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effective about an hour ago we have a new grandchild, our 5th .... our daughter is our oldest child .... she's never married and almost 4 years ago she became a foster parent to a 17 month old boy .... Landen just turned 5, the pictures below were taken a few months ago when he caught his first fish at a pond belonging to one of our sons .... rules and regs prevented posting any pictures or much in the way of info about him until the adoption was complete .... he got off to a rough start in life and is now doing well ....

BIG CONGRATULATIONS!! to You, Maureen and your daughter.
He looks like a fine and handsome young man! ☺

That's great, Jim. That young lad will never forget that fish either.

Good job Jim. Little kids need family.
I adopted one, fostered one, got one in marriage, and have two of my own.
They need roots and then they need wings.

he's good little guy who has already overcome a great deal ... all I will say is it wouldn't do for me to ever meet his biological parents

Great that he has found good family. You all have changed his life and given him chances to become a wonderful and happy person. Well done all!

Great Jim, and congrats to your daughter.
Looks Happy as all get out in those photos.

RP

And I love his shirt.

RP

Congrats to you and your daughter. From the smiles on his face, this young man has a new trajectory on life. This is a wonderful thing to see.

Paul

That is so wonderful. Honestly, when I read it, my eyes teared up. Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing such a a great thing for a child in need.

Congrats!!

Good job Jim. Kids need a help up and we need to help them when we can.

our daughter is the person who deserves the thanks .... my wife and I have been along for the ups and downs over the last 3+ years but she's the one who has made things work .... as a side note, we have been blessed by the support of many folks during this process .... our sons and their families have been great .... our extended family from NC to SD have been great .... part of the adoption process required our daughter to draw up her will and name someone to take care of Landen if should something should happen to her .... in the end she named our youngest son and his wife .... for us, the really good thing is she had several supportive couples to pick from ....

Many congrats to your daughter for such a great thing to do! He looks really happy with that first catch. Enjoy every minute of it!

Good on you and the family Jim, you raised your daughter right and she is passing it on.

Yea for you guys!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to meet him!

Your daughter is a wonderful person to have done this. I'm glad it worked out for her and Landen.
Congratulations to you all.

UPDATE :

last night Landen played in his first T-ball game .... at our daughter's request I've been working with him since we got home about 3 weeks ago .... he's come a long way .... I wish I had a video of his second time at bat but the first picture below gives a pretty good account .... those who know T-ball will understand .... he's been drilled on keeping his eye on the ball and seeing the bat hit it .... the fact you can only see the end of his blue bat shows he is holding it parallel to the ground and his eyes are concentrated on the ball .... the resulting hit was a line drive that landed in left-center field ....