Family Picture

EDITOR COMMENTARY:

For the longest time, we were never able to capture a decent family picture.  Connor's school has family pictures from each of the students up in the classroom, and ours was literally from when CPG was six months old.  But then, we got pregnant with what was then Baby Alpha, and lo and behold, a trip to Montana for Christmas and a lovely sledding trip in Grandpa Jack's back yard produce this:

(Alpha is, admittedly, obscured).  But all the sudden, it seemed some missing ingredient had been added, and we were really cooking.  Further to the point, not three days after the now Grace Lindsey Geary officially joined our little family, we were able to produce ANOTHER serviceable family portrait.

At last Connor will no longer be the child whose parents fear that photographers are stealing their souls.  Its a good thing we have such beautiful children to draw the eye...

Hello World!

My name is Grace Lindsey Geary, and I felt for my first post around these parts I would pick the low hanging fruit and get the stats out of the way prior to providing the red meat of some early hospital pictures.  I was born February 20, 2013, at 10:15 PM in Grand Rapids, MI, at Butterworth Hospital.  I was two weeks early (but safely full term) and a peanutish 6 pounds, 4 ounces and 18 inches long.  I have long, skinny arms, legs, fingers and feet, but you would never really know, as I am never really out of a fetal position (Ed: or awake) for long.  I do, on the special occasions I choose to open them, have beautiful dark blue eyes, and a decent jolt of dark black hair.  I am a master snuggler, and so long as you are warm and have arms I am happy to curl up and sleep the hours away with just about anyone.  I have a good appetite (when awake), a massively powerful set of lungs (which I VERY rarely use outside of diaper changes), and right about everyone I meet wrapped around my finger.  I can't wait to meet all the rest of you, but for now, consider the below an Internet introduction.

The New Addition

Faithful readers, you may have noticed a few changes around the blog here.  The working title is still being workshopped, but we here at what was formerly known as the Corner feel it conveys the important message of the day, which is of course that this blog now has TWO authors.  Media layoffs my pattoie.  Even with some jealousy and resentment from the blogs SENIOR writer (Ed: and a whole lot of loving admiration from the editors), our transition to a two-voice organization has been remarkably smooth.  While the Editors sent me over to my local grandparent's house for the actual negotiation and addition of the new staff writer, I got to meet young Grace first thing the next day, and lo and behold, the first thing she does is give me a crane truck.  Now there is one little lady who knows the way to a big brother's heart.  I have steadily been warming to her, and while I still refuse to hold her all on my own, and occasionally object if daddy is holding her too much (Ed: occasionally?), Little Gracie is quickly endearing herself to all of us here at the blog, and we already can't imagine life without her.  Now, as my new (much more remunerative) contract stipulates, I will feature some pictures of the new star attraction just after she joined the team.

And of course, what you really want to see, the new crane truck...