Another countdown

The other night we had Edward, Tiffany, and the boys over for after-dinner desert with Steven and Lisa. The boys were really hyper, like they had something to tell us but couldn't. Finally they blurted out something that made no sense to us, or at least to me. Seeing our frustration, Tiffany said, "Well, we thought you should know that you're expecting another grandchild."

What a surprise! We knew that Ed and Tiffany have been talking about another baby but they were having trouble figuring out where in their busy career schedules another baby would fit. With Tiffany having just gotten her B.S. degree and having just been accepted into a two year graduate program in Speech Therapy, it looked like it would be at least 2 years away. On the other hand, the clock is ticking both for her and the rest of the family. They were concerned about the new baby fitting in with the family and not be 10 years younger than the older boys. I think they finally decided that there was no "perfect" time to have a baby. Children rarely come at "convenient" times. So they decided to leave it to God's will, fate, luck, or whatever you believe in. And it didn't take long for "it" to happen. Tiffany says she's not been sick yet and hopes this pregnancy will be different from her previous ones.

They're already discussing names even though the little one will not make his/her appearance until late Spring next year. I believe they're trying to construct a name out of pieces of names significant to the family sort of like what they did for Tim's middle name which is made from the first initials of four men in the family.

So congratulations are in order for Ed and Tiff.