Whoa - it's been a month!

I've been pretty busy I guess. Anyway not in the blogging mood. Last Sunday I went to Bellingham and stayed with Andy & Sarah until Monday afternoon. Stayed with Theo and Penny while Sarah went to a teaching job Monday morning. Wednesday evening I went over to Sammamish and spent the night at Lydia's sister's house so I could give Lydia a ride to the airport on Thursday morning. That was fun - dodging traffic jams is quite the sport. Last night was a big show in Silverdale with Kidsonbikes and Alligators which caused me to go to bed an hour later than usual. This morning I had to get up an hour earlier than usual because of going on daylight savings time. Good grief. This afternoon I finally spent a little time in the great outdoors. Raked leaves (last fall's), pulled up blackberries, piled rocks, started a root burn pile and planted one of the 22 plants that Sheldon has given us. All the plants he gave us, which remained in their pots all winter up against the north side of the house, are living still. I'd love to plant them all, but I'm kind of waiting until we decide where grass seed is going.


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Quick Trip to Bellingham

We went on Thursday evening and got home a little while ago. The baby business was good there! Lots of silly goofiness and plenty of hugs.


Andy and Sarah were there too!

Better

I feel better

much to do . . .

. . . nothing to say. Weather cold and wet. Nose runny. Throat sore. Need sleep. Need daylight. Need a vacation. Not getting one.

Back to the real world . . .

kind of regretting that I couldn't stretch those 6 days into a couple more, although, catching up with life in Kitsap County is a definite must. It's still kind of hard to believe that Penelope May is really a girl! I'm so thankful to have been able to be with Sarah and Andy during these few days, just to experience (remember) how sweet and precious they are (were). It was a delight, but I'm thinking of going to bed now (8:30 pm). I guess I'm kind of a tired grandmama (Theo pronounces that grandmomma!) Here are some pictures I took over the last couple of days.

There is a tiny 0-3 months size outfit I found, quite by accident,with a little owl on it. I couldn't help myself.

A combination of traffic reports and a beautiful morning led me to take the ferry to Kingston instead of driving around. What a great ride!

So this is Penny and me. She's very cuddly.

Baby Town

11:45 on day 2 of life with a new little baby in the family. She is very sweet, a "holder", but only fusses quietly when we put her down. She just likes to be in someone's arms. She slept on Andy for 4 hours last night, so she and her mommy and daddy got some deep sleep for at least that long. Doug and I conked out in the living room around 11:00 and didn't move until Theo joined us a little after 7:30. It was a very good night's sleep. We're just hanging out, trying to keep folks fed and Theo company and laundry folded. Doug has to go home tomorrow night, but I'm planning to stay until Tuesday, so we need to figure out who riding the bus home!