As is detailed in a blog post on Cathy and my blog at the link below, Cathy and I became grandparents for the first time recently.

http://dcbarfield.org/2013/07/08/a-surprizing-first-grandchild/

A sonogram at 18 weeks said that our first grandchild was supposed to be a girl. But the first words from our daughter Betsy was, “It’s a boy.” We thought she was kidding but Matt immediately said, “No, it’s a boy alright.”  See Now the grand-parenting fun, spoken of by many of my friends, is here.