I Confess....

This is a lame and neglected blog.  All I can say is, go to facebook!  

We're on the move...

In April we sailed to Key West...

In May we celebrated Jamie's graduation...

Can't wait for June!

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!