I’m a grandmother!! Little Foot arrived surrounded by excitement from the entire family. Even though we were all scattered  from coast to coast and in different time zones when Little Foot was born, we all rejoiced together.

Steven, Carmen, and I were in the waiting room of the hospital in the wee hours of the morning anticipating the birth of a tiny one. Genette and Abe (our daughter and son-in-law) had decided to keep Little Foot’s name a secret until she was born. Abe kept us informed throughout the night by coming out and updating us every hour while Genette was in labor. Then when baby arrived Abe relied on modern technology: texting.  My phone buzzed: Little Foot had arrived and mother and baby were ok. Still we had no name.

As we were on pause for nearly an hour in the waiting room a notification came across the loud speakers, “Code Blue 4th Floor. Code Blue 4th Floor”. We were on the 4th floor, so my heart sank and I began to pace, I sent a text back to Abe asking if all was ok; he did not reply. I waited. About 15 minutes later Abe came out and said, “Are you ready to meet your granddaughter?” I took a deep breath and calmed myself and prayed for the recipient of that Code Blue.

After some hugs, we all went back to meet our brand new special little being. Genette and the baby were lying in the bed together.  We all ooo-ed and ahhh-ed and then Genette said, “Are you ready for her name?” and of course we all were!

“May I introduce to you Jubilee Elizabeth Dahlby”.

Jubilee. What a gift for Christmas this year. With the ups and downs of the past couple of years we were all ready for a little Jubilee, and that is exactly what we got.

Here are a couple of pictures of little Jubilee.