Give up? The first picture is before seven-foot tall, powered, inflatable stork with sign (BSFTPISWS for short), and the second picture is after seven-foot tall, powered, inflatable stork with sign (ASFTPISWS). I'm surprised you didn't get that. Our friends Bobby and Melissa Smith are now the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl named Olivia Rose who was born on Saturday. I figured there was no better way to celebrate than installing a massive lawn ornament in their yard during high wind season in Oklahoma.
Unfortunately, after I drove all the way across town to put it up, I realized that it had to stay plugged in to stay inflated. Of course there was no outlet on the front of their house to plug into, and my plan was almost foiled. Just as I was about to give up, their next-door neighbor, who I have never met before, drove up and saw the sad deflated scene. I'm pretty sure she thought I was a crazy person, but I told her what I was doing, and she found an extension cord and let me hook up the stork to her garage outlet. The great stork disaster was narrowly averted, and the big guy was there standing tall and proud to greet them when they came home from the hospital. Big thanks to Mary Daugherity for coming to our baby shower and providing us with this gift that just keeps on giving. You give the best gifts Mary.
Back at our place, over the last few weeks Benjamin has discovered the dieting "holy grail" of eating all you want without gaining an ounce. If I can just get him to share the secret with me, I'll make billions. I've tried to teach him the one blink for "yes", two blinks for "no" system, but Ben is master of the staring game and can go for quite a long time with his eyes plastered open. He has earned the nickname Moth Man in our house for the way he stares at any light that happens to be on. Don't quit your South Beach diet yet.
Since Ben is still short of 9 pounds the doctors have ordered that he be put on a continuous feeding machine for twelve hours a day. I've got to tell you this kid is a sneaky one. I'd thought we'd seen the last of that machine in the hospital, but he's figured out a way to get it back. Hopefully, the machine will help Ben transform from a stick figure into a sumo in the next month or two.
Moth Man also got to meet with the church for the first time on Sunday. But I'll save that story for next time.
May all your storks be powered,
Whit, Adrienne, and Benjamin
3 comments:
Whit,
Our daughter Carli had colic for the first three months of her life, and the only way she would calm down for even a brief period was if I took her outside under the street light in our backyard. As an infant she always stared at lights - far more than my boys. Anyway, we continue to pray for your family and thank God for the healing Benjamin has experienced.
Josh Hensal and family
You totally tricked me with those photos...not because of the stork...but because I thought it was your house. I said to myself, "their house doesn't have trees out the front, does it?" But I read on and it all make sense!
Congratulations to Bobby & Melissa!
And...see you soon, Whit!
Maybe I can give Ben some tips on the whole weight gain thing - as this is my speciality!!
Hi Whit, Adriene and Ben, I am glad that all is well but Ben really. Actually Ben is just getting a head start on the continuous eating thing. Sorry to say Whit and Adriene that children eat continuously. you just don't get to control everything that goes in. I will pray for Ben's weight gain. I love the stork thing you did for Bobby and Melissa. I know that it provided much needed joy. TAke care and God bless and as always give each other hugs for us and of course give Ben lots of kisses and hugs. love ya, Vickie, Joe, Aaron
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