Birth Announcement

I meant to post this on Cody's birthday, but too much going on around here.

This makes me sniffle happy and sad tears at the same time.

Cody David Annette and Gordon have chosen the name Cody David for their beautiful new son born at the Birth Center of Buffalo Hospital.  Weight:  7 pounds and 2 ounces Length:  20 1/2 inches Time:      2:50 pm Date:       Monday, March 3, 2008 Delivered by: Teresa Albert, MD Baby's doctor: Kristina Loken, M.D. Origin of the name Cody... English, Old English - A cushion. March 3, 2008 - a day to remember The Weather The sun rose over Buffalo at 6:49 am and set at 6:06 pm Buffalo high: 19° F Buffalo low: 7° F The nation's weather extremes were 88° recorded at Harlingen, Texas and -38° at Arctic Village, Alaska In the financial world The Dow Jones closed at 12258.90 Minnesota's Minimum Wage was $6.15 . . . and the prices of some big and little ticket items were Loaf of Bread:$ 1.98 Gallon of Milk: $ 3.05 First Class Stamp: $0.41 Average New Home: $211,000.00 New Car: $21,750.00 Populations: Buffalo: 12,500 U.S. Population: 304,131,447 In the world of entertainment this week The top grossing movie was: "10,000 B.C." Cody David shares his birthday with these other interesting people 1831 - George Pullman - American inventor and industrialist who improved the pleasure of travelling by his creation and production of the Pullman railroad sleeping car. 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell - American teacher, inventor and entrepreneur most recognized as the inventor of the telephone and founder of Bell Telephone Company. 1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee - One of the greatest athletes of all time. Olympic gold medallist, world record holder in the heptathlon and the first athlete to win multi-event medals in three Olympics. There have been some other notable events on this day in history 1791 - Congress passed a resolution ordering the creation of the first U.S. Mint. 1845 - Florida became the 27th state admitted to the Union. 1931 - "The Star-Spangled Banner", written some 117 years earlier by Francis Scott Key, officially became the national anthem of the United States. 1969 - America's program to land man on the moon continued as the second manned lunar orbiter, Apollo 9, was launched. Happy Birthday Cody David  from your friends at Buffalo Hospital