thanks

I didn't mean to take the day off yesterday, but sometimes when it happens that I fall asleep, I wake up later and still post. That might have happened if I hadn't gotten a wake up call before I got to wake up! As most of you will know, the call was for grandma duty, to cover the labouring parents, which is the best call of all!

I predicted that this lovely girl would grace us with her presence, but I am truly amazed and thankful every time a new baby arrives. We are so blessed to have healthy beautiful children, even though we may have given them a few too many mobility genes! Penelope Marie Crowe, or Nella P, as Aubrey calls her, is loved and welcomed into our already fabulous family! Now it's perfect!

The boys are loving holding her, kissing and touching her, but they're not too keen on Mama and Dada not coming home right away. They are a pretty close family and Jen has been home with them for a while, so it's an adjustment. Hopefully if Penelope's blood sugar, and Jen's hemoglobin have stabilized by the morning, they will be able to join us for our thanksgiving meal tomorrow. If not, we will give thanks for them anyway!

I'm also glad to have Jay and Anne back in Canada safely! It goes without saying, but I'm saying it anyway, that I love and appreciate every very special person in my weird and wonderful family. Thank god for each and every one of you, including those who are not directly related, but family non the less....you know who you are!

"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself." Tecumseh

"I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them." Ronaldinha

Love and thanks, elly