HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We had a pretty quiet day today. We ate at my mother's house and then went to Melissa and Gavin's house to visit. They had Gavin's family over for dinner. It was a long day and I'm glad that it's over. I'm very exited to roll into the Christmas season now! Deidre and I will be out early on Black Friday with all of the other nuts out there. We both love being caught up in the madness! Let the shopping begin!

Does life get any better than this? This will probably always be my favorite picture of Avery!

Long Overdue Blog!

I finally figured out that today makes 6 weeks since I've done a blog! It just so happens that my darling granddaughter Avery is 6 weeks old today....hint hint. I have been enjoying being a grandmother and cannot imagine my life without her. Melissa and Gavin are great parents and are very much at ease with her. Her first two weeks were pretty quiet. She slept a lot. She has since gotten a little feisty here and there but is still a really good baby in my opinion. I am completely in love with her and on the days that I don't see her, I miss her so much. I can't imagine what I'll do when Melissa goes back to work and I don't see her as much as I do right now. I had the opportunity to babysit for a few hours this past Saturday night while Melissa and Gavin went out to dinner. I told Melissa that I wouldn't babysit unless they went out for at least three hours. Melissa was a little sad leaving her but I'm glad that they got out to relax for a bit. Dan and Tiffany were over to visit that night also. As you can see from the picture below, Tiff was not happy that she wasn't feeding the baby. They make the best auntie and uncle and I'm sure they'll be Avery's favorites!
On the adoption front....
Dan and Tiffany have FINALLY finished all of the necessary documents for the adoption. They are going to be fingerprinted next week and then hopefully by the end of the month, they will be officially waiting for their baby. The wait will be a long one and will require a lot of patience on everyone's part but we all know that it will be worth it. The waiting has proven to be pretty tough so far and the wait could be up to 18 months so keeping busy is a must at this point! Dan, Tiffany and I are all part of a yahoo group for people who are adopting from Ethiopia through the adoption agency that they are using. It's pretty interesting and you can find out lots of information, sometimes good and sometimes not so good but we all look at it daily at least once and check out all of the posts from the other members of the group. They are also now receiving updates from the adoption agency which tells them how many kids have been placed and how long people have waited and when the travel dates are for the people who have referrals for kids and will be traveling to Ethiopia. I am looking forward to having another child to love and spoil rotten!

Our little getaway........


Danny and I went to New York City with Dave and Deidre a couple of weeks ago. We had a good time and walked many miles. We saw a lot of things and did lots of shopping. We also went to see the musical Hairspray which was excellent. Before we left for the trip, Dave had gotten a piece of metal in his eye at work and refused to go to the doctor before our trip. As you can see from the picture below, things got a little tough for Dave. He is wearing my sunglasses.

Another baby on the way!!!!!

We had a baby shower for my niece Tia this past Saturday. Tia was home from Virginia for several days so I thought it would be a great time to have the shower. We had a good turnout and she got a lot of nice gifts. She is working on moving back to Maine before the baby is born. It will be good to have her and the baby here in Maine! She is having a little boy (although the little is in question.....her belly is pretty big!) and is due in February.

We took the rare opportunity on the day of the baby shower to make my mother sit down for a picture. If you know my mother, you'll know how hard this was to have her agree to it!

Holidays are coming right up! I'll try much harder to keep up with the blog and post lots of pictures.