Well, #24 grandbaby arrived Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 4:50pm. His parents are Barry and Lisa Keime and his name is Lawson LaVerl! He is our miracle baby, totally unexpected!! After adopting 3 kids, now ages 10, and 8 years old (the last two are 3 months apart!) this was a complete surprise, more like a SHOCK!! I am so very pleased and happy that they chose to name him Lawson- which means son of Lawrence, which is Barry's middle name AND to use LaVerl as his middle name, after Lisa's Dad who passed in November 2025. I just know in my heart that Lawson and LaVerl got to spend some time together before he arrived and also time with Pompa and LaVerl's parents, Melvin and Martha Jo Crosby.
Lisa was sent to the hospital after her Dr. appointment on Tuesday, because the baby showed signs of distress when they monitored him. They told her the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck 3 times, so they didn't want to take any chances with him. Lisa was NOT showing any signs of going into labor, so they basically had to use pitocin to get her going. They didn't start that until Wed. morning, after she had already been in the hospital 19+ hours. She was very tired and weary at this point. Finally, Wed. morning they slowly started her on a Pitocin drip. Meanwhile, the kids were getting out of school early, (half days on Wed.) so, after spending the night there on a very uncomfortable chair, I left and told Barry to text me when things were getting close! Well, around 4pm I get a text saying I should come and then another one saying 'better hurry'!! I walked in her room seeing lots of people in there and lots of excitement!! I looked and the baby's head was already crowning!!! I almost missed the whole event!!
Lisa waiting and laboring!! Barry watching the screen that was monitoring her contractions and the baby's heartbeat.
Minutes old and already his eyes are wide open!
