A visit from Sage and a Snowy Day (last weekend of Feb 2009/Beginning March)

We were so excited to have a trip from Granny, Granddad, Clare and Sage! Mom & Dad drove up on Thursday with Clare and Sage (who turned six weeks on March 2). It was wonderful to have them all here. Sage is beautiful and lovely and such a good baby and Clare is doing an awesome job as a mom. The only downside was that we did not also have Josh and Jacob here but we're looking forward to a summer trip from them so that they can enjoy the lake. Given that we had a tiny baby here, the weekend was very mellow, which we needed after all our non-stop activities and my having been sick. The weather was not too charming so it was a good weekend to hole up. Indigo was enamoured of her baby cousin and was very sweet to her and would say "don't cry Baby Sage" and "it's okay sweetie" and she wanted to participate in every diaper change! She told us that Baby Sage "talks" as Sage is really starting to make a lot of cooing and wonderful baby noises, as well as starting to smile which is just to die for. We pretty much played "pass the baby" and Clare was very generous in letting us all have snuggle time with the little princess. Indigo also needed to be sure that she was held plenty and so frequently someone would have both "babies" on their laps. Indigo also loved to sing a lullabye to Sage - Rock a Bye Baby - after requesting each time to first hear the definition of a lullabye. Our family got to hear Indigo's latest favorite word which we have had almost non-stop the past month or so "WHY". However, when Clare turned the cards on her and said "Why", Indigo said, "no, no, no, don't ask why, I already told you". It was a wonderful family weekend. As you can see, Sparkle also thought the baby boppy was a wonderful spot of comfort! It's also cute how my mom was lying with Sage and Sparkle on her lap!

We were lucky to enjoy a Sunday afternoon visit from Cousin Ruth and Anna and Sarah Grace. Late on Sunday we got some serious snow which came down all through the night and was still coming on Monday morning.

The family had planned to leave early Monday morning when we went to work but our roads were a mess and with the snow still coming down it seemed best to wait. As the snow stopped, Dad went out and shoveled our entire driveway - no mean feat! It's long and steep. Thanks Dad - no wonder your muscles look so good in the muscle shirt! The plough had come down the street again by this point and the road seemed relatively safe and so they were in the car and back home to SC by around 12:30 p.m. We look forward to our next family visit and miss having Sage to hold already. After Indigo's nap, she and Daddy made a snowman and then we had a nice cup of hot chocolate - don't you love her grinning with her chocolate mustache!