Sunday 22 October 2006: a call on my mobile…
Gilbert is grandfather again and Danny has a small brother – “Mikey”!

Marianne called me from Washington DC when I was in the middle of a seminar where I was a speaker and was just having Q&A. She told me the great news, she just had her second son – two days earlier than planned. What a surprise… I got pretty emotional and needed a stiff drink to recover (Jack Daniels to be American).
Name: Michael Ivis Cardwell, weight 3.37 kg and 50.8 cm long, or “Mikey”.
After some false starts on Saturday morning, a very hectic Sunday morning. At 5:30 am Marianne woke up having contractions and her water broke at 6:00. Marianne and Mike (or Michael) got to the hospital at 6:30, barely made it through registration, with contractions coming every minute or so. There was no time for an epidural and “Mikey” was born at 7:11 AM (local time in USA).
Mother and son are both doing great. Here are a few pictures taken by the Dad who also survived the experience without complications.

For more info see the blog of “The Cardwell Kids” – my two grandsons.