May 9th
Mother's Day was a day full of visitors. The morning started off with some family friends, the Thomases. They brought some beautiful sunflowers to brighten the house and took turns holding Grace. Unfortunately, we only caught Mr. Thomas on camera. The Thomases are expecting in a few weeks. They are going to be great parents, and seeing them hold Grace would have made that perfectly clear to anyone.
Aunt Kim arrived as the Thomases were leaving. She had yet to meet Grace, and it took about 10 minutes before she was telling Grace how much she loved her. Aunt Kim stayed a good chunk of the day and helped clean around the house. It was also made clear that it's nice to not be the smallest or youngest Catchpole anymore.
Aunt Chrys also stopped in a little later and stayed for quite a while, which was great, because the Catchpole numbers were about to be challenged.
Grandma Mathew, Aunt Lucy, Grandaunt Clare, and Great Grandma Jean arrived. There arrival was very exciting and the house was soon overflowing with smiles, laughs, and general goodwill. Everyone came down to facilitate the taking of a four generation picture.
Later in the evening, our doula Leah stopped by. Leah was, as you might imagine, incredibly helpful during labor and delivery. In addition, for us, she's one of those people we met and instantly felt completely comfortable with. When you meet people like that, you hang on to them. She had come over to ask Betsey some follow up questions, but she also brought us banana muffins. They were delicious and managed to get me to drink my first glass of cow's milk in something like 10 years.
At some point, everyone started trickling out, leaving a happy, sleepy, small Catchpole family in Corvallis counting all their blessings as they fell asleep.
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