• Babies,  Life @ Home,  Motorcycle

    Catching Up

    The most recent exciting event in the Gribble household was Halloween, which I’ll tackle in my next post. But let me start by sharing the good news that Benjamin now weighs 8 pounds,…

  • Life @ Home

    Approaching One Month

    Today is Monday, and on Wednesday Benjamin will be four weeks old. Remarkable! He and I are enjoying our time at home; I think his favorite part is eating. Breakfast number one, breakfast…

  • Life @ Home,  Technobabble

    Stargazing

    Editor’s Note: This post has been in the works for quite a while. I hope you enjoy it. It also turns out to be the 200th post on the Gribblog! I’m sure that’s…

  • Life @ Home

    Two Weeks Old!

    Last Friday, Phoebe stayed home from school to play with Grammie. We woke up to snow on the deck! Baby Ben had his first bath that day. He was pretty grimy, since he…

  • Life @ Home

    Follow-up Checkup

    On Monday Dave stayed home from work to go to the pediatrician’s appointment. Baby Ben is doing really well…he weighs 5 lbs, 12 oz. We suspect that he’s gained a bit of weight…

  • Life @ Home

    Day Four of Life

    Day two (Thursday) we spent in the hospital, making some phone calls; being checked upon by nurses, a midwife, and a pediatrician; and seeing friends who stopped by. I was feeling pretty good,…

  • Life @ Home

    Welcome Benjamin

    In case you missed the short e-mail I sent out yesterday, we are all happy to welcome little Benjamin Walter Gribble into the world. He was “born” at about 8:10 in the morning…

  • Babies,  Church,  Life @ Home

    Phoebe’s Big Weekend

    This was a pretty exciting weekend for our little peanut (who emphatically prefers to be called “Phoebe.” She says “not little peanut!”) On Saturday morning we went to the hospital for New Baby…

  • Church,  Music

    Musical Offerings

    We’ve enjoyed some musical variety at church this summer, and since I played for some of the services, I thought I’d put a bit of the music up for those of you not…