Saturday...a Visit with the Babies

Here are a couple of snapshots of my two new great-grandsons. In the top one, Big Sis is holding Baby Brother, who was born around 2:30 p.m. last Wednesday. The second shot is of the great-grandson born at around 7 p.m. that evening. The baby in the top photo weighed 9 lb. 2 oz., and the other baby weighed 6 lb.



We had quite a busy day Saturday, traveling the few hours south to visit the babies in two different towns. We got to the first town in time to visit for awhile and have a deli meat sandwich and salad lunch (which we took along with us so baby's mom wouldn't have to fix a meal), and then we went to the second town to see Baby Boy two.




What fun cuddling those two precious babies, inspecting their little fingers and toes, and feeling and smelling their perfect skin. Both babies are healthy and happy...neither one is fussy. Baby Boy one whined a little when it was bottle time, and mom let me feed him. He no sooner finished the bottle, though, than he opened his little mouth and baptized me with a spew of milk over my hand, my arm, and down my leg. This bothered me not at all...I've been spewed on by many babies over the years.




After that, he needed a diaper change. As Mom performed this service, Big Sis demonstrated how Baby Brother had christened her with an arching steam of wee-wee during a recent diaper change.




Baby Boy two was quiet the whole time we visited him. He's so tiny that he just curled into a small bundle as he snoozed in our arms or on our shoulders. Mom fed him his bottle when it was time, but he didn't spew afterwards. This baby has fine blond hair, while the other one has a bit of dark hair. I'm not sure who either one of them looks like, yet.




We spent only about two hours at each home, so as not to tire the moms too much, and then headed home mid-afternoon. For supper, we threw "the week in review" into the oven...mainly leftover veggies, and some potatoes and gravy. We know some folks who refuse to eat leftovers, but we like them. Besides, the way grocery prices are going up, we aren't about to waste our money by throwing out perfectly good food.




Note: the helium balloons we got at the everything's a dollar store the night before and left in the van overnight were still fully inflated Saturday, despite the heat and humidity.