Huybers Retirement Adventure: November 2013

Meet our granddaughter Piper!

The last couple of weeks have been filled with excitement and joy! Our daughter Elaine gave birth to our first grandchild! Piper Frances Wakely entered the world on October 25, 2013 weighing in at 8 lbs 7 oz. with a full head of hair. We are thrilled with her arrival!

In anticipation of the birth of our granddaughter, I booked a flight for Ron to go and see her soon after she was born. Unfortunately, due to the fact we have a dog with no one to look after him, I had to stay home. I would have loved to have gone to see and hold Piper but we did the next best thing. Ron spent 3 days with Piper and he called, sent emails with photos and videos, and Skyped everyday he was there. I got to see live footage of Piper smiling, squirming, yawning and just being the sweet little girl she is. It was almost like being there!

Ron had a wonderful time meeting Piper and seeing Elaine and David as well. It’s not often that he gets to see his daughter Elaine, so it was really nice for the two of them to get together for a few days.

While Ron was there, Elaine had to run some errands so they packed up Piper and off they went. They went to a German store that carried a lot of food items from Holland. We used to go to the Dutch Store in Chilliwack all the time but Ron hadn’t been in one since we left a year and a half ago. He just had to call me and tell me what was there. I could tell he was drooling over all the Dutch goodies that were in the store. He was like a kid in a candy shop! While he was on the phone to me telling me all about it, I could hear him say to someone “ Oh I’m sorry … I’m new at this.” It turned out he was pushing Piper in the baby stroller and he was getting in the way of other shoppers. Of course when the people saw that it was a new baby, they all had to stop and ooh and aww over how cute she is. I could tell in the photos that were sent to me, and in Ron’s voice, that he was overjoyed with seeing and holding Piper. He is one proud Opa!

We are also thrilled to announce that in March we will be expecting the arrival of our second grandchild! Our son Adam and our daughter in-law Erica are expecting their first child on March 14, 2014. I do know the sex of the child, but some people reading this blog (my mother) may not, and therefore I won’t be disclosing this bit of information until the announcement is made to everyone by the parents. I guess you readers will just have to stay tuned!