Everyone loves to celebrate a new baby!

And more gifts kept on coming!

Everyone is very happy for our friend and her husband.  They are really ready to become parents!

A day for reminiscing

Dh and I went back to our old town Friday -> Saturday because he had some business there he needed to attend to, and I wanted to see my older dd. Something of big note: it was the first time we had ever left our younger girls without either of us being there overnight. Almost 10 years and dh and I had NEVER been away overnight together without the girls! We left them in the very good care of Grama and Conor and everything went fine.

Going to the flea market in our old town is kind of a Saturday ritual, so we picked up dd, s-i-l, and grandson Zachie. Dh and s-i-l dropped dd, Zachie and me off at the flea market. As you can see, we will be adding to our family very soon.

I always like to look in these rows of boxes. Lots of inexpensive imported products, mostly junk, to be honest, but a few good deals in there. Zachie was great about looking at the toys and touching some, but not throwing a fit when we didn't buy anything. He's so sweet.

When you go to this area you have to buy fry bread. It's a local delicacy. ;-) (I think dd had some food in her mouth--her chin really is completely normal!)

And finally, I ran into my old next door neighbor at the market. She and her husband have been selling knick knacks there for about a year and a half. Their table was busy most of the time I was there, so it looks like they have hit on a good combination of things to sell. Unfortunately their cute son (that my dd C adores) was not there with them today. C would have loved to have seen a new picture of him. You just get his mother and me.

P.S. Do you like my muffler? It was made by my special Australian friend.

Grandpa dh and baby Zachariah

Holly stopped by with the baby last night and I got a picture of dh with Zachariah. Aren't they cute?

I'm going to be one of "those" grandmas :-)

You know, the ones who are always trying to get you to look at pictures of their fabulous grandchildren, LOL. I like this modern version of the wallet full of pictures because this way anyone can choose to look or not and I'll never know! Although my map does show quite a few visitors from Seoul. (To my Korean friends: that last sentence was a fragment and not a full sentence, but I know you know that ;-) )

Holly came by last night to show the baby to his grandpa and three aunts. They were all properly impressed at his cuteness.

Look at the lovely afghan. My mother crocheted it for Zachariah (that's what Holly is calling him these days) and it is done in my absolute favorite denim blue colors. I wish I had one big enough to wrap myself up in, I like it so much.

I have to wait a little longer

I went over to the hospital today to take Holly's camera and freshly washed clothes back to her. I hoped I might get a little time to hold Baby Zach, but it wasn't to be. When I got there around 8:45 am she and the baby were sound asleep in a darkend room. I tiptoed in and left the package with the things in it, admired the baby in the dark, then pulled the door shut behind me. I left her a note telling her I'd stay out of sight while her father and step-mother are visiting the rest of the week and will see her after they leave this weekend.

I'm positively itching to hold that baby on my lap with his head down by my knees and his feet on my stomach and look him over and tell him a few things. I'll wait though.

Dh is fielding calls from headhunters left and right. It's strange but nice. I wonder where we'll end up?