While You Were Away. . . . . (May 30-June 1)

Mom and I had the honor of keeping Catherine while Johnna, Aaron & Claire were at the hospital. We had our hands full but we had a lot of fun. Here is a photo of Mom and Claire's fan club. Notice the snacks. It is always important to have snacks. We also took a bag of books for hospital entertainment. We definitely know our way to the hospital......! Believe it or not, but Mom and I took 4 kids to McDonald's & Cracker Barrel for meals----several high chairs and boosters. And we even did a big shopping trip to Walmart with the kiddos---They were awesome!! We had a lot of stares (Some thought that John David and Catherine were twins--and that I was crazy for having so many kids so close together.) We had a great time!!

We had lots of fun playing outside. Here, Grandma is busy keeping everyone swinging. "More, Grandma!" "Higher, Grandma!"

Grandma got to read lots of books!!

They also had fun playing in the water, too.

Happy Birthday, Claire! (May 30, 2008)

We were so excited to help welcome Claire Elizabeth on May 30th. Mom & I (and my 3 kids) drove down to Alabama as soon as we found out that Johnna was in labor. Claire was born very early on May 30th so we decided to go and visit later that morning with Big Sister Catherine. Catherine was so sweet and seemed very excited to hold Claire. In fact one of the first things that Catherine did was to sing "Jesus Loves Me" to her new sister.

Grandma was pretty excited to hold her 2 newest granddaughers--Claire Elizabeth & Lucy Grace (only 2 months apart in age.)

John David and Luke were also eager to welcome Claire.

We love you, Claire!!