Our Thanksgiving Baby.....

I'm back and I'm tired!  Five days on the road on the Austin trip then a week preparing for Thanksgiving would have been tiring, but then........we got the call that the baby was coming early!  

By the way, more on the Austin trip to come, but I just have to get this baby post done!  I want to show you all the pictures, but I'll try to keep it to a few.  You know....like a grandma?

Saturday, November 17......I decided to do my Thanksgiving baking and made chocolate caramel brownies, a pumpkin cheesecake and a pound cake.  For the brownies, I can thank Pinterest, the cheesecake, Paula Deen (and the fact that a friend had it at a dinner recently), the pound cake is an old recipe my sister in law gave me years ago.  

The strange thing is that I obviously had a feeling we could be leaving early because I am nothing if not a last minute kind of girl!  

That night the phone rang late and I knew something was up when I answered.  Our son gave us the news that our daughter in law's water had broken and as soon as a friend got there to take care of Charley, they were off to the hospital....which incidentally, is an hour away from their home.  We went to bed and the Superhero slept while I made imaginary lists in my head of all I had to do before we could leave.  

Sunday morning, we got up early and started going in high gear!  Loaded the motorhome, got all the Thanksgiving food in the freezer and refrigerator, threw clothes together, bathed the dogs....whew!  I'm tired just remembering.  About 11:30 a.m. we got on the road for a five hour drive, praying all the while for the safe birth of our newest grandson.

We got texts with the updates about how things were progressing.  Then we got the text that Claudia was going in for a c section.  We prayed even more than we had been praying....for mama and baby!

Thankfully mama and baby survived an awful delivery and Charley survived staying with his grandparents for a few days!  Wink, wink....actually we had a good time spoiling him and forming a special bond!

And without further going on and on.....here's what you're really waiting for......

Charley was consoled with our dogs...

You mean that's my brother??

I love him!

Ya think he looks like me?

Proud Pappy, Daddy and baby 

Two peas in a pod, waiting for Mommy, Daddy and baby to come home

Charley wanted to be wrapped up and held like the baby so Nana gladly obliged

Wonderful Thanksgiving with much to be thankful for!

Mommy with sweet baby John Daniel

Peaceful

Wow, this is neat!

Fun with Nana and Pappy at the park

Climbing trees 

Happy for Pappy to rescue him from the tree

We are indeed thankful for our many blessings both brand new and ones we've had for many years.  God has blessed!