The bear you see to the left is my new son's first teddy bear. And the bear is celebrating along with the rest of us, that he now knows who he will belong to. Lil' Jacob. JW, J-Butt, Jake? I wonder if the kid will pick up a nickname? I almost doubt it. I don't care for Jake (i.e. Jake-the-Snake, Jake the guy in black leather, smoking, with a five o'clock shadow, skinny, with a black eye, and a crow bar in his back pocket, Jake!) Big Jacob doesn't like JJ (i.e. Jacob Jr.) so unless we come up with some thing more creative I am sure it will be my hubby Jacob who gets the new name. I will call my boys Dad and Jacob! That will only be tough for me. I think of Dad as MY Dad! But he will be getting a new name too. Grampy. I have never noticed before the effect a new child can have on the identities of SO Many people. Lil'J will simultaneously make five people grandparents, five people uncles, three people aunts, and two people parents. We've been beaten out on the great-grandparent level on every side! BLAST! I guess we are still in the running to make Grandpa & Grandma Ledom (Jacob's Maternal Grandparents) GREATS if cousin Amber has her baby two weeks late and Lil'J comes two weeks early. It'll be a close race!
I wasn't going to talk about baby at all, and off I went! It is so easy to do when that is ALL I can think about these days! What I need to be doing is cleaning up my house! My siblings are driving from Tampa this weekend for a visit!!!! Kate is actually coming to visit her boyfriend more than us (He lives next door, and is our best friend). But Zach is bringing his latest love, Cathy for a weekend visit! I am so looking forward to it! I have been hearing about all the great times Zach, Cathy, Kate, and Chuck have been having on double dates in Tampa, and I must admit I have felt left out! This weekend is also special because it might be the last we are all together for a while. Chuck is moveing in with Zach and Kate. An era is ending. For the past two and a half years Chuck, Jacob, and I have been like the Three Musketeers. OK, maybe more like the Three Stooges! It's hard to believe we are all moving on our separate ways. I am going to miss Chuck wandering across the street for daily visits. It will be strange to walk over to the Booth's and not find him there. We have shared SO much time with each other. I have to say though, I am so glad he is moving in with Kate. At least he will still be in the family so to speak!
Then of course within two months (God willing) my hubby and I will be pulling up stakes and moving out west. Our city of destination is still up in the air, but I feel confident writing that we will be moving "Out West" because currently our home is on the Atlantic coast... West is the most probable direction we'll travel. Well, that and Jacob has interviews in California and Colorado coming up! ;-) It is really Charlie and Sharon who will feel the most immediate day-to-day effects of all this transition. Not only are their adoptive kids moving away, but their oldest son is leaving the nest. The Booth household will certainly quite down for a spell. At least we won't be drinking all of Charlie's beer! That has to be a good thing for him!
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