After Much Waiting and Anticipating,

little Madison Hillman came into the world at 6:20 p.m. at a hospital in Salem, Oregon. She was due on the 9th, but she decided to take her time in making her grand entrance.

This means my nephew and his wife are now grandparents. Hell's bells, I remember when he came home from the hospital early in 1961. I was not quite six years old then.

My sister, who is 67, is now a great-grandmother. I guess that makes me a great-grand aunt or some goddamned thing.

I'd rather not think about it.

The family members are taking scads of pictures of Madison. I guess she's a cutie. When I get some I'll post them here on the blog.

Madison is Elven's first child. Kasey is his third wife. Madison is her second child, and Elven is her first husband.

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