I called my father and told him, "we've reconsidered: you're not just a good grandfather, you're a great grandfather." My stepdaughter Veronica and her husband Jeremy just had a new baby:
Austin Michael Pruittdark hair, big newborn eyes, very alert - ready to play with his uncles! And some related obligatory quotes:
July 13, 2004 at 8pm
7lbs, 11 oz 19 inches
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
Leo J. Burke
"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on"
Carl Sandburg
"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Great news! Congratulations to the new parents and grandparents!
Now I'm a great uncle for both sides of the family. Funny, I don't feel old.