Our (Late) Christmas, Part I

I want to thank everybody for their kind comments on the blog, and also there’s a lot of people to thank for other forms of generosity during what has been a trying time.

Here’s how the rest of December looked, in pictures… the first a bonus picture that really belongs in an earlier entry.

This is it. This is the definitive picture of Ian meeting Nina. Melissa was in bed, my arms were full and so were Marcia’s… Grampa Dave pulled off this picture and so this is it! (Earlier pictures that I posted were either of their second meeting, or minutes after this one was taken. See this image larger.

December 27th was our Christmas Eve, as everything had been postponed due to a little surprise visitor! Here she’s prepped and ready to head home… her first trip in a car seat! See this image larger.

My sleeping beauties! See this image larger.

When Ian looks this bored watching “Tad’s Christmas” for the 40th time, you know we’ve all pretty much got it memorized! See this image larger.

Grampa Dave happily inspects the first female Chapman (that didn’t marry into the name) in 4 generations. (I think.) See this image larger.

I know that someday she’ll emerge as a beautiful butterfly! See this image larger.

Something scared the mittens right off of her! See this image larger.

At this point, we were all blissful and tired… more in Part II!