Lyla and Gaga

Lyla is very fond of Gaga and not all that interested in sharing her with Stanley. She also gets very worried when Gaga goes to visit Baby Wee Wee (her name for Liam). When Gaga is gone, Lyla really loves me and wants me to play with her, but when Gaga is around, Grandpa is definitely playing second fiddle.
I don’t really mind and Gaga and Lyla have some natural kismet. One result of this is that I have spent much more time with Stanley and we get along swimmingly.

Six Months Old!

Stanley is now 6 months old. On one hand it seems like he joined us just yesterday and on the other hand it seems like he’s been here a lot longer than 6 months. Stanley is a big boy and a little on the fat side. He has recently started to eat large quantities of table food. One day recently his mom complained that he was grouchy all day. At dinner time he ate and ate and ate—she eventually concluded the poor little guy was just hangry. He’s a real sweetheart but can also be very opinionated. He has the very cute habit of sucking on the fingers of one hand to comfort himself.

Hello Liam!

June 2 and Liam Thomas Jones is now with us—what a wild ride it was! Courtney went in to have labor induced on June 1 in the wee hours of the morning, but nighttime she still hadn’t gone into labor. By the next morning, although there had been some progress she was still a ways from delivering and they wisely decided to have a C-section. Liam was born without incident, but his mother had an infection which landed her back in the hospital the next week. I stayed in Huntington for 4 days by myself in their apartment, helping when I could and coming to visit Liam and Courtney in the hospital. It was a tough time, but we’re tough people and we managed. Our reward is Liam who is the spitting image of his father and was a striking 21 inches long at birth!