Last Thursday, May 30, oldest son Robert and his wife Michelle were blessed with an addition to their family, Ethan Philip.  He weighed 8 pounds, 8 oz, and was 21 1/2 inches long.  For those of you keeping track at home, that is my first grandchild, and of course grandson.  It is quite a blessing to have a healthy baby, and Ethan seems to be doing just fine after a week.  He is a great eater, and tolerates all the attention that he garners with minimal fuss.  He is named after his great grandfather (Dawn’s father) and his grandfather (Michelle’s father), and I think that is quite appropriate as they both are preachers.  What a great example for him to pattern his life after.  I pray that his life will be used of God to call people to God, whether that is as a preacher, or whatever God calls him to be.  We are blessed.  He of course is going to be spoiled, I am sure, but that is okay..to an extent…I have plenty of photos, of course, but would like to say that he had a genuine smile the other night as I was holding him and crooning to him.  You may think that it was just a gas pain, but I don’t think so…He knows Grandpa, and that is all I am saying about that…..

15 minutes old, still not cleaned up completely

Now this is more like he looks after a couple of days

Michelle, Ethan, and Robert

Aunt Kristin holds Ethan

He fits well into the corner of my arm….

His first cousin Eli gets introduced to him for the first time…while daughter and other aunt Amber holds him