Soooo...as promised, here's a bit about what has been going on....let's back track to just over a year ago, when I got a call that my grandfather had seemingly passed away suddenly the morning of September 15, 2015. He was 83 years old & not in the greatest health. We believe he might've had a heart attack during his sleep, as he had been previously diagnosed with congestive heart failure. After getting the news, I immediately got ready and made the three hour trip down to Northeast MS. I ended up staying for about a week, helping to get things situated. My grandmother, still living at the time, was in a bit of shock (obviously) that her husband of almost 60 years was gone just like that. Not being in good enough health to live on her own, my dad made the decision to stay with her. This was a bit concerning to me, as he was still dealing with his own health issues. Well lo and behold, a bit less than a month later my grandmother became ill. She had been dealing with a kidney infection for a while, even when my grandfather was alive. She ended up in the hospital due to her kidneys not functioning properly. After about a week being there, she contracted pneumonia as well. Her body just wasn't strong enough to cope with it all, and sadly she passed on October 15 (exactly a month later than my grandfather). She was just shy of her 85th birthday. They were my only remaining grandparents.
My grandparents left everything they had to my younger brother and I, which essentially left me as executor of their estate. We've had our hands full with the whole situation, as a certain someone decided to do some really shady things behind our back during the time period between my grandparents' passing. Unfortunately, it required a lawyer to try and straighten things out. We're still in the process almost a year later now, but everything should be good to go soon. Without getting into too many details that I don't care to air publicly on this forum, I'll leave it at that.
I'm also in a bit of a predicament, as my grandfather was an auto enthusiast like most of us here. I guess that bug trickled down to my father, which passed to me as well. At the time of his passing my grandfather owned a few classic vehicles, which he wished for me to inherit. After searching for months, my wife and I bought our first home in July 2015. Ideally, I wanted a place with a shop or at least enough land that I could build one. With the limited & booming housing market in our area, we settled on a nice place without much land. Our thinking was that we'd live here a few years until we could find a place with more land. Of course, we had no clue what life would have in store right around the corner. With the passing of my grandparents, now we'll have to start that housing/land search once again. There's a '50 Ford shoebox 2-door, a '61 Nash Metropolitan, a '72 Lincoln Mark IV, & a '75 GMC Sierra 1500 SWB/fleet that need a new home. They're safe from the elements at my grandparents' place now, & they'll stay there until we get everything settled. I'll be honored to have them, & my goal is to make sure each one is eventually road-worthy.
While I'm excited to take possession of my grandfather's automobiles, I'm more thrilled to share this news with you all. The week I was down in MS after my grandfather's passing, my wife informed me she was expecting our first child. As you can imagine, this was awesome news, especially after all the sadness the prior week. We later came to find out that it would be a baby boy. He was born on June 7, 2016. The pregnancy was great up until birth, when an emergency C-section was scheduled after the baby became stressed during the attempt to deliver naturally. During the birthing process, the baby ingested meconium (bowel movement) some of which entered his lungs. After treating him as best as possible, he ended up in the NICU for about a week. They monitored him closely & gave antibiotics to try and prevent further sickness. Thankfully he came through like a champ, & he's a healthy/happy little man today. Searching/debating over the years about names we liked, we discussed wanting something a little unique that's not heard everyday. As a result, we settled on Webber, my wife's late grandfather's name. However, we plan to just call him Webb. I'm sharing a few pics of him from around birth till now just over 3 months.
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