Lots of visitors

The following week my husband had an unavoidable business trip, so my daughter came to take care of me. She brought her 2 1/2 year old, Lucia, and her 2 month old, Emma, and her sister-in-law, Teresa. Teresa had to take vacation days from her job to come over to Canada to stay and I was very grateful.

We had snow flurries all week and several inches on the ground, and it was Teresa's first real experience of living with snow. She comes from a more temperate climate. She was smart, though, and brought all her warmest clothes.

It was a wonderful week. My boost of energy from the blood transfusion had faded but it was still great to have my granddaughters here. I got to hold baby Emma as much as I wanted. Lucia came to visit me in my room often after dinner and we watched Baby Einstein DVD's together.

Our son Steve and his partner Amy came for both weekends and brought gourmet frozen meals from their local caterer so we were well stocked with food.


We had a lovely visit from my father and step-mother, who arrived right after lunch on Saturday with a big box of Tim Hortons doughnuts. The doughnuts were well appreciated and didn't last very long.

My husband came home on Saturday night, just in time for his birthday! My brother- and sister-in-law arrived on Sunday and brought birthday cake. We had a big dinner (thanks Amy) and presents afterward. The house felt very empty when everybody went home!