Birth Day Details

I wrote in a recent blog post about how Brennan saved money to buy a present for his baby sister.  Well, Brennan's baby sister also bought a gift for him: A new toddler camera.  Brennan couldn't have been more excited!  He loves that camera and was positively delighted that Cora gave him just what he wanted!  

When Brennan and his grandma came to the hospital to meet Cora for the first time, we had a miniature "birth day" celebration.  Sharon and Brennan baked birthday cupcakes, and I boxed them and put flags in them with Cora's name (I made the flags and assembled the boxes before she was born).  We gave a cupcake to each person who came to visit us in the hospital.  We also gave some to the nurses, along with a few dozen cookies I baked just for them.  Those cookies were so appreciated, and the nurse I gave them to ended up being our favorite nurse while we were there.  The cookies were gone before her shift was over (she supposedly shared them at the nurse's station!).

On our second day at the hospital, we received a big, fancy box from FTD.  I've always wanted to receive one of those expensive boxes like the kind that holds a dozen long-stem roses! Even better than typical roses, our box held a dozen beautiful tulips sent by Jim's work.  It was a thoughtful, beautiful surprise.

We had a great view of downtown Nashville from our hospital room, and it was fun to have something fun to look at for three days.

Of course, I didn't look at it too much, because I was too busy looking at this: