Sounds like you've hit a streak of good luck. Keep it up! Congrats on both the son (why such a loooong name?) and the house. You'll need a lot more kids to fill up that house!
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> wrote: > Gerry wrote: "Great news, Donald! Tell us about the little one and about > your new house." > > Ok. The Little one (Henry) weighed 5 lbs 4 ounces when he was born. We > arrived the day after he was born. He was 4 weeks premature, but was > healthy. He was just a little small and he had trouble with the suck - > swallow - breath instinct. He would wear himself out trying to eat. He did > very well and gained weight everyday. All his other development was perfect. > He was there for 2.5 weeks and then we had to wait for adoption paperwork > to go through. We came home on April 17th. He had already gained > significant weight. He is perfect. Blondish hair blue eyes. Oddly, he > actually looks like me. He really does. He is now almost 3 months old. He > has gained twice as much weight as the doctor's want him to. He hasn't > quite caught up to a full term 3 month old, but he is close. He is a very > happy baby, but he still hasn't mastered sleeping through the night. He has > really big hands and feet and he is a ham. Lots of personality and he > turned over on his 1 month birthday. So, Im sure he is going to be an > over-achiever! :) He just had his first cold this weekend and he weighs > almost 11 pounds! > > The house is a big ass ranch. VERY different from the previous house. The > previous house was a very nice 1929 brick English Tudor. It had beautiful > hardwoods and fantastic wood trim and some really amazing architectural > details. However, it had small cramped rooms, tiny closets, no master > bathroom, a detached garage and a small yard. It was also the most > expensive house on the block and the neighborhood was really declining. The > new house was built in 1979. AND it is chock full of boom -chicka - wow > -wow 70's glam. Lots of paneling, lots of chain light fixtures, ugly > wallpaper, and one room with floor to ceiling and wall to wall mirrors! > But, it also has 3500 sg. Ft, 3 bathrooms, a half acre yard, wide open > rooms, a finished basement, a huge deck a walk in closet, an attached > oversized garage and its 50 YEARS newer. So, we have been tearing down > wallpaper and painting, and remodeling. Its going a little slower than > expected with the new kid. The really odd thing is since the market is > down, we actually bought this house $30,000 below appraisal and for the same > price we were trying to sell our old house for. Instead of being the most > expensive house in a declining neighborhood, we have the cheapest house in a > very nice neighborhood. My neighbor and I have already bonded. He has a > 500E. It is BEAUTIFUL. > > > Donald H. Snook > McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A. > 300 West Douglas > P.O. Box 207 > Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207 > Tel. (316) 263-5851 > This confidential message may be subject to the attorney-client privilege > or protected by the attorney work-product doctrine. If you have received > this message in error, please delete it and notify me. > > http://www.mtsqh.com/ -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
