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Another family milestone once again with two big events this month for Jenna and Matt.

The first is Jenna's "Life begins at 40" birthday and the second where life really does begin for young Sophie,

when Jenna gives birth to her second child, my tenth grandchild presented to me by my four children.

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Loes and I travel across to Yorkshire

to give Jenna her presents for her birthday.

She's expecting an imminent arrival

but hoped it would be delayed till after her personal celebration.

A photo book of her early years was the major present

which I had created for her,

just as Ann and I had done in previous years

for our other three children.

A second present was gift wrapped, allowing Emily

chance to help open it.

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It was a photo, not of Emily but of Jenna taken at approximately the age Emily is now. The similarity is striking.



Paula and Jenna look through the book . . .	. . . picking up early pictures of Ann, Jen's grandparents and family.

The larger colour photo was of my wedding day, Paula being the young lady with the posy of flowers, third from the left.



Loes entertains, or was being entertained, by Emily.	We were joined by Abi later in the morning.

Emily needed a sleep in the afternoon and we all would appreciate a short walk and a breath of fresh air

so we headed down to the newly refurbished mill pond in the centre of Paula's village of Tickhill.

The ducks are also able to fully enjoy it now the lake is back up to its normal level.

This female mallard duck also has a young family . . . a young brood new to the ways of the world.

We spent an anxious moment watching them cope with the fast moving current of the mill race.

- - - o o o - - - On our return we celebrated Jenna's birthday with a cake and candles. Paula had also found an indoor firework to go with the candelabra on the cake. - - - o o o - - -

The sparkler made up for the lack of space for the full compliment of candles.

Jen has assistance to blow out the candles once the big sparkler had finished.

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Loes and I were back in Yorkshire a week later to celebrate another birthday . . . that of Sophie Annalise.

First photo of the new arrival.



A short while later the same morning . . .	. . . and the following day when things had settled down slightly.



Jen was back home after just a few days . . .	. . . and we were able to visit her at her home in Sheffield.



Chance for Loes to hold the new arrival . . .	. . . and chance for us to spend time with "Big Sister" !



Matt found the bubble-gun for Emily to play with.	It was more of a case of watch the bubbles before they got blown away.

She has grown in confidence these last few months and become more animated as befits her age.



She sat in her trike in the back yard . . .	. . . and enjoyed the fun being driven round chasing the bubbles.

Jen published this collage on her Facebook to celebrate the newly expanded family.

April 2024 will be a memorable month for everyone.

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Technical note: Pictures taken with my iPhone 11pro mobile phone camera.

Resized in Photoshop, and built up on a Dreamweaver web builder.

This site best viewed with . . . lots of birthday cards and new arrival cards.

Previous walk - 7th April 2024 - Ashness and Lodore Falls

A previous similar time - 24th February 2021 - Owen John Hiley Arrives

Next walk - 16 April 2024 - Ribblehead Viaduct