In the early years we took a lot of slide photos, and they have been stored away in metal slide files--seldom to be seen again. For Christmas Brian and Patti gave us a slide scanner to convert these slides to digital images--making our "old pictures" new again.

Since Brian is our first born, I thought it fitting to show some of those early pictures and bring back the memories of "our first child".

The mom shortly before the baby's arrival at a baby shower and wondering whether it would be a "boy" or "girl".

The dad, hoping for a son, reading a Chicago Bears publication with Dick Butkus on the cover. He was a "Bears" fan even then.












Opening the gifts at the shower--note the fashions of the time.









What a fashionable nursery??!!






























AND HERE'S THE BABY . . Brian Andrew born at 8:46 AM, October 18, 1971, weighting 8 lbs. 12-1/2 oz - 20" long.


These pix were taken during the first couple months after his birth.

These pix are sonogram photos of our granddaughter due on March 24, 2010. Today's parents not only know whether they will have a boy or girl, but they know what their baby looks like as well- - - now, if she only had a name!

Ms Nameless in a profile view





















AND here she is looking up