A few updates and all the feels

First, a story. The week before our daughter was born, Ryan's maternal grandmother passed away. As the story goes (and it's true, I lived it) I was 8 3/4 months pregnant, and attended her visitation in Grand Rapids. A cousin, Mike, stood next to me at one point and he said, "Oh, no you don't. You're not standing by me when you're that close to deliverin…