He was born on Friday, August 30 to Joshua and Rachelle. They had some concerns when he was first born, so they took him to Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. There turned out to be no problems, but he needed to stay there until they were sure about everything. Wilma and I drove up on Saturday, Rachelle was released from the Marion hospital on Sunday and a friend brought her down. Titus was sent home on Monday, Sept 2.
I can't speak highly enough of the people in the Children's hospital and the facility was absolutely wonderful! They had only moved in 2 months ago. Each of the babies is in a private room with a couch that Josh could (kind of) sleep on. The nurse said in the old hospital, there would have been about 6 children in space this size and each set of parents would have had about 4 feet between their child's bed and the child next to them.
On Saturday, we couldn't hold him because he had an IV in his umbilical cord. They had to be sure there was nothing going on.
On Sunday, when the results of a certain test came back, they were able to take that IV out and then we could hold him. The nurse was talking about what a pleasure it was to take care of a "fat, healthy baby." When I held him, he felt so tiny! They have other babies they can hold in the palm of their hand.
He was ready to see mommy when she got there. And she was ready to see him also!
I can't express how much I appreciate Wilma driving me up there.
Bob missed it all because he was at the Cedar Valley Engine Club show in Charles City, IA. He didn't take a picture of the corn sheller, but some of his friends were baling hay. It was a regular baler, but they were feeding it by hand for display. He said it was a great show.
Bob went through Wheaton both going to and coming from Iowa. He drove past our old house. It looked pretty much the same. They have added a raised bed for a vegetable garden between the sidewalk and the driveway.
When Bob got home, he was back to mowing weeds on the farm. Except that they were so pretty, he referred to them as his wildflowers. They still need to be mowed so the cattle can pasture there. They really are pretty with the purple, yellow and white.
Whenever we walk out toward the animal area, the chickens come running. It's hard to walk without stepping on them. It's funny to watch, though.
And then, we went to the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. It was a magical evening and we all had a wonderful time, especially J. Claude and Sallie and us were glad we had the excuse of a child so we could go.
J is a real problem-solver. He was playing with his hat at home the next day and it wouldn't stand up on his head - so he unrolled a roll of toilet paper and stuffed it with that. Light weight enough to be on his head and it stood up tall. I don't know if his parents have seen the toilet paper mess yet upstairs.
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