Ezra's 11th birthday present!

This morning at 4 a.m., our time, we received a call from our son Jim that he and Sarah were heading for the hospital to have the baby! When Ezra woke up, and we had all wished him a Happy Birthday, we enjoyed informing him that probably he would become an uncle today. And he did, as did Stephen! When Jim called us around 4 p.m. to tell us about the birth of Hezekiah Immanuel Miller (Kiah) the boys were jumping around yelling, "I'm an uncle!!"

Well, we are grandparents!!! we haven't been yelling it but we are enjoying the delightful thoughts of what that will mean for our lives. Kiah was born via c-section at 10:53 a.m. colorado time (12:53 our time) and weighed 8'13". He is 21 incles long and is recovering from a rather difficult time in the birth canal. Jim said his face is a little bruised and the back of his head is a little mushy but the dr. said in two days he should be fine. We praise the Lord for his birth and for the safety given to sarah and the baby. also, sarah's mom arrived safely on the airplane today and after a shuttle ride from denver to colorado springs some of jim's friends from church took her to the hospital. so she is with jim and sarah and kiah for a week or two. we praise the Lord that she could go.

as to ezra's 11th birthday, we had a lovely day of letting him spend some birthday money he had gotten and going to my old restaurant for lunch. it was good to see my friends from work and the food was yummy.

Goodnight to all for now. We are praying for a good night's sleep for jim, sarah and our new little grandson.