She’s Here!

 After being in town two weeks early in order to not miss the birth, my granddaughter arrived while I was parking the car!  Rebecca went into labor on Thanksgiving Eve after a trip to the midwife that day.  Her labor was only about four hours, and apparently we waited a bit too long to head to the hospital.  She was on the maternity floor just 3 minutes before the birth!  

Joseph called me as I was entering the hospital, but I could not find a working elevator in time to get there!  I walked in the room, and the baby was already in Rebecca’s arms.  I did get to cut the cord and help take photos.

Her t-shirt definitely tells the truth

Babysitting while the parents and new baby are at the hospital.  Here we’re watching the Macy’s parade.

Rocking with Pop.  Our grandson can say “Pop” perfectly but still struggles with “Gran.” For now, I am “Dan”.  

Meeting little sister

The new baby “watches football” with me

Pop and his granddaughter

Thanksgiving

Celebrated a few days early since all the nurses in the family had to work on Thanksgiving Day!  I had done all the cooking ahead of time, and I’ll definitely be doing that again.  It was never so easy.  

Waiting for Baby

I missed the birth of my first grandchild due to Covid, so I wanted to be sure to be in Richmond in plenty of time for my granddaughter’s arrival.  Rebecca’s midwife thought she might go early AND fast, so I cleared my calendar and left town.  And then had two leisurely weeks to hang out before anything happened on the baby front.

I did have lots of fun times hanging out with Rebecca and being a Gran.

Also, got surprised by all the family showing up early for Thanksgiving to celebrate my 60th birthday!  

(Everyone but Noah and my new granddaughter).

Football is Back!

You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, and Terry and I both missed being in a big crowd at a football game.  We went to one game in 2020, and it was sort of sad.  

This year football was back in a big way!  We went to the Ole Miss vs. Tennessee game, which turned out to be a fun one, though famously rowdy!  

Tailgating at Calhoun’s

The Vol Navy

The stadium was full!