Welcome Baby Vera

I purchased my airplane tickets back in December to leave on January sixth and stay till the sixteenth.  I would leave after teaching my calculus class Friday morning and arrive the day before baby’s due date on the seventh.  The following week was a four day week to give the students a four day weekendContinue reading “Welcome Baby Vera”

Birth Story (It’s a boy!)

Esther has granted me the gift of reliving the experience of giving birth through her.  It’s so much easier as a grandmother, but the joy and the love and all the overwhelming feelings are just as wonderful as they were each of the six times I birthed my own children.  Tears and smiles come soContinue reading “Birth Story (It’s a boy!)”

Xenia is Staying!

Esther and John Ben stayed in Texas with his folks for a week before coming home on Christmas Eve, but first, they put Xenia on the connecting plane to Albuquerque.  The first week of having her home was great fun as the kids reestablished their place in the pack.  They all fought Xenia and eachContinue reading “Xenia is Staying!”