The Happy and The Sad

Ever since we new that a grandbaby is on the way we have all been so excited, and the discussions in our family room have been hilarious at times! We only know how to imagine baby boys in this family and most of us talked about this baby as a boy. The boys were excited about...........
                                           being uncles, whew they love the idea!
                                           this little guy was going to learn to play football at a really young age
                                          and build muscles like no other 3 year old
                                          and tussle with his uncles
                                         and Carlin, well it was going to take care of all the boredom when his big
                                        brothers go to youth activities.
                
                  AND THEN.......the ultra sound said, ITS A GIRL!!!!!!

Yes, a girl in this Zook family! How exciting is that!! No we are not disappointed, not even a little! I guess because I had 5 boys, I find baby boys quite attractive, in fact I love baby boys! But, I'm already imagining bonding with a little girl, and buying pretty girl toys( this house seriously lacks nice girl toys), and browsing baby girl sections at the store. I will buy pink blankets, and hair bows, and girlie socks and, and, and.......well I don't know what all.

this is the cake

And now the boys will get to practice their gentlemanliness on another female besides just me! And hopefully she will be a lil lady and not a rowdy tomboy.....but what's the chance! You go figure!
 All this excitement is awesome, but it is saddened because she will never know her grandfather Zook. And he would be such a great one. He loved children and since his speech/stroke he had his own special funny way of doing baby chatter.

the happy couple

 We had a big deal on Wed. eve. when we learned the gender of this child. A good friend, Gina, made a cake and hid 2 little stars inside the cake. The one star was pink the other one yellow. The yellow one was just for fun, the pink one was to tell us it is a girl.
 Let me back up a little. Randall's had the ultra sound done on Wed. They asked Gina to make the cake and then we cut it here at our house. We did not know the gender until we found the pink star. Mary cut a piece of cake for all of us then we, at the same time dug into our piece to find the object that would reveal the secret. It was in Jeremy's piece of cake and it did not take him long to find it! Now remember, Mary's family lives in Montana and they needed to be in on this too so everyone connected via Skype. Believe me, it was a big deal, almost like being on FOX news! So we are excited! Terribly excited!

 And while we rejoice we also are aware that others also are hurting. Yesterday a 70 year old man from PA was killed in a logging accident. I went to school with his daughters and spent overnight at their house. What a shock! Another friend's husband has a brain tumor and not doing well, another friend who I have only "met" on caring bridge also has a cancer husband. Another young friend has a disease that has no cure and she has lots of pain. Its a sad hurting world that we live in.
 I find it so comforting to know that Jonathan has no more pain and Heaven is awesome. Jonathan's cousin had a dream recently. He dreamed that he was sitting in church and they were singing a song about Heaven. Suddenly Jonathan appeared in front of him and with a happy glowing face said,"Its awesome, you aught to see it", and then he disappeared! and the dream ended. I miss him like crazy and I am so sad that I have to do life without him, but to know that he is happy, pain free, can talk perfectly......that is perfection at its best!
 Jonathan loved reunions, and yesterday when I heard about the logging accident that took Fred I imagined Jonathan welcoming him into those Pearly Gates. My neighbor reminded me at Jonathan's viewing that "He can talk now," and his wife added," I bet they can't shut him up"! That was Jonathan, lots of friends and lots to talk about. I am sure that all the people that are joining him are adding to his joy. Its going to be the best reunion ever when we all get there.
 
 THE LORD GIVETH AND THE LORD TAKETH< BLESSED BE HIS NAME.