HAPPY BIRTHDAY - JOSH

This is our fourth son, Joshua Dean on his birth day, April 21, 1981.

As usual we were expecting a girl but Judy knit a "coming home" sleeper that was gender neutral just in case we got another son...and we did...and we were elated, again.

Home in his own bed.

Here's big brother James with the "hey I feel something wet on my leg" look and big brother Justin with the "ha ha ha...suck it up big boy, you wanted to hold him" look.
Josh has the "oops, did I do that" look.


This is our Josh on his first birthday. This little boy had a perpetual smile on his face...just like his mama.

Josh's second birthday.

OK...where's my breakfast?

Wow, a carrot cake...for me?

Josh on number 3.

Well, we will skip a few years, here is Josh on his seventh birthday

For any of you who can't remember ever seeing Josh with hair...voila!

And again.

Josh was, and is a lover of the game. Here he is...and as always, that infectious smile.

Until today. Hey Josh, how does it feel to be a year older?

(Don't you just hate it when someone asks that lame question?)

This is Josh, now 28, with his lovely wife Brandi.

Yeah, you see the proof...Josh ate all those ribs.

Happy Birthday Josh. We're proud of you son.

Well...It's about time!

I mean, it's about time for a new post on this blog. And what better reason than to share photos of the newest member of the Mooney family, born this afternoon.

Here's Grandma, mama, big sister Maggie O and new baby sister, daughter and granddaughter...???(not sure what to call her yet)

Here's a closer look at her.

She looks a lot like big sister Maggie. She is beautiful isn't she?

Wow, wow, wow...what an amazing gift grandchildren are!

Grandma was definately thinking "pink". She was absolutely certain that this grandchild was going to be a sister for Maggie.


The details will be up to mama and papa to share.
I made a few suggestions for names...like Matilda Lou...didn't seem to get much interest...maybe Martha Belle...again not warmly received...so I guess I should just leave it up to James and Nic to name their little darl'in.

Stay tuned. This might just get this blog back on track. Seems like it takes something significant to get some blogging to happen. And this truly is significant.

Congratulations James and Nicola.