It is a very busy year for our family.  My son and his wife have just given birth to the most amazing baby boy that I have ever seen since the birth of my own son.  My son himself, is trying to juggle his new family and his work on his dissertation.  I think he is finding it a lot harder than he expected it to be.

In a few short months, my daughter-in-law will also be working on her thesis.  I am looking very much forward to this as grandma gets to take care of baby Jake while his mommy and daddy are very busy doing their research.

I certainly feel sorry for them and don’t envy them at all for all the essay writing that they are going to have to do in the next few years.  They are both very brilliant people and I know that they will do well, and I am just so very glad that they live near me and don’t have to put Jake in day care.