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Short But Sweet ... And Colorful
Friday, June 27, 2008 at 10:44PM 
Andrew and I drove to North Carolina on Wednesday to spend a few days with Stephanie and her little family. TG and Erica could not go with us and we missed them, but it was an enjoyable and productive visit nonetheless.
Our daughter, Stephanie, together with her husband, Joel, and their daughter, Melanie, moved from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to Lenoir, North Carolina (gracious are we going to run out of commas?), in July of 2007 when Joel was called as pastor of the Temple Baptist Church in Lenoir. They occupied a small parsonage for several months while househunting. Last November they moved into a new house and Stephanie began making it a home. Baby Allissa made her grand entrance on April 15, 2008.
I cooked supper two nights, held Allissa, read to Melanie, drank coffee, and provided considerable moral support ... naturally!
Over the past several months TG, Erica, and Andrew (the painters of our family) have helped Stephanie convert the generic new-construction off-white of her house's walls to the decorator colors she wanted. On Thursday Andrew painted the "last frontier" ... Steph and Joel's bedroom. He then helped his sister to rearrange her furniture and get everything to her liking. It all turned out beautifully and Stephanie was so pleased and grateful.
What do you think I did? I cooked supper two nights, held Allissa, read books to Melanie, drank coffee, and provided considerable moral support ... naturally! That included a fair amount of ooh-ing and aah-ing as the painting project progressed, and applause at the final result. I am good at that kind of thing.
Melanie was camera-shy this time but I got several shots of baby Allissa. She is a darling wee butterball and so much fun to cuddle. Now ten weeks old, she sleeps all through the night so her mommy can catch up on much-needed rest. Such a cooperative and adorable little thing! I'm sort of wild about her.
Here's a shot of Allissa napping today, which activity I found fascinating. If you're so inclined, click on the pic to see a few more ... including one of Andrew napping right beside her! There's also a photo of handsome Uncle Andrew dressed in uniform for last Sunday's patriotic service at our church.
Reader Comments (12)
"I can bring home the bacon!
Fry it up in a pan
And never let you forget you're a man!
'Cause I'm a hot gram-ma!"
Don, you crack me up.
Awww, she is so sweet. How wonderful to have grandbabies to cuddle. Makes me want to go see the youngest grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
Go see them before they're all grown up, Ruth! It happens while you're not looking.
Ooh, I want to hold that baby too. I'm sure it was a wonderful visit. Sounds like you have a really close knit family, and you're just the right kind of grandma.
Ohhhh, what a little sweetie! With her chick!
@ Cheryl ... I don't know if I'm the right kind but I tend to be the doting kind! It's hard not to be when the grandbabies are so darling!
@ JD ... And topless! So we could get at all the good sugar ... those little shoulders and the back of her neck ... ahhhhhhh so sweet.
Oh, how adorable!
Thanks Darla! She's a punkin.
we still have one operational within a couple of miles of me.. it's something I still enjoy..it's not a dollar anymore but still wrth it..:)
I think they've made a comeback, Robert! I'm so set in my ways now, though, I think I'll stick to DVD's! No mosquitoes ...
Men with their babies! Awww .... ! Who can resist, and not melt? Allissa is just too sweet for words!