Friday, February 26, 2010

Adam's homecoming!

Caleb is pretending to be in a tent, reading and playing with toys while we wait to go to the hospital.
Giving Snuffles a snack and a ride on his tricycle.
A family pose before leaving the hospital room...
Adam's sleeping soundly on me while Caleb's napping in his own Handy Manny bed!
It was a bitterly cold day outside with snow flurries and strong winds. Thankful for a warm house to come home to!


Thursday, February 25, 2010

A short post

Took Caleb to visit Mommy, Daddy and Adam yesterday. He was happy to see everyone!
Close ups of Emily and Adam

Jeff and Adam snuggling
Will post more pictures tomorrow. Caleb will go home today when Emily and Adam are released from the hospital. It will sure be quiet around here! He keeps us on our toes!








Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Adam's Arrival!

The week began with a "trial run" to the hospital on Sunday. Emily had hours of contractions, but Adam wasn't quite ready to be born.Emily was so thankful when Adam was born! After a lot of pushing, we found out Adam weighed 10 lbs. and 7 oz. and was 22 1/2" long! He was born at 2:43 PM after arriving at the hospital at 6:05 AM Tuesday, February 23, 2010! We got to hold him a few minutes while the doctor and nurses tended to Emily.
Weighing and measuring
Snuggling with Daddy
Adam's first visitors were Amanda and Bennett!
Papa brought Caleb at 4 PM for a short visit! He was so impressed with Adam. Kissed him and counted his fingers - commented on his "tiny nose and tiny chin"! It was so sweet!
It's great being grandparents again of a newborn! Can't wait to see the little person Adam becomes!



Friday, February 12, 2010

Football and freezing stuff!

Had great fun watching the Super Bowl Feb. 7th at Emily and Eric's. Emily created brownie footballs for dessert! Yum! Had a hot dog cookout and all the trimmings.
Thursday Mom and Dad came to visit while we had Caleb! Here Nana plays cars with Caleb - showing him how to build roads...
Grandad, Nana and Great-grandson Caleb! Will Adam be in the picture next time???
Friday I delivered Caleb back to Emily about 1 PM. Then, the snow started... again. This is the 3rd weekend in a row! So I met Emily in Fletcher (a halfway point) at 3:30 and picked up Caleb again - just in case Emily decides to go into labor tonight! Here's a cute picture of Emily and baby Adam... just waiting to be born! Tomorrow is his due date!
Another farewell between Emily and Caleb. Glad he likes playing at our house! He's been visiting quite a bit recently with all the bad weather. I thought Adam would have been here by now...
After Jeff finished work, we went outside to enjoy the 2" of new snow and 30 degrees... sometimes it's too cold to enjoy it! Caleb wanted to play with his dump truck.
Getting a hug (and also in the picture)
Found a cone on our walk - guess it blew from the neighbor's yard. Caleb used it for a shovel.
Making a snow ball...
We walked down to the corner street light - this reminded me of a scene from "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Putting the twin bed together...

Papa and Caleb begin to put the twin bed together. Caleb loves the power rachet!
Concentrating on getting the job done!
Footboard is next...
Standing inside the "fence"
Testing the sturdiness of the plywood
Reading by flashlight while the sheets finish drying...
This is how I found Caleb at 7:15 Friday morning... playing with a flashlight!





Monday, February 1, 2010

A few videos that capture a few minutes in the life of Caleb!

Pulling the sled on our way from the paper box...

Sorting shapes - he gets more interactive when he realizes he's being filmed!

And of course, the movie of Annabelle the puma, coming to find us at the gazebo.

Sunshine on Sunday!

A walk up to the front of the neighborhood to see if the paper had come and if the roads had been plowed.
Caleb gets a ride on the sled!
No paper yet - but the roads have been plowed somewhat!
Caleb tries to pull Papa back up the hill...
Then with no passengers...
Finally Caleb decides to ride on Papa's shoulders and I get to pull the sled!
On the final hill back home, Caleb decides to pull the sled some more.
Later, a warm blueberry pancake supper complete with bacon and decaf coffee!