Home with little baby Gideon

Mila and Gideon spent the first night out of the hospital with us at Nuestra Casa….

Hannah, Vernon, and Robert talked to Gideon.  And they listened to Gideon’s sweet little squeaks snd mouse noises that he makes all day and night….except when he’s in a deep sleep.

Mama and child….

Owen drove Hannah, Vernon, and Robert down to the Pebble Beach Recreation Area on the Salt River, to meet up with us, and bring Mila and Gideon back home to their cabin in Pine. This scenic river park is in the Tonto National Forest just north of the Phoenix metropolitan area.  It’s on the route that we take to drive to Pine and has a great beach where the children can play and “swim,” so it’s a great place for us meet up.  

Owen was so very happy to see his beautiful wife and precious little son….and the children were so excited to see their new little, tiny brother!

Little did we know that Owen and the children had planned a party for Mama and little Gideon….with balloons for the children and Grandpa, cake made by Papa and Hannah, and flowers for Mama and Grandma!!!

Hannah wrote Gideon’s name on his birth celebration cake.

Papa and Hannah made up a cake recipe….a four or five layer cake with pancakes cooked in a pan, and decorated it with a maple and cinnamon flavored frosting.  We named it Gideon’s Birth Pancake Cake.  It was delicious!

This past week, culminating with Gideon’s family birthday party, is a memory that we will always cherish….the birth of our grandson and being included in all the joy this family shared as they reunited, and then headed back to their home in Pine.  This is what gives meaning to our lives.