MICHAEL JAMES WOOD  18 APR 2012  WELCOME TO THE FAMILY MY YOUNG FRIEND

MOM AND I WERE IN HOUSTON FOR THIS DELIVERY, ABOUT 1/4 PAST 11PM EMILY CAME DOWN STARIS AND SAID THAT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO GO. JONATHAN VERY CALMLY PICKED UP HER BAG AND THEY WERE OUT THE DOOR.  GRANDMA LOOKED AT HER WATCH WHICH READ 11:32 SHE SAID LET JUST HOW LONG THIS TAKES. BY 12:15 AM   I GET A PHONE CALL FROM EMILY SAYING HE'S HERE ALL IS WELL, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL AND AMAZING. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW AMAZING UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE WENT TO MEET MICHEAL AT THE  HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON WHICH IS JUST ABOUT 20 MINS AWAY FROM THEIR HOME. MICHAEL WAS ALMOST A FRONTSEAT PASSANGER SIDE BUCKET SEAT BABY.  THAT AFTERNOON BEFORE THE BIRTH , EMILY WALKED TO WESLEYS SCHOOL AND HOME JUST ABOUT 2 MILES DRAGGING ALLISON AND SAM WITH HER , MOM AND I TRIED TO KEEP UP AND HELP BUT WE SOON FOUND THAT WE WERE SLOWING THEM DOWN, SO WE LET THEM SPRINT AHEAD OF US. EMILY IS SOMETHING ELSE!

 THESE PICTURES ARE OF OUR VISIT FOR TWO WONDERFUL AND EXCITING WEEKS. GRAND MA GETS TO HOLD THE BABY A LOT, WHICH WHY WE CAME I BELIEVE.

 EMILY AND MICHEAL ON OUR 1ST VISIT, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES

WESLEY IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND LOVING BIG BROTHER HE ACTUALLY MADE AND POSTED A WELCOME SIGN WHICH HE ATTACHED TO OUR BEDROOM DOOR WHEN WE CAME . AT THIS POINT HE IS IN TO CARS AND CAN TELL YOU MAKE AND MODEL  OF ALMOST ANY CAR. SCHOOL IS A SOURCE OF JOY AND EXCITEMENT FOR HIM, HE HAS LOTS OF FRIENDS THERE AND IS A VERY GOOD STUDENT.

THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR ALL THE FAMILY WHICH ALL THE KIDS LOVED, THEY TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF MICHAEL AND EMILY WE WERE QUITE IMPRESSED.

 ALL THE KIDS GOT TO HOLD AND LOVE MICHAEL, SAMMY WAS VERY VERY TENDER WITH HIM AND HAD A TON OF KISSES AND HUGS FOR HIM.

 ALLISON ON THE OTHER HAND WANTED HER MOTHER MOST AND WAS SO0 VERY GLAD TO BE WITH HER.

 ALLISON SPENT AS MUCH TIME IN BED WITH EMILY AS DID THE BABY. SHE LOVES HER MOMMY VERY MUCH

 JONATHAN IS A MODEL HUSBAND AND FATHER, HE IS GOOD TO EMILY ( WHICH IS WHAT DADS PRAY FOR ABOUT THEIR LITTLE GIRLS) HERE HE LOOKS THE PROUD PAPA AND HE SHOULD  HE IS WONDERFUL. HAPPY BIRTH DAY JONATHAN!!!

 SOME ONE MENTIONED WE SHOULD GO TO MCDONALDS AFTER OUR VISIT. SAM WAS READY. ONE DAY I WAS LOOKING AT A BOOK WITH SAM WHICH SHOW PICTURES OF ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE WORLD. WE CAME TO THE PAGE ON OCEAN LIFE I POINTED TO THE OCTOPUS AND SAID SAMMY WHAT CAN YOU TELL GRANDPA ABOUT AN OCTOPUS. HE THOUGHT FOR A MIN. AND SAID " HE LIVES IN THE OCEAN AND HE'S A PUSS."  THIS GUY IS SHARP

 WHEN MICHAEL CAME HOME WE HAD A BABY SHOWER FOR HIM . THIS WAS PROVIDED BY MICHAELS AUNT ,UNCLE AND COUSINS IN OLYMPIA. ELLEN PETER VIOLET AND CLAIRE. GREAT IDEA WITH SOME VERY EXCITING GAMES AND LAUGHTS GALORE FOR A FIRST FAMILY NIGHT AT HOME FOR MICHAEL.

 OF COURSE ANY GOOD FAMILY NIGHT ALWAYS SPINS OFF INTO A GAME OF BASEBALL, EVERY ONE GOT TO HIT

 AND EVERY ONE GOT TO SCORE.

 WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY JONATHAN AND EMILY ARE. WE WERE SAD TO LEAVE BUT THEY NEEDED THEIR LIVES TO GET BACK TO AS MUCH AS NORMAL AS 4 CHILDRED CAN BRING. AS A GRAND PA  I SAY WHAT WONDERFUL HOST, FANTASTIC PARENTS, OUTSTANDING  CHILDRED AND GRAND CHILDREN, AND HUMBLE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST THE WOODS ARE.

 ON A PERSONNEL NOTE  I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SIX SESSONS AT THE HOUSTON TEMPLE, IT IS SUCH A WARM AND FRIENDLY PLACE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANY ONE TRAVELING IN THAT DIRECTION.

THIS LAST PICTURE IS OF ALLISON WHEN SHE WAS A WEEK OLD. SHE DOESN'T LOOK ALOT LIKE MICHAEL BUT THE COMPAIRSONS ARE FUN.


TO ALL HAVE A VERY FUNNY DAD

OLE DAD