Visit From Grandma and Grandad Daly

Sometime last April, when Corinne was about 3 months along, my parents booked their first trip to meet the soon-to-arrive addition. Since they had to book a flight to get here, they decided to play it "safe" and schedule their trip to start about 3 weeks after Corinne's due date of October 14th. Of course, that's not exactly how it went. When they arrived in early November, Rocket was already a month and a half old!

We spent most days at home with lots of napping and snuggling. After all, the main purpose of the trip was for Grandma and Grandad Daly to get to know Anders and give Mom & Dad (that's us) a little time off.

By November the weather had turned pretty rainy so we didn't spend that much time outside. However there did happen to be an apple tree in our orchard that somehow still bore fruit - many weeks after all of the others had dropped theirs and been eaten by the deer and coyote. On one of the less rainy days, my parents used the orchard ladder to pick what was left, and dad (aka Grandad - I still can't figure out which one to call him!) made applesauce. We even sent some of the apples home to Drew, Michelle, Katya and Nadija. We're looking forward to the first time Anders gets to meet his cousins!

My parents also made a point of telling us that we should plan to go out a few times while they were here, and they would watch Anders. We took them up on that offer and went to town on two occasions for dinner with friends, including to a make-your-own-sushi party. We did make it out a few times as a group as well. Anders is still relatively easy to take out: he doesn't cry unless he's hungry or has gas (or gas+), and best of all he stays where you put him! We went to lunch in Hood River at the Full Sail Brewery.

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My parents also brought more than just themselves with them from NJ. Mom brought the rust-colored blanket and matching hat that she made for Anders and are featured in several of the photos. These were the replacements for the pink-themed ones that she made back in September... They also brought some Italian salamis and hams that my brother picked up at a local deli in NJ. We can't figure out why, but it's more difficult than it should be to get good cold cuts on the West Coast! Thanks, Drew!

Anders must get his love of eating from his parents; here he is eating his own arm, his mother's chin, and contemplating his next meal.

The weather cleared up towards the end of their visit, so we did get a chance to walk down to the river on one day and take some family photos before they left. Three generations of Dalys!

- Mike, Corinne, & Anders Rocket