So lambing hell week had a major offset. We had Kai, our oldest grandboy, Aksel, his brother, and Ruby, their sweet baby cousin girl, out over that weekend (this very last weekend hardly qualified as a weekend, Dirt worked for the school for both days, last Monday being a holiday on top of that, and I am lost calendar wise).
The boys, Kai and Aksel, came out on Thursday, cuz dad took mom to Portland to visit old friends for her birthday. They had a great time tagging along behind Auntie Bet, tuckers some folks out.
When our oldest daughter, their mama, brought them out to us and walked into our kitchen, she turned green at the smell of our chicken broth cooking on the stove, dead give away for the call that she would give Aksel the next day announcing that they had taken a test and it showed that mom and dad would be adding another Manley to the crowd. Yippeee! Kai looked very excited, not too surprised, but very excited to hear the news on the phone.
Ruby came out with Justin and Anna early Saturday morning, while her mom and dad went to the mountains for the day with a bunch of teenagers. It had its rocky parts, a fairly new baby without her momma, but we all worked through it, well mostly Anna worked through it.
Ruby wore her legg toasters that I made her so we had to try on her matching hat. It’s a bit big so I will be making her a new one, and she will love it even when she sits in her car seat. (She has issues with cap type hats when seated in her car seat. But I’m thinking the bonnet type hat will be better and less likely to go over her eyes.)
It was a great Saturday and ended with our entire little family all together for some of Dirt’s slow bbq’d beef and cole slaw from the garden. It was nice just before the bad week began the next day.
Precious photos tonight and congrats to all on the baby news!
I just came from a blog friend’s post – her daughter gave birth today and the dr. who delivered the baby is a leap year baby too!!! She jokingly said the dr. was 10 years old (40, actually) ha ha
You can “hear” Harriet (and me) on a video tonight on my post!
Love to you and the family.
oh you lucky girl! such beautiful children! yay!
smiles, bee
xoxooxoxox
It’s nice to read a post that just makes you smile. This one did. Congrats to you and dirt on expecting another Grandchild as if you had something to do with it.
I know what you mean about the joy of having the little darlings visit and then eventually those words burst from your mouth, “Where is your Mother?”
Well Miss Ruby is a beauty! She looks lovely in her warm leggings and too big hat..and it looks like she is wrappin Grandpa around her fingers already!
Sounds like the boys had a great time! Congrats on another small miracle on the way too..I am very jealous..I guess I am all done and five is all I get for Grands..I will have to wait for the Great Grands:)
Love love the photos! The legg toasters are just too cute : ) And Congrats on the new addition too!
Congratulations on the news of a new grandchild on the way! That’s wonderful to hear. 😀
I love the hat and leg warmers. Ruby is adorable. Sounds like this was a wonderful family day indeed.
congratulations – going forth and being fruitful results in some wonderful visitors. Love the leg warmers and beautiful young’uns and Oh those gorgeous Rat Terrorists of yours – just the right size for a napping companion for a little boy (or girl)