the 9th paper crane

I'd forgotten about this one, tucked away in a basket amid skeins and squares of yarn from a long-ago unfinished afghan project, camouflaged

among leaves of silk flowers sharing that space . . .

GB#1--Kelsey Megan

first Christmas

blanket baby


first meeting with first grandbaby . . .


my mental memory book's album cover for that day . . .

GB#2--Mason Pate

hospital mug shot

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mother and son

Kelsey meets Mason

Mason-who-was-supposed-to-be-Sara . . .

GB#3--Garrett Tracy

Garrett, who was born on my birthday :-)

mother and son

Garrett in the daffodils

GB#4--Campbell Thomas

mother (aka NICU nurse) and son (aka NICU patient)

Camp- bell

"cast"

as a

reader

:-)

Campbell's (NICU) hospital mug shot

GB#5--Kira Rose

Kimberly and Kira

Grand- mommy Roselyne and Kira Rose :-)

GB#6--Michael Howard

hospital mug shot
caught smiling two months later

first family photo

GB#7--Cassandra Eve

Daddy's little girl

meet Cassandra Eve
her first hairdo

and first yawn . . .

Christmas 2009 in brief