Great-Grandma's look-alike

At about two-and-a-half weeks of age, we decided it was about time for Noah to meet his Great Grandma. Let's set up this story a little bit...

Mary Frances Egle is a wonderful woman, who was married to Wilbur Egle. He passed away a long time ago, before Jonathan was even born... but not before Mary Frances could have a large family of ten children. One of those children was Jonathan's father. And Jonathan, as we know, was blessed with Noah Wilbur Egle on October 11 (ahh... it all comes together).

Mary Frances has been through a lot, especially in the last few years. She had colon cancer, and after a successful operation, has fully recovered... even to the point of taking a splendid vacation to Ireland to visit her roots, which we were privileged to witness (http://EglesInIreland.blogspot.com). All was well, but a few more health issues have cropped up, most recently a broken shoulder. But Grandma (or Great-Grandma, depending on your perspective) is a warrior. She had surgery on Tuesday to repair it, and she looks like a million bucks - she will be back to herself in no time.

What better way to lift her recovery spirits than for her newest great-grandchild to pay her a surprise visit?

So, after a few morning adventures, including a bath, laundry, and a trip to Babies 'R Us, we piled into our little car and Noah ventured further and further south, until for the first time in his lift, he found himself outside of Michigan!


Libby kept a close eye on him, but he traveled wonderfully... And before anyone knew it, we were pulling into Grandma's driveway. Grandma was enjoying an early-afternoon siesta, and when she opened her eyes, she exclaimed, "Am I dreaming?!?"

Within a matter of moments, Noah found a happy new place to nestle, and he quite comfortably stayed there for quite some time...


And for those of you who don't know Norwalk, it's a small town, and when there's a new baby around, it doesn't take long for word to spread. The rest of the day, Noah held visiting hours for all of his adoring fans, each one becoming more and more reluctant to let him go.

Aunt Elaine enjoys cuddle time

First-cousin-once-removed (fancy!) Michaela said that if Noah didn't spit-up on her, she would like him more than his cousin... note how clean Michaela's clothes are (and how clean they remained)

Aunt Monica took the opportunity to teach Noah a lot... or was it the other way around?

Noah found first-cousin-once-removed Courtney a comfortable place to rest

Wow... he looks small... or Uncle Dave looks big

But guess who got Baby Noah back for more cuddling...

Initially, we left our plans open, not sure how long we would stay... a few hours? over night? We ended up staying a full 24-hours, so I consider that a drastic success! We packed more than enough diapers... we had more than enough changes of clothes...

Highlights?

• Well, Grandma pointed out, that just like Noah's namesake (his great-grandfather) was told when he was a baby, Noah is too pretty to be a boy (which we clarified is a good thing).
  
• We noted a few similarities in appearances between Grandma and Noah... but we'll just leave them to disclose those at their discretion.
  
• Monica, who was spending the night with Grandma, regardless of our visit, was very excitedly waiting last night for Noah's reemergence this morning... just couldn't wait to see the cute baby again!
  
• Lots of people came to visit (to see Grandma, of course!), and they all pointed out how cute Noah is... God has certainly blessed us with a wonderful son, and it was fun for others to see that, too.
  
• Grandma's smile never faded during our entire visit... and I was told that hours after we left, it was still there.