Wonderful news for our whole family this weekend – my only son now has a son of his own! A beautiful healthy baby boy, Zachary David Dunn, was born at 6:46 p.m. on March 27, 2021, weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces – a second grandchild for me (his Baba), a fourth for Grandma MaryAnn, a sweet baby cousin for my granddaughter Everly Rose, and the long-awaited precious first baby for ecstatically happy parents Paula and Ben, who are exhausted but thrilled! Mum and babe both doing well. I can’t visit them in person or hold my little grandson because of COVID-19 precautions, but I can have a “window visit” from the hospital parking lot today! . . Continue reading “It’s a BOY!”→
Welcome to the world, my darling little grandbaby! Everly Rose, born at 7:07 p.m. on May 7th, 2015 (which would have been my late mother’s birthday!) Proud parents are Larissa and Randy – Mum and babe doing “FANTASTIC!”, says the new Daddy.
Let the spoiling begin!
Everly Rose napping with her Mum
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Q: Any words of grandmotherly advice for me?
UPDATE: Everly Rose makes her television debut at age 4 weeks (starting about 1:10)
And a few more photo updates as our girl grows . ..
Our house decorated to help spread the news!
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Tiny little feet . . .
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So alert . . .
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On my two-month birthday (notice the “Happy Birthday Peanut” cake)
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I love my Baba (that’s me – her grandmother!)
Such a happy little girl!
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Having a little chat with my Baba
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First Christmas!
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Just lyin’ around on the living room floor . . .
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One year old already!
“I have six teeth now!” ~ on the beach at Black Creek with Mummy
Playing with my onion. . .
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Trying on Baba’s scarf
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Feeding the ducks at Beacon Hill Park
Daddy throws me up high at the annual Oak Bay Tea Party (age 2!)
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Out for a walk around Oak Bay Village with my bunny Lou Lou
Baba getting me ready for our walk to daycare
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Riding the carousel at Hillside Mall
I’m four years old today! (with Mummy’s homemade Piñata Cake!)
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Age 7: Making cabbage rolls with my Baba for Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner!
Age 8: Guess who Baba and I saw while we were walking home from school!?!
Age 9: I baked this cherry cake from scratch for afternoon tea with Mum & Baba