"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may." Robert Herrick

"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may." Robert Herrick

Hello Friends!

Friends, Romans, countrymen...y'all. Foodies, gardeners, artists and collectors - let's gather together to share and possibly learn a thing or two in the mix.

Donna Baker

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Angels Among Us


My grandchildren sleeping.  Just found out today that Bella and Oliver are going to have a new cousin in February.  My son and daughter-in-law are having their first child, a daughter.  We are all excited.

20 comments:

helen tilston said...

Good Morning Donna

Two angels is correct and congratulations on your good news of a new member coming to the family soon

Helen xx

Ry @ Sotto Il Monte Vineyards said...

Congratulations Donna! So happy for you:)

RachelD said...

What happy news! I know you're feeling that little butterfly tickle of anticipation for that new little girl---who she'll be, how you'll know her the moment you see her, and how neither of you will remember the before.

And those two sweet slumberers---some of my favorite photos in the world are of the grandchildren sleeping. A little line of frames across the bookcase, the sweet innocent faces, the soft, absolutely trusting postures and expressions---safe and warm and secure in those angel-dreams. That's such a responsibility and such a blessing.

Congratulations to you all!

r

donna baker said...

Thank you Helen for your good wishes. The sweetest part is seeing and hearing my son's reaction. He is so moved and excited. I think he'll be a wonderful, nurturing father.

donna baker said...

Ry, so good to hear from you and thanks.

donna baker said...

Thank you Rachel. She was even pretty on the scan yesterday that told them it was a girl. My son was so moved. He is getting ready to do a dissertation for his Ph.D. and I don't know how he's going to do everything, but it always works out, doesn't it. I loved the way Isobel and Oliver were holding hands while sleeping. And, I can just hear Oliver snoring.

A Brit in Tennessee said...

What a sweet picture, I thought it was the scene from a new movie !
Congratulations Donna, more excitement in the family.
~Jo

donna baker said...

Thank you my dear friend Jo. My grand babies are the sparkle in my eyes.

Amanda Summer said...

An unbelievably precious image - I have a similar one of my own children when they were young. Brings back memories. Congrats Donna on the grand baby on the way! ♡

La Table De Nana said...

I have tears in my eyes..
I came to tell you ..Season two of The Paradise is tonight..
and saw your angels:)

Congratulations..:)
Now that my dear is youth serum:)
You need to blow this up..print..frame and hang up:)
Darlings.

Castles Crowns and Cottages said...

Such beauty in seeing a child sleep...Donna, congratulations on your THIRD!! Such lovely news dear one! And thank you for coming to visit me....those moving pictures? They are called GIFS and you can just Google: Tumblr gifs (then put in the subject you are looking for!) I wish I could make my own. There is a way to do it, but I need the help of one of my teenage students to navigate my computer to do so!

Have a delightful week as we go into October! Anita

donna baker said...

My daughter took the photo as I took photos of them sleeping when they were small. Thanks.

donna baker said...

Thank you Monique. I have season 2 recording on the dvr. I asked my daughter for a copy of the kids in print that I can hang up. They do such amazing things online now. Last year, she had a book of photos made for me.

donna baker said...

Thank you Anita and also for the info. I am so inept at the computer; need a computer assistant. As it is, I have to wait until one of my kids come home.

La Table De Nana said...

The books are wonderful:)
We are all keen on them here..
And I like to look at them again and again.It's amazing how they change so fast!

Julie said...

Hi Donna, I am on Isagenix. I had a pretty good diet - except for my diet Dr. Pepper fetish.. but over the last few years my weigh has been slowly climbing. I have tried, weigh watchers, Atkins, Dukan diet, Suzanne Summers along with a host of diet pills and such.. some did NOTHING while others may have taken me 3 - 4 pounds down .. but then it would come right back on after the diet was over. With Isagenix, I weaned myself off of caffeine before I started it - and after the first 3 days of this program, I started to notice how great I felt. What I learned is that every diet will take weight off of a truly fat person, but few will really work for those who are trying to get rid of the last 10-20 pounds - that is what this is doing for me. I have a coach and she is helping me to go through this and will stay with me through the transition back to the real world of food. All around is has been a great experience for me. I just told my coach that when I had reached my goal (or a bit closer) - and I had really experienced it all for myself, I was interested in getting involved with coaching myself.. mainly because I had not told anyone except my hubby what I was doing and now, my friends are bugging me - wanting to know more as well. I know this just sounds silly - but I had totally forgotten how wonderful some veggies taste!

Unknown said...

Congratulations, dear Donna!

donna baker said...

Hi Tracy, so glad to hear from you. Hearing from you makes me want to do facebook, but I just can't be on the computer that much. Thank you. Parker said they are going to name her Penny.

Debbie Nolan said...

Dear Donna - congratulations on your new forth coming addition. Nothing like a new wee one to make the heart joyful. Yes there are angels among us! Have a great day.

Cobalt Violet said...

This is beautiful! And Congratulazioni on the next! :)