Since I got back from Ireland...
...I've been ferociously busy! Lot's of work related things; we rebuilt the wine area and my new associate Team Leader had had only a week to get into the swing before I left for Ireland. Fortunately, we had worked together before, and well, at the other store; she handled everything while I was I as gone. Still, it took us all awhile to catch up. And besides the time I spent on the journal here, I was also working on a story for our national newsletter; the text is ready for final editing, I'll be picking the pics tonight that will go with the story. I've also done a bit of work on the more technical presentation of the facts of my visit to the farmstead cheesemakers for the regional people.
Each time I go to work on one of these projects, I have this intense desire to go back to Ireland, so I have to give it a rest for a bit every now and again.
In the midst of all this, a very wonderful thing happened! I became Uncle Bunny for the second time!
Lil' Evan!
I think he's only a few hours old in this pic... One thing that's most amazing, and you can't really see it here, is that he has red hair. It's not exactly the same color as my niece's hair, but it's most definately red. My brother has blond hair and his wife has very dark hair; for them to have two red-headed children is a rare thing, not impossible in our families, just very rare and special. (Uncle Bunny loves red hair... my beard used to be red until a few years ago, something that came from my mother's genetic heritage. She was a red head, her father had a red beard, but that doesn't explain this entirely. For Evan to have red hair, the other gene had to come from his mother, and there's definitely some strong Celtic influence on her side... still rare for it to have popped up.)
Look at Emma holding her brother!
Emma is just a bit over four years old and has been the center of the universe up untill now...
But she seems to have taken it in stride; she's intelligent and strong for her age, and sometimes she can be a bit much to put up with, but you always have to love her. She didn't care for the way that the nurse was holding Evan in the hospital and told the nurse as much! It's fortunate that her grandma is a nurse there... and of course, Emma often gets a break not just because she is gorgeous, but because she manages to convince everyone around her that she deserves it. She's a wonder. Also, her Uncle Bunny taught her how to work the camera. hehe.
There they are. I have tears in my eyes. I couldn't be happier looking at his picture.
I can't wait until July, when we all will get together and I get to meet my nephew for the first time!
durlx aka Uncle Bunny
...I've been ferociously busy! Lot's of work related things; we rebuilt the wine area and my new associate Team Leader had had only a week to get into the swing before I left for Ireland. Fortunately, we had worked together before, and well, at the other store; she handled everything while I was I as gone. Still, it took us all awhile to catch up. And besides the time I spent on the journal here, I was also working on a story for our national newsletter; the text is ready for final editing, I'll be picking the pics tonight that will go with the story. I've also done a bit of work on the more technical presentation of the facts of my visit to the farmstead cheesemakers for the regional people.
Each time I go to work on one of these projects, I have this intense desire to go back to Ireland, so I have to give it a rest for a bit every now and again.
In the midst of all this, a very wonderful thing happened! I became Uncle Bunny for the second time!
Lil' Evan!
I think he's only a few hours old in this pic... One thing that's most amazing, and you can't really see it here, is that he has red hair. It's not exactly the same color as my niece's hair, but it's most definately red. My brother has blond hair and his wife has very dark hair; for them to have two red-headed children is a rare thing, not impossible in our families, just very rare and special. (Uncle Bunny loves red hair... my beard used to be red until a few years ago, something that came from my mother's genetic heritage. She was a red head, her father had a red beard, but that doesn't explain this entirely. For Evan to have red hair, the other gene had to come from his mother, and there's definitely some strong Celtic influence on her side... still rare for it to have popped up.)
Look at Emma holding her brother!
Emma is just a bit over four years old and has been the center of the universe up untill now...
But she seems to have taken it in stride; she's intelligent and strong for her age, and sometimes she can be a bit much to put up with, but you always have to love her. She didn't care for the way that the nurse was holding Evan in the hospital and told the nurse as much! It's fortunate that her grandma is a nurse there... and of course, Emma often gets a break not just because she is gorgeous, but because she manages to convince everyone around her that she deserves it. She's a wonder. Also, her Uncle Bunny taught her how to work the camera. hehe.
There they are. I have tears in my eyes. I couldn't be happier looking at his picture.
I can't wait until July, when we all will get together and I get to meet my nephew for the first time!
durlx aka Uncle Bunny
posted by durlx at 4/17/2004 10:41:00 PM
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