Leap Year Baby!! Grandchild # 10

I got a text at 3:56 this morning from Stacy, "On our way to the hospital".  Sarah and I were in Fredericton  at the NB Egg Producers Annual meetings, and due to an enjoyable open bar the evening before, I was only aroused to the text at 4:17. Too late... Her phone was off, and no news all morning; it wasn't until after 11:00 that we finally got word of the safe arrival of Silas Reid. 6 lbs. 15 oz., at 10:46. Thank you Tanya for passing the news on to us. We picked a different route home from Fredericton, and stopped to see Stacy and Silas at the Saint John Regional Hospital.

Happy Birthday Bradford!

Today grandson #1 turned 4. We went over tonight for cake, and it turned out to be quite the cake. Stacy is becoming an artist in the kitchen. Bradford was pretty excited, it was hard to get him to stay still for a picture, until the cake!

It was good to have so many of the family gather for his birthday celebration.

Merry Christmas!

It was good to have AJ come up on Friday, so that we had Saturday, Christmas Eve, to deliver all the presents. We got a good start and headed first to Victoria and Brad's house.

We dropped off gifts there, picked up some, visited with Vicky and Brad, Hailey and Chloe. Then off to Glassville.

This was our first time to see the house that Tanya and TJ had moved to. A lot more room here, so the girls had quite a time showing us around. Little Jack is not yet a month old, but AJ was happy to hold him. Dropped off some more gifts, and picked up some more, and off we went again. A quick stop at Vicky's again and then home. The plan was to help Jesse with chores, but a few eggnogs before church worked better. After church, I gathered eggs, and everyone else finished the gift deliveries over at Stacy and Gilbert's.

By this time, they were a pretty tired crew over there. Carrie got a picture of AJ reading to Kara, but we had to get the other kids pictures when they came over to visit after Christmas.

It was good to have Cecily, Bradford, an Kara over for a visit. And Stacy, 7 months pregnant. She is due March 9th, but I have a sneaking suspicion that she might go early. Hey! This is a leap year... Wouldn't it be cool if she had a baby on February 29th!

So I got to read "The Night Before Christmas" to Carrie. I see she is not paying any attention to me, but at least she is not on her phone. I see it in her lap, but it looks like she is snooping under the tree.

Carrie did a good job decorating the tree, she did that Christmas Eve while AJ and I were playing Santa. Our Christmas dinner table was small this year, only the 5 of us. Jesse, Carrie, AJ, Sarah and I. But still nice. Glad to have AJ make the trip, faithfully, year after year. Thanks AJ.