July 17, 2004

Everyone Gets a Promotion

I called my father and told him, "we've reconsidered: you're not just a good grandfather, you're a great grandfather." My stepdaughter Veronica and her husband Jeremy just had a new baby:

Austin Michael Pruitt
July 13, 2004 at 8pm
7lbs, 11 oz 19 inches
dark hair, big newborn eyes, very alert - ready to play with his uncles! And some related obligatory quotes:

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
Leo J. Burke

"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on"
Carl Sandburg

"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Posted by Sean Murphy at July 17, 2004 11:50 PM | Family
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Great news! Congratulations to the new parents and grandparents!

Posted by: Busy Mom at July 19, 2004 8:33 AM

Now I'm a great uncle for both sides of the family. Funny, I don't feel old.

Posted by: Kevin Murphy at July 19, 2004 4:28 PM