Gramma didn’t get run over by a reindeer (Dec. 19)

Its starting to feel like the holidays around our house. We hung up a strand of white lights around Lucas’s crib, the kitchen is overflowing with baked goods, snow is piling up outside, and we have family visiting. We even bought the Bob Dylan Christmas album, for Lucas’s sake, of course.

Krista’s mom, aka Gramma Susan, arrived on Wednesday well ahead of the big snow storm (there could be up to 20 inches on the ground by tonight!) She and Lucas had met before, but both times Susan was here in the fall Lucas was in rough shape and barely opened his eyes to see her. This time Lucas is feeling great (maybe because of all the pumpkin pie/zucchini bread/vegan cookies/tea cakes/fudge/biscotti in his breast milk), alert and ready to snuggle. He even got in the holiday spirit and agreed to wear a Christmas outfit.