Mom/Lois

Eric and I went to him mom's house last night for dinner and she surprised us with some gifts. Among them were Eric's baby blanket, his dad's first plate that you fill with hot water to keep the food warm, a Christening outfit and a little cross-stitched plaque that said Eric, 2/20/76, 9 lbs. 6 ozs.
She also told us a story that her mom told her when she was little. It was about a baby who was left on the steps of a church and when the church people found the baby, they knew it was loved because, tucked along side it was a hand-made outfit. So Lois's mom made sure each of her children had a hand-made outfit so they knew they were loved. And then Lois gave us the hand-made outfit. It was all so very sweet.
And she gave us Eric's baby book, which she took lots of time to fill out. It was fun reading the entries and seeing Eric as a little boy....who loved Wena (Lena, his sister, but he couldn't pronounce his Ls. and Choc-ate). It was a really sweet evening.