Family Time | grandparents

28 Jan Bringing the sunshine to Florida

Posted at 23:27h in Family 0 Comments

Yesterday we had Henry's Gram and Grampa over for dinner, along with Uncle Andrew and Aunt Mindy and Great-Aunt Sandy. Gram and Grampa are heading to Florida for two months. I kept so busy with dinner and visiting that the bitterness of the occasion didn't...

09 Jul Henry’s iTunes Playlist

Posted at 02:43h in Family, Music, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Running through the background of videos of my first few months on earth and all my childhood memories were the tunes from a black cassette tape with Kate's Birthing Tape written in my dad's penmanship on it. It's a mix that my parents made together...

20 May Austin Family Pilgrimage

Posted at 22:26h in Family, Genealogy, Photos 4 Comments

Today was one for the history books. I asked my grandfather Poppy if he would take me to the Homestead, the house that his great-grandfather Nathan Austin built in Upstate New York, where Poppy used to spend his summers as a boy. He'd take the train...

14 May Climbing through the branches of the family tree

Posted at 20:44h in Family, Feelings, Genealogy 3 Comments

this is for the grandmother who walked a thousand miles on broken glass to find that single patch of grass to plant a family tree where the fruit would grow to laugh - Andrea Gibson, Say Yes This weekend I am going to Alfred, New York, with my grandfather...

07 May Bumps in the night

Posted at 17:49h in Feelings, Kicks 3 Comments

Last night Cory and I saw the baby move for the first time. Earlier in the day, Grandma Avon felt him kick for the first time. Seeing him move was crazy. Like in the cartoons where somebody's banging on the door and the whole door...

18 Apr Grandparents

Posted at 17:30h in Photos 1 Comment

Grandparents are an important part of Baby Austin-Avon's life. They are caring, generous, silly people. After many shots of them making weird faces, we landed this nice one. Of course it's blurry, though. This was taken at Coffee Planet in Glens Falls after yesterday's ultrasound...