This is Ian, born yesterday, a much anticipated arrival in all of our lives. Chloe adores her brand new baby brother, as does Dennis. He seems amazed and enchanted by Ian's tiny, perfect person, and he was anxious to hold him and get a better look. To be honest, we were all anxious to hold him and get a better look! Ian is a beautiful baby and is already so alert and aware!
After a visit to this brand new person, we lunched with Gran and Pop before visiting a much much older special person. Granddaddy is 97 now, a miracle of his own in good health and with excellent mental acuity. He and Dennis had a fabulous time talking about the army and lightly tossing a football to each other. And after we'd left, Dennis stopped in the hallway and said "I forgot to tell Granddaddy 'War Eagle!'" and he ran back just to do so. Granddaddy was thrilled, of course. We don't know what made the idea to say it pop into Dennis' mind--we'd not been talking about Auburn or football or anything!
Tonight, we did go to a football game, the homecoming game for the local high school (where his Daddy and I attended). Dennis loved the band, stopping his incessant wiggling long enough to watch the entire halftime show. And he really loved the cheerleaders. He watched as they made their pyramids and jumped and caught each other, grinned a big and entirely male grin, and yelled "that was AWESOME...do it again, girls!". He's learning when to yell encouragement to the team, and we're trying to teach him that you only yell "GET HIM!!!!!" when the other team has the ball.
It's fall! Football games, cooler weather, jackets... My favorite time of year! The pumpkin patch is about to open, and I'm looking forward to a month of fun, fun, fun with both Dennis and my class of two year olds!
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