George Willard Finley is here!!!

Baby Will was born July 15 (the day we left for England!) weighing 8 lb. 8 oz. and approx. 20" long (they don't measure length here). We went straight from the bus to the hospital and later that night brought Baby Will home. He has Tori's dark hair and blue eyes (or so it appears!) and Greg's cheeks and chin. We don't know whose long feet and toes he has!! We have spent our days traveling by Oxford City Bus back and forth to their flat from the home we're staying in across town. We are so proud of our beautiful new grandson and wanted to share some pics with you. The first two pics were taken at the hospital as both DeDe and BaBa met Will (1 day old). The next is a pic of Will having fallen asleep playing cards, just like his BaBa sometimes does!! (3 days old) And the last pic is of the happy Finley family taken in Oxford City Center on Will's first big outing and first bus ride (9 days old).
Enjoy. Tomorrow is our last day here and it will be VERY hard to leave Tues. morning. But what a blessing to share in these first two weeks of Will's life! Will has already been to the home where DeDe and BaBa are staying for an afternoon of cards, a small group fellowship, shopping at Mothercare and Tesco's, 2 bus rides and a stroll through City Center as everyone 'Oooohs and aaaahs!' Tonight he'll go to church for the first time! That's a lot for a 10 day old baby!

Will smiling at the webcam that he thinks is his DeDe! After all, it talks to him in DeDe's voice!

NO BABY YET!

I just chatted with Tori tonight on Skype, and she's feeling well, with no signs of the baby coming yet. Needless to say, we're getting pretty excited! The baby's actual due date is Tuesday, and we leave a week from Tuesday. Today I washed all the baby things that she received at her shower and packed them in large ziploc bags in the suitcase. I'll start packing my suitcase this next week. We're just waiting to hear that they're on their way to the hospital!! So stay posted!

Sure Cuts A Lot

I'm having so much fun with the new program that I got a few months ago called Sure Cuts A Lot. You use this program to allow you to cut most fonts and dingbats on your Cricut. I spent some time playing yesterday and actually was able to separate the parts of a dingbat and cut it in different colors. I followed the directions on this website
http://susanbluerobot.blogspot.com/
Susan's easy-to-follow directions makes using Inkscape (a vector graphic editing program) and SCAL so much easier! Here's a picture of the bear that I cut and then a few other things I've cut - silhouettes, flourishes, etc.