More Max

Make a Smilebox scrapbook I admit it . . . not only can I just not get enough of Max (I'm headed home tomorrow . . . as long as BWI really is finally open again) . . . I also just love all the fun stuff technology can help you do to share across the country. So if you really want to look, here's another fun way to check out MAX!

Happy Birthday to ME!

WOW! It was definitely a snow of snows! Record breaking for a 24 hour period in Baltimore.
Here in Owings Mills it was about 25 inches.

So, instead of spending my birthday in Utah and getting to see my three little granddaughters (Tyler & Kai just got to Utah from Washington on Thursday),
I'm still here in Baltimore with Lindsey, Joe and Max.
My flight and many others out of BWI Friday were canceled long before the storm even hit that night and now I'm not scheduled to fly out until early next week. But, if I'm going to be
stranded, I sure can't complain about the company!

Here's my hardworking son-in-law Joe . . .
he spent about 4 hours shoveling the walk and finding the car!

And then I got to have birthday cake!
YUM . . . delicious carrot cake Lindsey & Joe! Thanks!
(They were careful to not go with the accurate number of candles so as
not to set off the fire alarm)

Nope, not telling what I wished for!

MAX & Family

So I took some pictures today of Max and his mom and dad. SOOO different from when Lindsey was a baby 26 years ago. Even though I took what I thought were quite a few pictures back then, it was in the day of film and you certainly didn't snap, snap, snap. And if there happened to be a picture of me included (very rare), then you can bet I probably had my eyes closed...and there was no retake. I don't think I have a picture of Franklin and me with her until she was quite a few months old, and then it was just a random snapshot. But we sure spent just as much time admiring her and loving her . . . and the pictures I do have bring back precious memories . . . as I know these will for Lindsey and Joe.

Our growing family

These photos speak volumes to me. A family has been born.

Max Joseph

January 26, 2010
7 lb 9 oz
20 1/4 inches

Any ideas?

Any ideas?

I'm supposed to be in Baltimore (but I'm not)
and Lindsey & Joe are supposed to have a baby (but they don't).
Well, of course they still have a baby, he's just still hiding out inside,
instead of making his worldly debut.

We're waiting and we're ready . . . but no one is quite as ready as Lindsey!

Lindsey is getting impatient and she needs encouragement.

Any ideas?

I love special mail . . .

It may be a bit late in the season for this . . . but I wanted to make sure I had a special place to save this great drawing sent to us by 5 year old Tyler. It was her rendition of just how beautiful their house looked at Christmas time! Tyler loves to draw and being a Grosi who lives far away, I love getting a drawing in the mail. Thanks Tyler! I love it!

Where your heart is . . .

Making the decision to have a child is momentous.
It is to decide forever
to have your heart walking around
outside your body.

Elizabeth Stone

I stole these pictures from LIndsey and Joe's blog. They are from the "babymoom" they took to NYC the week before Christmas. Now it is only 14 days until Lindsey's due date. I am so excited for them.


I think they understand that life will never be the same again . . . time is never again all your own. Sleeping in is a thing of the past. But despite the love they already feel toward their unborn child, I believe they cannot yet comprehend how much life will yet change from the inside out. I think the quote above captures some of what they will experience . . . and I am so excited for them.