Ah ... good stuff Unce Max .... this really is a special Christmas for you folks then ... especially your parents! A whole new generation has begun with Declan (interesting name! Is there a story behind the name???)

I was just thinking again today about how my daughters are the only branches coming from my Mom and Dad, through me, me being their only child. It's really weird to think of myself as an only child, which in fact I am ... never thought of the sisters I grew up with as half sisters before that "only child of Mom and Dad" fact registered in my head Very strange to try and get used to that idea.

Ma Yappy