Happy tidings!

On June 18, 2005, at 19:19 E.D.T. Patrick Thomas Gabriele took his first extra-uterine breath. He liked it so much, he decided to stay on this side of the amniotic waters. He weighed in at 9 pounds and 2 ounces and he is already 20 inches long from the tips of his toes to the top of his head. PT is the first child born to Jennifer and Paul Gabriele.

Not yet known to this little lad is that he is now a member of a rather large, extended family. It will take him some time before he becomes accurately oriented as to where he is situated on the family tree. But he’ll have lots of fun, finding out. Suffice it to say, PT has a multitude of cousins, aunts, uncles and assorted relatives. He also has several grandparents and even two pairs of doddering great-grandparents.

Each of us is delighted that Patrick Thomas Gabriele is now safely among us. May he live a long, happy, healthy and excitingly adventurous life and may Jennifer, Paul and others in our family, continue to procreate.

6/24/2005 Jennifer, Paul and Patrick visited us this evening. It was a truly happy experience for Lenore and me. For the first time in many, many years, I once again held a baby in my arms. For Lenore, more accustomed to handling infants, it was as natural as it could possibly be. Paul and Jennifer are ecstatic and they exude a remarkable degree of confidence and competence, considering it's not yet a week since they became parents. As I read the tea-leaves, the future for this family is incandescently bright.

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