A new baby in the family

My brother Bill is a grandfather, and sister-in-law Annie is a grandmother, for a second time. Their son Mike and wife Renee had their second baby, Patrick, on Christmas Eve day.

Patrick arrived a bit early, as he wasn't due until some time in January. That meant a trip to NICU until his lungs get stronger. But as of today, Bill says most of the tubes are out and he's actually sucking on a pacifier while being fed with an IV. I hope he gets to come home soon!

Bill says big brother Liam is a bit confused. Reminds me of when Katherine was born. Michael was so mad at me he wouldn't come near me, until I offered him some cookies. From that beginning, Michael and Katherine are very close!

Baby Patrick. waiting to go home!

Dental stuff

Mike went in to have a tooth extracted, as well as to have a graft put in for a future implant. He told me they found a double-infection. No wonder this tooth has been giving him so much trouble! He's better off without it. He seems to be doing okay, but he's somewhat Stoic so I wouldn't know if he was hurting. They gave him prescription-strength ibuprofen and some stuff to rinse with. He goes back in about 10 days. We hope the infection is completely gone by then. They already tried penicillin and now they have him on amoxycillin. However you spell it!