a Great-Aunt four times over.

Boy, am I slow! My apologies to all my great-nephews for my very tardy brain.

Newbie

We have a new family member as of yesterday morning! We're pretty excited--but after the three days of contractions needed to push out her 9 lb. 4 oz son I'm sure our niece is ecstatic as well as exhausted. Ouch!

Equally momentous, somebody became The Big Brother. That's an important job for a four-and-a-half year old but Jay will do it beautifully!

On our family birthdays the Queen Mother always tells us about our birth day--I get to hear about the fog, my sister gets to hear about her red rash and I'm sure my brother has a yearly story as well.

This little guy will get to hear about how Big Brother Jay cut the umbilical cord with Dad, Gramma and Grampa all in attendance. How different is that from the "old days" when fathers-to-be paced the waiting room alone!?!

Welcome, little fisherman! May you always catch your limit. And if you get tired of the ocean, we have some nice mountains and a big lake here for you to explore.

Pure Magic

For all of us dog-lovers!

In other news, JR's home from the boonies, seems to be over the food poisoning and is readjusting his internal clock. He's so busy finalizing his report that we haven't even seen his photos yet!