My birthday celebration and Drake's Homecoming

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Today was a grand day! We celebrated my birthday (one day late) and our new grandson's homecoming- all in one!

Charles got me this pretty  cake!

..lots of presents...

Tina got home from her hiking/backpacking trip in the Smokey Mts. yesterday, and had lots to show and tell us today!

Little Drake was the main attraction today- as he most likely will be for awhile! 

:)

The 'big cousins' here  seemed quite taken with this baby!

  :)

I hope Zach, my grandson in Orlando, and  Aunt Didda, (aka-Tammy) my daughter,  will get to come up and meet Drake next week.

 (And also hope  his 2 uncles, Marc and Terry,  can visit soon)

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~US- Getting to know Drake~

Love,

Ginga

(aka-Junie)

New Beginnings~ My new grandson, Drake Charles!!

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Today begins a new era in our lives, with the birth of a new grandchild.

 ~Drake Charles~

 He is the 5th of our grandchildren, but he comes more than 21 years after our next youngest. (Allison)

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~ My 2 youngest 'grands' - Allison and Drake~

The baby came at about 8:40 this morning. (c-section delivery)

  He is a big boy, weighing 9.2 and is 20.5 inches long! You can see he's a well filled out little guy and doesn't look like a newborn! He has a lot of dark and thick hair.

After arriving at the hospital a few minutes past  8:00, Charles, Alli and I waited in the waiting room for Chris to phone us; and we had a short wait.

We didn't know that he was only in the next room, where the babies are taken just after birth, with a wall of windows for viewing; until he pulled the blinds up.

 We got to see Drake just minutes after his arrival!  We watched as the nurses did the usual things of getting the baby ready for this new adventure called 'Life!'

 (the drops in the eyes, the first bath, the combing of the hair, the first diaper) 

~some pictures below of us waiting...and then getting to see Drake, up close, through the windows~

 

In awhile, we all got to go to spend a little time with Joy and Chris and the baby in her room. 

What a thrill to hold that little baby  close! 

My prayer would be for every little baby to be wanted and loved as much as this little boy!

Love, 

Ginga

( Junie )

Yellow Mellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday2 April 16, 2012

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I'm combining 2 memes today!

Mellow Yellow Monday

and 

Ruby Tuesday 2

~click on names to find posts of others~

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There was a lot of  Mellow Yellow and Ruby Red at the chili cook-off we attended yesterday!

Here are some samples!

~My chili-red and yellow in there...

(I did NOT win! LOL)~

 

~ Old friends, Charlie and Rod ~

 ~Joan, June and Brenda~

~Other misc. Yellows and Reds~

Love,

Junie

Early May Days~~~

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This week has started off slow for me. Can't seem to do the things I need to and want to...like really getting into that gardening project.

Oh, not to say that I haven't done stuff- just not enough to make things really look the way I'd like! I DID do some trimming this week already-and fertilized a lot of my roses last week- so that should count for something! Oh well, you do what you can...it is what it is!

Yesterday I took a little walk into the meadow by our house. Our Phlox (pink wildflowers) are not as abundant as in some years past but still I like the wild, ungroomed look of the meadow with the wildflowers growing any which way they choose; or rather the way God intended!

My old boy, 'Tiger' follows me, when ever I'm outside. Here he is coming to greet me in the meadow!

(a sweet, sweet cat!)

Here are some country scenes around our place...some meadow flowers and some of the cows in the pasture!
























































Oh! We have a new baby too.
Joy-(D -I-L) -named her 'Star!'

(Ashley and Star )


Charles is still mad at 'Cloud,'the pretty brown and white cow- she's the one who caused the accident.

( Cloud )



Notice the horns... She ran into one of the other cows...
who in turn, tried to avoid getting gored by the horns in her side-and in her haste to get out of danger-ran right into and over C.; knocking him down.

Charles is still suffering from pain in the rib area but it hasn't slowed him down that much. He's like that pink bunny in the TV ad- the one that keeps going and going...

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Well, the end of our week will be eventful if all goes as planned. ..

On Saturday C. and I are invited out to our friends' place- way out at Hernando- for their annual Chili cook- off party!

All the guests bring a pot of their own chili and they have judges to pick the best chili! LOL-NO-I have never won the prize! (although my chili is the best! haha)

Anyway, it's fun for everyone. They usually have some local entertainment/music.

Then on Sunday, of course, we will have Mother's Day here- Our daughters and our grandkids will be here-and my D-I-L, Joy- but not my son, Chris; he's scheduled to work!- Both my S-I-L's are away at this time.

I think the plan is to combine my birthday AND Mother's Day into one celebration! Lol- no one has really told me yet so I don't know what's happening. For once I think I'll just let things happen as they will. (which means- let someone else do the planning and preparing!!) lol-

Tomorrow's actually my B'day so maybe someone will take me out to dinner....or something!!

What will be, will be!


Junie Rose