Our most recent family addition came Saturday, 3/21/09, at 1:06 p.m. Beautiful Ruby Ellen Cribbs came into the world weighing 8 lbs 8 oz, 21 1/4" long, tons of jet black hair, pretty as a precious jewel. We already adore her. Zoey took to her right away and constantly wants to hold and love her. So, the Leo clan is up to 9: Tony and me; Jenni, Dave, Zoey, and Ruby; and Erika, Josh, and Leo. We were all together last night at the Cribbs casa for pizza and get-acquainted time, and it was so much fun having a houseful of family, especially the 3 little ones. Leo entertained everyone with his 6 1/2-month-old antics, particularly bouncing like a marionette in his jumper seat suspended from the doorway. Zoey jabbered continually in her precious toddler voice, and Ruby enchanted everyone by just being there. We are so thankful to God for providing another wonderful, healthy child, and we welcome Ruby with loving and guiding arms.
Zoey has been hard at work, practicing to be a big sister. Dave and Jenni have prepared her very well, and she has pretty good comprehension for someone just shy of 27 months of age. To help things along, Papa and Grammy gave her a new baby doll in an infant carrier ("carseat" in Zoeyspeak), and she knew exactly what to do. She made sure the baby was securely fastened in the seat, swiveled the handle just so, and carried the baby up and down the sidewalk like a pro. Back inside, she got out some books and started reading to the baby. Oh, yeah -- she's going to be a GREAT big sister!!!
Meanwhile, retiree Tony has been channeling his inner lumberjack. For 34 1/2 years, he maintained his corporate image at IBM, staying crisp and clean shaven. We had always wondered what he'd look like with a beard, so he decided there was no time like the present to find out. It wasn't exactly a disaster, but we all (especially Zoey!) decided he looked and felt better without it. Here are the before and after pictures. I'm sure everyone will agree the after is far preferable to the before, and now it's out of his system.
Stay tuned for next month's Tony and Mona 35th anniversary installment! Also, if I can get it from Erika, there will be a hilarious and adorable video of Leo belly laughing hysterically while being entertained by his fun and creative mommy.
Zoey has been hard at work, practicing to be a big sister. Dave and Jenni have prepared her very well, and she has pretty good comprehension for someone just shy of 27 months of age. To help things along, Papa and Grammy gave her a new baby doll in an infant carrier ("carseat" in Zoeyspeak), and she knew exactly what to do. She made sure the baby was securely fastened in the seat, swiveled the handle just so, and carried the baby up and down the sidewalk like a pro. Back inside, she got out some books and started reading to the baby. Oh, yeah -- she's going to be a GREAT big sister!!!
Meanwhile, retiree Tony has been channeling his inner lumberjack. For 34 1/2 years, he maintained his corporate image at IBM, staying crisp and clean shaven. We had always wondered what he'd look like with a beard, so he decided there was no time like the present to find out. It wasn't exactly a disaster, but we all (especially Zoey!) decided he looked and felt better without it. Here are the before and after pictures. I'm sure everyone will agree the after is far preferable to the before, and now it's out of his system.
Stay tuned for next month's Tony and Mona 35th anniversary installment! Also, if I can get it from Erika, there will be a hilarious and adorable video of Leo belly laughing hysterically while being entertained by his fun and creative mommy.
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3 comments:
Okay, call me crazy but I kinda like Tony all scruffy and stuff. He is just too verile and sexy with a beard tho... probably better for all the neighborhood ladies if he keeps clean shaven. Even then, he's oh too pretty for words and his handsomeness hurts my eyes. Love ya Tony.
Now I need to tell you how jealous I am of your 9 happy family members all converging on a regular basis to spend time together and enjoy each other. I would so love to be in the center of all that commotion and babyness on a regular basis. Someday it will happen for me, maybe. In the meantime, I'll enjoy your crowd vicariously. And let me just say, I loved every minute we spent together in Dallas last month and can't wait to do it again. My arms are wanting to be full of Zoey and Leo and Ruby!
Kiss those babies for me!
Ruby is just adorable !!!! And so is Zoey. She is sooo cute with her baby. Those are two lucky girls to have such wonderful parents, grandparents and aunt and uncle.
She is beautiful!!!!! And I lov eher name. Big sister looks extremely proud. She will be a good mother to her little sister, no doubt.
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