Happy 3rd birthday, grandson #2!

Our younger grandson began his independent life in a neonatal intensive care unit. If you wish, you can see a brief video of the occasion, here. (To my amazement, that video has been viewed well over 10,000 times.)

We thank God that he is a healthy youngster, now three years of age. He didn't stay in the NICU very long.

We love him! (Of course, we love his parents, and his older brother, too.)

Thank God for grandchildren!

Grandson Number two

Grandson Number two arrived on January 29th. He seems to be doing fine, but needs a little help with his breathing, so far. Here he is, with his father's hand touching him:





For a 20-second video, showing much the same thing, except that his chest is moving, go here.

We thank God for this event, and the things that led up to it, and that will follow.

Thanks for reading.

Travel Hiatus & prayer request

I referred to our daughter's military status earlier.

She has now been deployed, not to Iraq, but to a base about six hours away. Her husband has been caring for our now one-year-old grandson, but his job requires him to travel, so my wife and I are planning to travel West for an indeterminate period, beginning in a couple of days. (She may be deployed to Iraq sometime. There are, of course, other military families in much worse separation situations.)

Pray, please, that every detail of our preparation, journey, and living elsewhere will be what He wants it.

I don't expect to post as regularly, probably for the next couple of months. Will probably do so occasionally.

Thanks for reading.

Addendum: October 28, 2006

Thanks to anyone who prayed. It was a great experience for us, and, we hope, for our grandson and his parents.

Happy Birthday, grandson!

Today is our grandson's birthday. We weren't there for his birthday party, yesterday, at which the above picture was taken, but his mother was able to be, which is an answer to prayer. We thank God for our grandson's existence, and that we have gotten to see him as much as we have. He, like our children, has brought great joy, as well as a renewed sense of responsibility, to our lives.

Yahoo! advertisements is amazing, and hilarious. There was an ad for eating disorders for girls on the Flickr page for this picture as soon as I got there.

Our ISP is also amazing. We received an e-mail today, thanking us for using it for a year. It has mostly been a good year, except for a few problems with tech support. Like electricity, we need an ISP.

Thanks for reading, and "Happy Birthday!" grandson.