The Wonderful Arrival of My Grandson, Samuel

I was sleeping so soundly when all of a sudden, the phone rang. Of course I picked up the phone and said, "Hello." "Mom my water broke." came from the voice of Ann-Marie. "What time is it?" was my reply. "It's 4:45 a.m." she replied. I was thinking that is was only 2:00 a.m. "I don't know if you want me to call you when we get the hospital to make sure that indeed it was the water that broke." Ann-Marie continued. Well, I wasn't sure what I should do either...being this was my first time to becoming a grandma. We finally decided that Gary and I should head to the hosptial. I didn't want to miss the arrival of Sam's entry into this world. And I also was remembering how soon Ann-Maire entered this world with me...very fast. So when Gary and I arrived, Ann-Marie was getting settled in. Didn't know at the time that it would be an all day affair.

Ann-Marie has already made up her mind that she was going to have an epidural shot. So they started right away with that. Oh did she enjoy that after the fact of getting it. She said, "Who wouldn't want to have this done?" She was smiling, read a little and even was answereing her cell phone. But all good things must come to an end. So around 7:55 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. she began that wonderful process of pushing. Oh, let me tell you she was great! And her coach, Daddy Brett was excellent. If he were a restaurant, he would get the the five-star rating.

And along came Samuel....look at all that beautiful dark hair! Welcome to this world Sam. We ALL love you.

Here we have proud Dad! Brett even impressed the nurse and doctor with he slow counts when it came to Ann-Marie pushing. He was very calm, cool and very collected.

Samuel looking into his mommy eyes and thinking, "I know that voice." "Hi Mommy!"

Here we have a very proud Grandpa!

And of course we know that I am the very proud Grandma! Grandma got to give the ice chips after Ann-Maire got to take a break from pushing.

It was so great that Candice could even share in the arrival of Sam. She was given the job of holding the fan while Ann-Maire was pushing. We all know how much Ann-Marie hates getting hot.

Here we have a very proud Great Aunt Jan. She made a special trip just to see her new nephew Sam.

Ann-Marie had many visitors! And most of us will say..."We just love to hold a newborn." Here is one of Ann-Maire friends, Heidi from her church. Sam look so content.

Well, this certainly will be a day I will remember forever. We welcome Sam to our family and circle of friends. Thanking God for this new addition. And of course making me a Grandmother.

Slide Show of Samuels's Arrival

BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!

It seemed like a whirlwind! Here a shower. There a shower. Everywhere a shower. On June 30, in the evening we went to Morningstar Baptist for another baby shower for Ann-Marie. It was so much fun. They did this really crazy skit that had all of us laughing. Joy was so thoughtful and asked if she could take over my camera and take photos for me. That sounded great to me. Thanks Joy! The first Wednesday of the month I volunteer for Girl Scouts. I love working in their store. So on July 1, Ann-Marie picked me up. Girl Scouts were having a baby shower for her that morning. With my camera in my purse, I thought that I would get a few photos of this shower...wrong. Usually we have two volunteers, but Marylou was on vacation. So I ended up folding and pricing shirts for Camp McCormick and holding the fort down. However, I did enjoy a wonderful breakfast plate of California Pie and a fruit salad.

After Ann-Marie and I had lunch, she rushed me home so Gary and I could pack and leave for Watertown. We would be leaving there to get up to the Wisconsin Dells. We got these wonderful free tickets from Tammy to see several free events. Thanks Tammy!

About 4:00, Jan, Darryl, Gary and I headed for the Dells. We stayed at a very nice place for us old people...no need for a water park. We were just spending the night.Beautiful grounds. The next morning Jan and I were able to get us a cup of tea from the office and just sit and relax. The Dell Creek Motel was even on the main drag.

That evening before the Tommy Bartlett Show we had dinner at a very nice and must add not cheap place called House of Embers. MMMM those spareribs just melted in your mouth. It was funny to us later about the different places we had eaten. House of Embers, Howie's for breakfast and in Johnson Creek we ended our trip with supper at Hi-Way Harry's. All eating places started with the letter "h".

Before the ski show began, I enjoyed a hugh ice cream cone. Gary had his dessert at the House of Embers. The four of us were not too thrilled with the first half of the show but throughly enjoyed the second half. The best part for me was....

Dave The Horn Man.



The next morning, July 3,we enjoyed a relaxing morning and after eating at Howie's, we headed for House on the Rocks. If we had know how long this was going to take us to go through, we might had made other plans. But we started around noon, and about 4:00 p.m. we had a hard time getting the third stage in....actually I think we sorta ran through that stage.:)

Here we have Darryl, Jan and Gary going into the Infinity Room. "No thank you." was all I said. And the next photo will tell you why.

Folks, I don't know about you, but that looks scary to me. Gary even said he felt it sway a little. But the House on the Rock was beautiful. So much to look at and so little time.

When you get to the top of the house, you can go outside. Jan remembered that Darryl and her have of photo of them taken at this very spot a long time ago. That was so much to see. I may do a slide show.



On July 4th, we went to the Berg farm for lunch. And since Caleb was born on the 4th of July, we were able to enjoy watching him blow out..

ten candles.


Before long it was time to head home and meet up with Ann-Marie, Brett and Al to go to the fireworks in Beloit, WI. As always they were great. Always adding new ones every year. So It was quite a busy time around this household. Our next event will be the arrivial of

Grandson Samuel.