man from U.N.C.L.E.

Yesterday morning, my wife's middle sister achieved a state she had long worked for. She's now a mother. Thru adoption, yes, but she is going to be quite a devoted mom, and her hubby quite the devoted dad.

It was a long road for them. There were many disappointments, but eventually the adoption agency found them a good match. Still, there were further delays. The birth was supposed to occur during the Holidays, which is why Sue and I stayed almost two weeks, until someone figured out the mother wouldn't give birth before the middle of January. On Thursday, it became obvious that Nature needed a bit of help so the mother was given injections to induce labor. Almost 24 hours later, nothing was happening so a C-section was performed.

I am now an uncle for the third time (*). We won't see him until we drive to the Bay Area during Easter, but I understand that the little guy is very vigorous and has quite the mop of hair.

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(*) On Sue's side, but I don't count my side of the family as being of great import in my life.