A Christmas Baby

 

Our third granddaughter was born right after Christmas on December 29th.  Precious Lucy Noelle is doing so great, along with Mom and Dad and big sister Audrey.  We plan to travel to Michigan to meet her very soon and I can’t wait to see her little face and hold her.

We still need to celebrate our family Christmas and we plan to all be together.  I will be cooking a big dinner, we will open presents and of course get a photo with all 3 little ones.  I will stay for a few extra days to help the new mom and probably cook a lot more for her freezer.  But, mostly keep Audrey entertained to give everyone a break.

I love my life in Florida, but it is hard to wait to see a new baby in the family.  Finally, we will.

Christmas Fun

 

Because of the imminent birth of granddaughter number 3, I traveled to Michigan the week before Christmas to help my expectant daughter with her 2 year old, plus babysit for my younger daughter with the 3 month old, so they could attend a wedding.  

It was so fun in both locations with all the lead up to Christmas.  There were lots of Christmas crafts, Christmas movies, and Christmas books.  Lots of Christmas music and shaking of  both snow globes and sprinkles on Christmas cookies.

The highlight was the Christmas Tea Party I planned for the two year old.  I think it was her first real tea party and the stars cut from cheese were a bit hit.  She also loved stirring the “tea” in the tea cups.  When I found out I was having a granddaughter, this was what I envisioned.  And, there will be many more tea parties to come with 3 granddaughters. 

I returned to Florida on Christmas Eve morning and we have been Christmas-ing since with Christmas Eve mass, dinner at home, opening presents and a walk thru some beautiful Christmas lights.  Then, dinner at our friend’s house on Christmas Day.  

It was a very different Christmas here in Florida, but different does not mean bad.  Plus, we have our family Christmas in Michigan to look forward to and meeting the new baby.  I think we made this “different” Christmas work just fine.

 

Thanksgiving Week in Photos

 

We celebrated both our Anniversary and Thanksgiving this week, plus got all the Christmas decorating done - so today, I rest.

On Tuesday, we went to Ft. Myers to see MSU basketball beat East Carolina, celebrated our Anniversary with a dinner out on Wednesday and enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.  My mother in law was here, so just three of us.  The Lions unfortunately lost, but MSU Basketball had a big win over UNC.  We missed our family, but they were together at Megan’s house on a snowy Thanksgiving in Grand Rapids.  

On to Christmas fun!