My lovely daughter-in-law, Desiree, wife of my younger son, Anthony (he used to be Tony until he became an opera singer...I just tell him that when he uses that form of his name, his initials are ATB...or...Another Tax Break...which I knew when my first wife insisted on so naming him) gave birth to a daughter, Josephine, at 12:02 this morning, about the time I was being violently ill with the stomach flu. I feel a lot better today.
The birth was totally natural and without complications. Being typical males, Anthony forgot to tell me the length, weight, eye color, etc...and I forgot to ask him. I just told him that it seems like all our prayers for an uneventful (well, other than the birth of a child) birth were answered. (Many prayers were said for them during the aforementioned stomach flu attack.)
Her name: Josephine. That was my mother's name, as well as HER mother's name. They both refused to be called "Josie" and my mother went by her middle name, Mildred...and she wouldn't let anyone call her Millie. So, being one who finds tradition very important in a family, I demanded the right to call the grand-moppet Josie. Makes sense to me and that was greeted with a positive response. About time I got some respect. I tell ya, I just don't get no respect....oops...wrong script.
Here's the blog that Desiree runs:
http://dandabuck.blogspot.com/ She's posted tons of photos of Tony (I'll call what I want, too, dammit!) and very few of herself, although there's a shot of her at 23 weeks into the pregnancy. I've attached a photo from 2 weeks ago when she and Tony and my elder son Colin came to help me clean house. I'd kinda let things go during car season and they were kind enough to help me out.
Desiree and I had a bit of a discussion about what she could do and what she couldn't and she finally convinced me that it'd be ok for her to do what she'd been doing in her own home. Ok. I let her do the dishes (as if I was given any choice. I just don't get no...)
While I feel infinitely better than I have over the past 18 hours, I'm gonna refrain from rushing to the hospital or being on their doorstep when they bring Josie home. I sure don't wanna spread any illnesses, especially to an infant. So photos will have to wait for a while. I'm just full of gratitude that all is well in several Buck households.
That's plenty for now.
