but this time headed back to home.
Hannah, Phil (and baby Jireh) will be taking me home to Philadelphia. We leave right before dinner tonight (Thursday) and will drive through the night. So, we’ll have breakfast in PA! Jireh is really looking forward to meeting his Poppy (Jireh inherited not only his Poppy’s middle name, but [...]
Wednesday night was Éva’s very first ballet recital. I was so thrilled that I could be here to watch her. She was beautiful!
Here’s a picture of the little ballerina.
To see a video of her dance, click here.
Éva is the one on the far left. Sorry about the quality of the video, we compressed it [...]
After Éva’s (and my) comment about wanting to go for a boat ride out to Camp, Grampy (Philip’s grandfather) indulged us and put one of the docks out this morning so that we could launch one of the boats. This afternoon we bundled up and Grampy took Éva and I out for an awesome cruise. [...]
We woke to a beautiful Saturday morning here in Greenville, Maine. This was the first morning (since the ice broke) that there was no morning wind, and so the now-melted waters were completely still. I only realized this when I looked out the window at breakfast and saw the reflection of the trees and mountains [...]
By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast. Job 37:10
Winter is long in Maine. Some think it is way too long. Kind of like Narnia under the spell of the White Witch… always winter. But, just like Narnia, we’ve had a melting into Spring! Yes, the long-awaited [...]
Éva is delighting in her new little brother. His “awake” time is full of opportunities to show him toys, sing to him, or just gaze at his littleness.
Hannah and Philip are surely counting their blessings with little Jireh. He is a great baby. He eats well, sleeps well (a 5 -5 1/2 hour stretch every night), and is great fun to play with. Today his (Great-)Aunt Debbie sent a wonderful gift that she had made for him. Here he is enjoying it. [...]
photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun
Éva learned to respond to the greeting “Christ is risen!” with “Christ is risen indeed!” today.
This beautiful Resurrection Day is Jireh’s first time going to church. What a special occasion.
And on this beautiful day, we even had snow to greet us. It is still falling. What a visual picture of [...]
Jireh decided to sleep in this morning, so without their new alarm clock to help them Hannah and Philip also slept in. They are in the “newborn suite” in the basement. However, on the second floor where the other two (and I) are sleeping it was a different Saturday morning.
Today six-day-old Jireh had his first doctor visit. He is currently 6 lb 9 oz and still 20.5 inches long. He had his first immunization shot. He was a real trooper (and a real “pooper,” he had to have his diaper changed 3 times during the visit)!
He is also quite flexible! Here he shows [...]
This photo of Jireh is extra special because of the outfit he is wearing. Believe it or not, Hannah (and her sister Sarah) wore this when they were newborns… 25+ years ago! Big sister Éva also wore it when she was born (Seámus was too big to fit into it!)
It is hard to believe that [...]
I thought I would give a brief linguistic explanation for little Jireh’s name.
It comes from the Hebrew verb יִרְ×Ö¶Ö‘×” (yir’eh) which is a qal imperfect (3rd person, mascular singular) form of the verb ר××” which has as its first English gloss “to see.” However, the semantic range can extend from that basic idea to mean [...]
Hannah and Philip have a new little boy. Jireh William Walden was born at 6:32 PM. 6 lbs 11 oz. 20.5 inches. A precious little guy. Hannah did great. I had the privilege of catching Jireh as he was born!
More pictures and info later!