Meet "Louie!"

He's finally here! Meet "Ronald Louis Walker" aka "Louie!" our seventh child. After all the prob and circumstance leading up to his arrival, I think his mother and I will agree, it was definitely worth it! He is a gorgeous baby taking after the rest of his siblings of course. He was born at 6:07pm on August the 25th, 2009. He was 8lbs 9oz, 20.5 inches long, with dark hair (which is a first), an olive complexion, and it is hard to tell what color his eyes will be but probably blue. I will share more about the experience and those around us while it all went down....or out....however ya want to think of it. For now I am going to post a few pics for y'all to enjoy.

Here is Misty and Louie the next afternoon. Ain't they precious?

Here he is with me on Friday out getting some "indirect sunlight" around lunch time by the little tractor.

Here he is with his great uncle Ronnie from whom he gets his first name "Ronald".

Here is Louie with my parents Papa, Mamaw, Misty, and Me moments after he was born.

Michael turns 17

My oldest child is turning 17 today. It is hard to know where to start telling you about this guy. I will get more into his story when I dig up a more recent picture of him but for now I want to say that I love him very much. He is big, strong, very thoughtful, and apparently quite the looker. His teen years have been inundated a flood of pretty little women who think he is superman. He plays football for a local high school and does really well with it. The downside is that the program has taken ownership of him. I rarely see him and that kills me. Anyways, in spite of all he is tuning out to be a great young man. I think he will make a great husband and father to some lucky young lady out there. So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michael! I love you bud.

-Dad

Almost Normal

Hey Folks,

It has been a little while since I have posted, I know. As you might have guessed things have been a bit up in the air. Between Misty's illness and all the break downs at work preceding it, I have gotten behind on everything.

Misty is doing much better and we thank everyone for the prayers and concerns. We also want to thank all of our friends who really stepped up and helped us get through it. I would name folks but I am not sure they want that. We are on the home stretch to having a new little boy running around the house and everyone is excited! His name will be Ronald Louis Walker. We will call him "Louie" because his first name is that of an uncle. So far we have kept family names but generally use the middle name if that relative is still sucking up oxygen. It has worked out great. Louis happens to be the male version of my mother's middle name Louise and Louis is also the name of a dear friend who work on language development in Malaysia. Sheesh, we miss those great people.

I am back at work. The equipment is running though not up to par. I think this coming week will be the best in a long time. WOOHOO! I will post soon and thanks for stopping by!