Baby Eric

It's already been a week and a half since Baby Eric joined our family. He arrived a bit after midnight, so that his birth date would forever be June 27. June 27th -- the date his Pop-pop and Nana were married 37 years before. The third anniversary since his Pop-pop went Home to Heaven. To remember and honor him, Mommy and Daddy named this new little baby boy after his grandfather. And so, Eric Ian Riley Sulik is here. His big brother Caleb (all 6-years-old-big) has much of his grandfather in him -- especially in his keen interest in and enjoyment of trees and flowers and God's gifts of nature. Will Baby Eric one day show how much of Pop-pop is in him too? Will he look at sky, water, trees, English cottages, American barns and take paint and put them on canvas too? Will he be tender and love simple pleasures? Will his heart be sensitive to God and will his eyes fill up when beautiful hymns are sung? Whatever his interests, his gifts, his developing personality, already we love him. Our very special Baby Eric.