But a bit of brief explanation before I continue: We don't have children. However, we have a couple of extended-family "nieces" and "nephews" who are like children to us. In particular we have Heather, who is the daughter of Sally's best friend Iris. Iris died in 2006 from cancer, and at the time Heather was at IU, a long way from home, and we sort of became in loco parentis (with her father's blessing, or we wouldn't have done so). Heather considers Sally in particular to be like a substitute mom.
So when Heather and her husband (often referred to in this blog as "the boy", or "my sort-of-son-in-law") got pregnant last winter, they decided that Sally would be "Bubbe"* and I would be "Zayde"**. (I myself refer to myself as "grumpa", thereby maintaining my curmudgeonly cred.)
OK, so that explanation being finished, we went up to see the new grandson this weekend. He was exactly one week old and not much of a conversationalist yet. Here he is with Mom:
But he eats pretty well. Otherwise, he just sort of hangs out, like here, with Bubbe, who picked him up when he was fussy and immediately calmed him down.
So it goes. Sleep, little fella. Get your rest now while you still can...
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* Yiddish for "grandma"
** Yiddish for "grandpa"
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