For those of you that are wondering the name - my wife and I have an agreement that I don't mention the names of my children, or her on the blog.
We named him after my uncle who was my godfather (I was brought up Catholic). He lost his wife suddenly this last spring. When we were out (he lives in the country) there to grieve with him, I explained to him that of all my uncles he was the most sincere, and that I hoped the Lord would give me another child (a boy), so that I could make him my uncle's namesake.
As it turned out, we became pregnant again, and it was a boy. Thankfully, my uncle has a tres cool name - and my wife loves it - so he was named for my uncle.
Likewise, my wife's uncle passed away the day after Christmas last year, he was very, very well loved in the family, and in dying (cancer) he came to know the Lord (what a joy that was for us!) We gave our son his name as a second name. My wife's father cried and cried when he found out.
That is much as I am at liberty to share name wise.
About the "blonde" hair - the last time I had seen the baby when I said "blonde" he hadn't been washed yet - so it was light looking, and to be fair, the doctor, while encouraging my wife during the delivery, told her that she could see the baby had a head full of "blonde" hair. So the word was in my head. After the baby had his bath, his hair looks like a mousey red/light brown/blonde.
I am really bad for describing hair color - having always had brown hair myself, I typically thought of hair as being, black, brown, blonde, or red. My wife on the other hand recognizes about twenty shades of brown and has different names for them all. Frankly, I have no idea where the line between blonde and "very light brown" begins - so I beg everyone's patience with my hair specific pseudo color-blindedness. :-D
I won't be posting too much today. My wife is coming home from the hospital, and I will doing a lot of cleaning.
Thank you again everyone for your well wishes and prayer.
Congratulations!Very cute pic. I have been reading your website for a few months and enjoy your insights. I just joined blogspot, but haven't written anything yet. I feel very uncreative! May God continue to bless you richly!:)
Looks like a happy time, and it brings back some smiley memories of our babies. As for a new avatar, a sleepy baby face might be interesting. God bless you and your family.
Very nice! Good looking fella there too, did your wife take this shot? Many blessings bro.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Bro!
ReplyDeleteLooking good
ReplyDeleteOh, how cute! Thanks for sharing. Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really fine photo.
Very nice - makes me look (even more) forward to October...
ReplyDeleteAll right!
ReplyDeleteBabies are cool!
Thanks all. Jim - My wife did take the pic - this afternoon!
ReplyDeletewe already have 117 picture of the boy. I think I didn't have 117 pictures of myself until I was in my twenties.
You two have similar hair-dos.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture!
Congratulations and all of God's blessings on you and your family.
ReplyDeleteFor those of you that are wondering the name - my wife and I have an agreement that I don't mention the names of my children, or her on the blog.
ReplyDeleteWe named him after my uncle who was my godfather (I was brought up Catholic). He lost his wife suddenly this last spring. When we were out (he lives in the country) there to grieve with him, I explained to him that of all my uncles he was the most sincere, and that I hoped the Lord would give me another child (a boy), so that I could make him my uncle's namesake.
As it turned out, we became pregnant again, and it was a boy. Thankfully, my uncle has a tres cool name - and my wife loves it - so he was named for my uncle.
Likewise, my wife's uncle passed away the day after Christmas last year, he was very, very well loved in the family, and in dying (cancer) he came to know the Lord (what a joy that was for us!) We gave our son his name as a second name. My wife's father cried and cried when he found out.
That is much as I am at liberty to share name wise.
About the "blonde" hair - the last time I had seen the baby when I said "blonde" he hadn't been washed yet - so it was light looking, and to be fair, the doctor, while encouraging my wife during the delivery, told her that she could see the baby had a head full of "blonde" hair. So the word was in my head. After the baby had his bath, his hair looks like a mousey red/light brown/blonde.
I am really bad for describing hair color - having always had brown hair myself, I typically thought of hair as being, black, brown, blonde, or red. My wife on the other hand recognizes about twenty shades of brown and has different names for them all. Frankly, I have no idea where the line between blonde and "very light brown" begins - so I beg everyone's patience with my hair specific pseudo color-blindedness. :-D
I won't be posting too much today. My wife is coming home from the hospital, and I will doing a lot of cleaning.
Thank you again everyone for your well wishes and prayer.
Congratulations!Very cute pic.
ReplyDeleteI have been reading your website for a few months and enjoy your insights. I just joined blogspot, but haven't written anything yet. I feel very uncreative!
May God continue to bless you richly!:)
sl
Looks like a happy time, and it brings back some smiley memories of our babies. As for a new avatar, a sleepy baby face might be interesting. God bless you and your family.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. May God bless you and your family.
ReplyDeleteSWEEEEEET!!!! May the Lord be glorified brother!!!
ReplyDeleteMan, I am so behind on my blog reading, this was like a week ago. Lord help me... :-)
Congratulations in Christ,
Joe