Worth Waiting For - Part 2 - Lucy Rebecca

We have known for some time that February would be a busy month and so it has proved to be.  After leaving from our visit with Genevieve Rose and her family, we had just three days at home before leaving again.  We caught up on laundry and packed our car again.  Included in the car were eight cases of special milk from Gossners which the grandchildren love.  After spending a day in windy Wyoming, we arrived ready to greet another new grandchild and care for more grandchildren.  Once again we waited although technically she was probably not really late.  It is just that the doctor and baby's mother had their differences on what the correct day was.  (Mom's idea proved to be more accurate.)

We spent the week preparing freezer meals, catching up on laundry and other similar activities.  We read with grandchildren and helped with special school projects.

At last, our wake up call came at 4:30 AM as they decided to go to the hospital after a couple of hours of serious contractions.  Just before 7 AM, little Lucy Rebecca made her way into the world.

She was soon the recipient of a fancy hat and matching socks.  Her parents chose pink because they were sure that would be popular with the big sisters who were waiting with us at home.

After church, we all wanted to go meet little Lucy for the first time.  Her older siblings were very anxious to see and hold her!

They were all anxious to shop at the present store where they found a soft star that played Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, a pink and white bunny and a lady bug washcloth/puppet.
Mother and baby were doing well and were bored at the hospital, so arrived back home around lunch time the next day.  Lucy was great entertainment and the center of attention for the rest of the day!

It is hard to believe that we are lucky enough to have 22 grandchildren.

Worth Waiting For - Genevieve Rose

An early morning phone call changed our plans for a recent Saturday and soon I was on the road to a town a couple of hours south of us.  A new grandchild was due on February 4th, but on January 24th, it seemed like things might happen early.  By the time I arrived, all progress had stopped.  After that, baby teased us by giving us false hopes every few days.  While we waited we finished a quilt which was supposed to be finished before baby's older sister was born. 

Then we looked for things to do to pass the time.  We did lots of walking at the local grocery store, at Target, Cal Ranch, Walmart, Quilted Bear, a nearby mall, and any other place we could think of.  Cabelas was a favorite with the 2 year old.  Feeding the fish was fun.  The self-flushing toilets were NOT as fun.

We made pie.

We invited a cousin over to play.

When baby's actual due date came, family members demanded to see new baby pictures, but the best we could do would have required x-ray vision to actually see baby.

Finally the doctor said he didn't want to wait any longer, so the date was set.  The night before, the hospital called to schedule the time and then we all went to bed to try to get a good sleep.  Two hours later everything changed and a quick trip to the hospital ensued.  Three hours from the first wake up, there was a beautiful new family member.

Genevieve Rose

Three hours after her birth, her big sister Amelia awoke to find that her parents had disappeared in the night.  She was feeling a bit sad about that until I told her I'd show her a picture.  When she saw the picture her dad sent from the hospital she was like a kid at Christmas...so excited to see that the long awaited sister had appeared.

After eating breakfast and getting dressed Amelia and I decided we wanted to go check this new sister out in person.  On the way, we stopped at the present store (in this case it was the local Dollar Tree) so she could choose a birthday gift for baby.  It is always interesting to me to turn a child loose in the store to see what they might choose.  After going up and down the aisles and surveying stuffed animals and various other possibilities, she narrowed her choices down to two.

Would it be the pink, fragrant bottle of baby lotion?

 

Or would it be this fabulous dish washing sponge on a stick that was left in the baby aisle by mistake?

We surely hope that baby Genevieve loves her sponge!

Then she chose something special for her mother.  Fortunately it was close to Valentines Day, so there were some pretty decent choices.  She ended up with a Valentines balloon that said 'I Love You'.

Then it was finally off to the hospital to meet baby Genevieve in person.  Amelia was enchanted.

Instead of the traditional little bows for little girls, someone crocheted little hair doodads for all the new little girls.

We loved that one of the nurses fashioned this fancy hat.

Amelia was anxious to scramble up to observe the changing of the diaper.  She appeared to be shocked and horrified when she saw the diaper had a full load.  She clapped her hands over in mouth in shock.  It was at that point that baby made her first noise since Amelia had been there and started to cry a bit.  Amelia looked around in panic until we all reassured her that this was a normal thing.

We took a quick picture of the happy family before  we headed back home.

A couple of days later, it was time for mother and baby to come home as well.  Baby Genevieve somehow looked older in real clothes.

I am sure fun times are yet to come!