Dear Everyone,
Elisabeth (the cutest baby sara has ever had) is here and she was born Sunday October 8, 2006 at 12:06 am. she weighed in at 8lb. 4 oz. (Sorry I told some of you wrong over the phone), she was 20 and 1/2 inches long. She is a pretty baby with fair coloring so far. she has light hair of which she has just a little, she has light blue eyes so far. she has good sized feet and broad hands with long fingers and fingernails. she keeps scratching herself. ( we learned not to cut babys fingernails because the skin grows out with the nail so when you cut the nail you cut the skin thus blood under the nail-now you know why that was there you guilty mothers and grandmothers) Instead of cutting the nail you should gently file them. Do you feel smarter already? Sara and Jake did great with the delivery, they have a few stories to tell you will have to get them to do the honors. All are doing well and are excited to come home today. Sara and Jake are as blesses to have Elisabeth as she is to have them. They make a wonderful family with much to look forward to. I am thankful to be able to be here with them in Pennsylvania. Jakes parents are fun wonderful people and that is where all of us will be for a while. I will stay for two to three weeks, unless they kick me out sooner. Being a Grammy has its perks. I love it. Heavenly Father has truly enriched and wonderfully blessed me and my family. Bob and the girls may need some consoleing since they are missing me so much (haleluja she is gone, peace for a short time) and starving (not) that a phone call to check on them may be appreciated. Thank all of you for your love and support in all family matters, we truly have an awesome (not yet perfect) family. I love you, Lois
Well, I have been desperately trying to get some pictures uploaded for all of you guys to see and today I guess I did it right (and it wasn't that hard I don' t know what my problem was). Anyway, Todd and I have safely made it to our new home here in San Juan Puerto Rico and we absolutely love it! The weather is humid/hot but enjoyable, the people are extremely nice, and our apartment is great. We live about 200 yards from the ocean and can see it from every room in our apartment. We have been having fun the past two weeks exploring the island and relaxing. We just went and visited Rincon on the west side of the island and went snorkeling, and today we went to El Yunque which is the Tropical Rain Forest here on the island. The first picture was taking on the beach right in front of our apartment and the second was taken today in the rain forest. We love and miss all of you and wish you could be here to explore the island with us.
