2 Extra Days

My flight back to MI was cancelled because of 12" of snow that fell there. I had been checking the flight status all day, and it kept saying "on time", then it was delayed 3 hours, and then as I was sitting in the van to take me to the airport I checked one last time, and now it said "cancelled". So I hopped out of the van and my brother came back to pick me up. We laughed a bit because I was taking this van to save him a trip to the airport, but because of the delay and cancellation, now he would have driven me 3x to the van pick up spot. Haha, whoops. I was glad I found out it was cancelled though before I got to the airport because it turned out there wasn't an outgoing flight for 2 days!! Would not have wanted to live in the airport for 2 days. Yuck.

Honestly I was a little bummed because I had planned to host book club that night, and I had a date the next night, and I was supposed to go back to work. But, it was really nice to have an extra couple days with my brother, and Michelle and Molina.

It is going to be so hard to go back to 'real life'. I hear it's still in the negative degrees in Michigan, and it's been so nice being on such a relaxing vacation. For 2 weeks now I have had time to read my Bible everyday, sleep 9-10 hours a night (!), and exercise everyday. It has been great. It's going to be pretty rough waking up again at 5:30, when I've been sleeping till 11am (MI time). Ouch.

Some pics:

getting baby girl a head start in her Bachelor watching love

see she likes it!

pretty blue eyed baby girl

me & Molina

she makes the funniest little faces

turtle photobomb

awwww... "the thinker" sound asleep. I made her that blanket and those little jammie pants

I had one of these a few days ago, and had my laaaast chance at another this morning, but decided on health instead

And now I'm totally regretting it. Chicken tender on a flaky buttery biscuit, complete heaven. Sigh.

Otherwise, such a great vacation! I hope it's not too long before I see everyone again!

Meeting Miss Molina

Before the trip out to CO I made a few crafts for my new baby niece:

I knitted this hat

I made this blanket

hearts on one side

Star Wars on the other

When we flew in Christmas night, my brother, sister-in-law, and Molina were there to pick us up.

This was my first peek at her sweet baby cheeks

Here is baby girl wearing the hat I made:

And at her first Christmas

I ran out of time before the trip for my other crafts, so while the family was babysitting tonight and Joel & Michelle went out on a date, I finished up a few more projects:

I could not resist these super cute fabric prints

And then this hat was a too small fail, I think I was supposed to use "knit" fabric that would stretch, whoops

But the jammies fit

Me and baby girl

Tonight, while her parents were gone, Molina made us some cookies:

Then she cleaned up after herself

And then she settled down for a bottle and to watch the Michigan game with Grandpa

Love this little girl!

I'm an AUNT!!!

October 21, 2013 at 6:18 am MT, little miss Molina Grace came into the world tipping the scales at 6 lbs, 12 ozs and 19 inches long.

THOSE CHEEKS!!!

I don't even remember now, I had talked to Michelle on Friday night or something. Asked marathon questions, talked a bit about her upcoming labor. She was feeling fine, ready to do it. I emailed her the stuff I had just learned in class of tips to know when labor is on its way.

Sunday at some point I got a call from mom that they were going into the hospital!

Then heard nothing all day.....

In the evening called mom and she said things were moving slowly and they told her to get up and move around, so I guess she did. And I think she eventually got a little bit of Pitocin to help move things along quicker since her water had already broken.

The next morning I wake up, run to my phone, nothing! Call mom, she hadn't heard anything either! So off I go to class and when I checked my phone on break I had a new baby niece!!! Michelle's sister had texted Elizabeth and I to let us know all the details. Later my classmate was like 'who's that baby you keep looking at on your phone?' My new niece!

It's kinda fun going thru OB/GYN now in school at the same time as a new baby is coming. Already I know how to assess baby and calculate how many calories they need, and what percent is too much weight to lose. Not that any of this new found wisdom can help of course since this new baby is 1200+ miles away! :(

But I'm very excited to celebrate this blessing in my brother's life, he and Michelle will make such great parents. And I'm also very excited to go visit them over Christmas!

awww... baby girl's so tired!

yawn!

Molina and Mommy:

(I think that photo is so beautiful)

Molina and Daddy:

haha, she looks like she's squinting... is that you Dad? ...I can't see too good....

Go team!

Joel and Michelle combined their names ( ala 'Brangelina') to be Jochelle to refer to themselves, but what will they be now? Mo-jochelle? Jochellet? Jochellina?

Thank you God for this beautiful blessing of a new life, please be with Joel and Michelle as they love and care for this little girl and encourage her to someday put her heart in Your hands!