Welcome Amelia

Leah and Andy welcomed Amelia into the world on February 23, 2015, at 9:44 AM. Amelia weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces (I think).  She was lighter and smaller than Lilly.  Due to the fact Lilly was born by caesarean, Amelia was also delivered the same, so her birthday was scheduled and known in advance. 

Amelia and Mom are doing great.  Amelia was positioned head down so the delivery was easier than Lilly, who was breech, causing the need for surgery.

Katie was there to assist as Grandmas like to do.

And big sister Lilly is proud of her little sis. (Dad is too.)

Trick or Treat

Halloween is upon us and the grandkids got their first taste for begging for candy.  Here are their outfits.  It seems animals were a big theme.

Lilly's First Birthday

Lilly turned 1 on August 23 and we had a grand celebration in St. Louis.  Family and friends gather to celebrate the event.

Lilly Walks

Lilly progressed quickly from crawling to walking and took her first steps while Leah captured the video. 

Elly Shots

Elliott continues to text pictures of Elly to family.  If his pace continues, he will possibly have more published bits than anyone on the internet. 

Shots from Seattle

As mentioned in a previous post, we spent 9 days in Seattle.  Leah and Andy were already on the West coast visiting friends and touring.  Katie and I watched Lilly and also had to fly with her to Seattle. Unfortunately, she did not sleep on the plane but bounced between Katie and I the whole way.  She immediately fell asleep in the carrier as we were waiting for luggage.

We did lots of touring and wine tasting. Visited the Red Hook brewery and took a ride on the Ducks.  Here are pictures of us on the duck.

 Here we are loading up on the duck. You enter from the rear.  We rambled around downtown Seattle and then went to a marina on Lake Union for water time.

 Unfortunately, Elly was tired and was asleep in her pouch.

 Here is another duck in front of us entering the water.   You just drive on, engage the prop and away you go.  I wouldn't want to take it out in rough water. 

Lake Union is just loaded with boats, houseboats and floating homes like this one.  Must be nice to have your boat in the driveway, so to speak.

And a few nice daughter-granddaughter shots that were taken during the cook-out on Elly's baptismal day.

Lilly at 10 and 11 months

Time flies and I've been lax at getting pictures posted.  Leah sends me monthly updates of Lilly at each anniversary, stickers and all.   We are fast approaching Lilly's first birthday, so I better get these posted. Here are the 10 month photos.

And here are the 11 month shots.