sailing day w/ the familee!

We enjoyed having Jamie and Kailee and the girls for a whole week!  It was a busy one, but oh, so fun! We zooed, we sailed, we shopped...a wedding prep trip combined with fun stuff we just had to cram in.  

Now life is back to normal... and my newest kick is back to a very old kick... the sewing machine is uncovered, and I'm making baby shoes! 

Our Baby's 21!!!

Happy Birthday, Bonnie!...
We used to call her the little squirt... I guess she's grown up a bit!
Our feisty, funny ball of fire- we love you, Bonn Bonn!

And Now There's Reese!

Hey, let me just say... home births are pretty amazing! Teresa spent the day in early labor, hanging around the house, walking around the neighborhood, then the grocery store... we ate dinner, then she called the midwife. Things picked up by around 9 or 10...then really picked up around 1 a.m.....and Kathryn Reese Cook was born (upstairs, in their bedroom) at 3:41 in the morning. Mary, the midwife left at 7 in the morning, and then we slept for a couple of hours. And now it's just life as usual (plus many visitors).
It was an awesome experience- quite an honor to be a part of it- (and this is not all about me, but lemme just say, I should've been a lay midwife!) All those years as a Labor and Delivery nurse I was the "natural" lady...the one who didn't believe in Pit or Epidurals...they'd assign all the Bradley method hippies to me... so it wasn't a stretch at all to do it at home. Quite the opposite, actually. It was wonderful-beautiful-amazingly great.
And, by the way, this newest granddaughter is pretty great, too!

Happy BD to me!

OK- so my birthday's not for a few days yet, but Ted's just an on the ball kind of guy.
Like my new toy?
I'm cool!

Kinley's here!

Hey! Thought I'd better post- and let everyone know I'm alive and well in Tallahassee! (and using Kailee's Mac- which is a bit of a challenge in itself!- )
SO....Kinley Reese Grulich arrived in a rush last Friday morning (12/19)...and we've been a little busy keeping up with everything since then!
She was born after a 3 hour labor (ask me sometime about Evening Primose Oil and Castor Oil!), weighed in at 8 lbs, and has blond hair and big (blue?) eyes. Eveybody's adjusting pretty well- and this Grandma is having fun helping out.
The only not so fun part is that Cap (that's Ted) is back home till after Christmas... He'll come get me, and spend a few days on 12/26- then we head home to wait for grandbaby #3...So stay tuned!

We really do Give Thanks!

To say Life is busy is an understatement! (Exciting times!)
It all started when Teddy and Teresa had an opportunity to rent out their Ft. Lauderale Condo (a matter of prayer for some time- and when God answered, they had to move fast!) Did I say move? Oh, yeah, they moved- INTO OUR HOUSE! So that meant relocating Bonnie to the smaller room, getting the bigger room ready for them and emptying out the littlest room for our littlest (soon!) grandbaby. (Kathryn Reese is due in January). So that meant prep on Monday, move on Tuesday.
Wednesday Jamie and Josh arrived for the holiday weekend.
Thursday we joined the larger Cook/Wyrick clan for dinner at Carol's (God provided in that little detail, too!- My kitchen was full of boxes to merge into my already crowded pantry!- and who's cleaned around here? Not me! :))


Friday was for Wedding Dress shopping (she found one!)- Then an evening sail (of course!)- on a Chamber of Commerce Day- with fresh grilled Wahoo for dinner, and choclate eclairs for dessert. We really are blessed.






Ted, Bonnie and I all had to work on Saturday- while Jamie and Josh had an appointment with their wedding photographer for an "engagement session"(and a quick visit to Ted at the Station and to briefly see Teddy in a volleyball tournament)- by the way, Teddy came in second!
Now it's Sunday evening- the J's left early this morning, the T's have been hanging w/church friends all day, Bonnie's working, and it's quiet for now. Wonder when they'll all get home?
Like I said, this is kind of fun!
We sorely missed Kailee, David and Avery- she's feeling very pregnant- waiting for Kinley to arrive- and hoping she's early! (she's due on the 16th- we plan on going up on the 12th unless we get an earlier phone call!)
So that's the week in a nutshell! Our life in a nutsell! (nuthouse?- maybe! ;)
And for this we are very thankful!

Happy B-Day to my Sweetheart!

53 isn't so old!

(especially when you think you're 30.)

But I'm glad for all the things that 53 brings...grandbabies and a new mellowness and a nice boat and retirement soon and wisdom and maturity and not making me sneak into sporting events any more... the list could go on and on...

He is my Captain- and I remain his faithful admiral.