Saturday, August 22, 2020

And Baby Makes Three

The long anticipated arrival of our grandson went off without a hitch  yesterday.  Well, the doctor was running late (they always are, I told our son!), so baby's birth was about an hour later than anticipated. 

And he is healthy and whole, though his legs and toes were a bit purple from being folded up by his head for so long; he has a little flat spot where his head was wedged too.  He weighed just under 7 lbs and was about 20 inches long.  Ashley did great during the C-section and our son was thrilled that baby Dane looks so much like him.  The family has been sending us little video updates on a new app we downloaded called MarcoPolo.  It has been fun to interact within our family group and see Dane become accustomed to being outside the womb :)

Here with Mama...

And Daddy :)  He's feeding well and had perfect hearing.  

Eyes open now and then!  Can't tell what color they will be yet, of course. 

This is our son Nick when he was about a week old.  Pretty similar!  Can't wait to meet baby Dane in person.  We went and got our COVID testing today, and will get flu shots in a couple of days.  Meanwhile I still didn't completely finish the cushion covers for Ashley's glider.  Only the closures left to wrangle into submission, which I will get done tomorrow without too much drama, I hope.  

Sliver of moon was visible at sunset. The smoke from county fires has cleared a bit so we can see regular clouds in the southeast.  Coincidentally, Nick was also born in August during a fire :)

9 comments:

Preeti said...

Congratulations Annie. A handsome son and a very adorable grandson. Wishing them all good health and happiness. It is ok - the cushions can wait :-)

Loris said...

Oh what a sweet, new baby! Congratulations! I hope you get to hold him soon.
Still smoky skies in my neighborhood. I'm glad to hear it's clearing there and pray for better news soon from up north. Those firefighters are such heroes!

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

Congratulations on the new addition to your family. He does look a lot like his father in the pictures.

sandi s said...

Congratulations on the new family member! He’s a cutie. Hugs,

Barb said...

congratulations! what a sweet baby and such happy parents!
blessings to everyone

Carla said...

Congratulations! Glad to hear everyone is healthy and doing well. Very cute

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

Our son just celebrated his 40th birthday on the 22nd! I don't know where the years go, but they speed by even faster when it comes to the grandchildren. Congratulations on this handsome grandson,such a happy time-- don't blink!

Tanya said...

Congratulations!!! Mom looks great and Dane looks like a big strong baby! Not just a few hours old that's for sure!

Kate said...

Congratulations on the new addition to the family!

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