Gentle Years

Despite bitter cold and a spitting rain/snow combination, today was a great day!

Here is BB, waiting outside for the mass to end so that we can enter for his big celebration.

G's sister (whose son Aidan takes his middle name from) holding the other infant grandson, MB.

The two little cousins at the reception afterwards-totally interested, as you can tell, in all the commotion around them.

GB came over today with JC and the baby for a visit before I head out to China.  PB and RB joined us and we all had pizza from a nearby take-out.

BB is almost two weeks old.  His daddy and mommy are so proud; he's gained a bunch of weight and is getting longer by the day.

Mother and child came home this evening.  Here are some debut pictures.

Quick post, as it is the first day of school and I had little sleep last night (nothing compared to JC, though).  We have a new grandson!

Brody made his appearance shortly before midnight last night, saving himself from having the same birthday as RB, who is two today.  Mom is tired and baby appeared to be doing fine, though his head was a little misshapen from the long hours before his birth.  GB is also tired and happy.  Brody is a little heavier and taller than he was, so he said he hoped he kept growing in order to keep up the basketball tradition.

At the wedding of my husband's best friend-G was the best man

His & Hers Baby Shower

Fourth of July

Poor JC-the baby was still laying sideways at this time-fortunately he has figured things out since then

These are the first photos of our new grandson, even though he hasn't made an appearance yet!

When our son was young, he had golden blond hair, golden brown eyes, and was very tan, so I called him my golden baby.  When he graduated high school, I didn't want to put the usual "We're so proud of you.  We love you," in his yearbook, so my dedication was, "You hung the moon".  I'm not sure if he knows yet, eight years later, exactly what the saying means.