Monday, July 14, 2008

Son of a Son of a Sailor

What a month! The first weekend of July I won a regatta and celebrated my 60th birthday. Then this weekend the best present of all... today I held in my arms my first grandson, born yesterday at 8:52pm, Aidan Christopher, 8lb 5ozs, mother and baby doing just fine, thank you for asking.


Big sister Emily was thrilled with the arrival of her little brother. As soon as she saw his feet she started playing This Little Piggy Went to Market with him. And then she held him in her arms and sang Frère Jacques to him as he snoozed.


Could we be looking at the Harvard University Sailing Team 2027 season Intercollegiate Championship winning A-team and B-team skippers? Who knows? But here's an omen. The first visitor from outside the family to show up at the hospital this morning was the sister of famous sailing blogger Dan Kim of Adrift at Sea.

Hmmm.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Tillerman. Now you have two fabulous grandbabies...:) and the world's cutest granddaughter and grandson. :)

You need to get him one of these:

LINK

Jos said...

Cargo has been safely "disembarked", well done! Congratulations to you and your family.

Tillerman said...

Thanks Jos. Ignore previous signal re "Need A Tug".

Tillerman said...

Thanks Dan. That's an amazing device.

David said...

Congratulations to the Tillerfamily!!

Tillerman said...

Thanks David. Looking forward to reading about your adventures at the High Sierra Regatta.

Pat said...

And as the g-kids grow up, will things get even dinghier?

Polyphony said...

Hooray! So very happy for the Tillerfamilies. I see not only SAILING in their futures, T-man, but LAWYERING!

Tillerman said...

Aaargh. How much can a poor nation stand?

WeSailFurther said...

Congrats! So great. Now you have to get a Laser built for two.

PeconicPuffin said...

Congratulations, sir! Big sister looks thrilled!

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