My 48th birthday was Tuesday.
I woke up snuggling with my Glow bug - my new Grandbaby.
I stayed Monday night so R and A could sleep as much as possible so when baby E wasn't really hungry but just making noises I could take care of her and since she had to be on the
bilibed she was in the front room. When she fussed I held her on my chest and we slept like that for a couple of hours. What a beautiful way to wake up. I went to work that day but we had plans to celebrate on Thursday. The timing worked out well since
CJ was going to camp for 4 days leaving on Weds so D and I left at noon and went to spend the day with R and Baby E. D was happy to see the baby since he hadn't seen her since Sunday when she was in the hospital. We fixed dinner there and all ate together then we left for the event:
YAY!
We had tickets for the James Taylor/Carole King concert!
They are some of my favorite musicians and Carole King is what I listen to when I need "feel good music" I have so many
CD's that someone else sings that she wrote the songs. So talented. Here we are waiting for the show to begin:
This is the whole stage. She is at the piano and
JT is sitting with the guitar at the right.
They did some of her songs and some of his.
They are looking older but still move like they are 30. She danced around in those heels like they were running shoes and she is so thin and 68!
This picture was from the big screen over-head, thus the distorted color but Carole had always left her curly hair down. Maybe it's a trademark but she still does although she has lost the color in her hair.
Here they are both on guitars.
Both looking older but still sounding great!
I've posted two posts today so be sure and check the next one. It's the most important one I've EVER done.
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YAY!
This is the whole stage. She is at the piano and JT is sitting with the guitar at the right.
They did some of her songs and some of his.
They are looking older but still move like they are 30. She danced around in those heels like they were running shoes and she is so thin and 68!
This picture was from the big screen over-head, thus the distorted color but Carole had always left her curly hair down. Maybe it's a trademark but she still does although she has lost the color in her hair.
We have been loving being Grandparents!
She had a little Jaundice and was on the biliruben lights. When she was held she was supposed to have the light pad on her so when she was wrapped up she looked like a little glow worm. I called her my Glow Bug. She is so fun to hold and cuddle.
She is so sweet and squishy weighing in at 9lbs 10 oz. and measuring 22 inches long. R was induced and had a long labor but did super well. She is recovering very well and loves to share the love and lets everyone hold her precious baby.
Every little thing she does we get excited over. She is so loved and coddled.
We tried to get a picture with her eyes open. It doesn't happen enough but it's good that she sleeps so well.
Her Grandpa D was so excited to see her after 4 days of missing her. He took her right from her bath and cuddled her wrapped in her towel.
R is the best Mommy ever. Baby E looks so much like R did when she was born.
Yes, Grandma Gigi loves to hold this precious baby and loves to take pictures of her. She is my new favorite thing to talk and write about and take pictures of. I love being a Grandma! 
I lived in Aztec, NM when I was very young and remembered going to the Aztec Ruins so we went way out of our way and found it. It was truly amazing. 1000 year old ruins with about 800 rooms. You can walk through some of them. It is amazing!
Now, back to your regularly scheduled blog post:
We started by going to Moab and doing a late hike to Delicate Arch
We met with L who is always our guide when we go there.
Here are my hiking buddies just before the hike.
L loves to go places with her Dad. They are both so funny.
Then we went way out of our way to Four Corners. It's all fenced off and under construction so we walked all around it and at each "corner" we stopped and made the letters of the state we were in. We are a little dyslexic - this AS should be AZ for Arizona.
We stayed in Chandler where an old High School friend of mine lives. I had a great/quick visit with her. We arrived at almost the last minute because now they have moved to Virginia and I would not have seen her.
For future reference, if you sit in the "soak zone" you don't get splashed on - you get SOAKED!
See the sunshine. That was a brief few hours but such a beautiful time to be out biking on the beach.
Whose jaws are the scariest?
No, it's not a dolphin, not a killer whale either. It's a Pilot Whale. Everyone has pictures of the common animals so I decided to use the unexpected.
Yeah, that whale really is bigger than CJ.
