In December, while we were in Florida, our second Grandchild and first Granddaughter was born to our older Son, Logan and his wife Maureen in Boston, MA. On January 16th, we flew from Sarasota, FL to Boston to visit with both of our Sons and their 
families and to finally meet the newest member of our family. Jetblue Airlines has reasonably
priced, non-stop flights and Logan met us at the airport and took us to his house. When we arrived in their neighborhood, we saw that Maureen was walking down the street with the stroller and their dog, Gus. So, we caught up with them, parked the car and joined their walk. It was a cold day and there was a bit of a breeze, but the sun was out so it was a better walk than it might have been.
When we got back to the house, we finally got to hold the little princess, Simone Francis. She is so small but at over one month old, is starting to be attentive and responding to sounds and things in her field of vision. 
When Geoff got to hold her, she was cooing at him and really looking into his face and even smiling a bit. It was very satisfying. We had dinner with them and then, when it was bed time, we went to our hotel for the night. The next day, we spent most of it at the hotel, as both families
had some pre-scheduled events going on. But it was the coldest day of the visit so we were happy to stay in most of it. In the afternoon, Brian, Katherine and Oliver came to the hotel and we went to the small pool. Oliver is really happy in the water. They have been giving his swimming lessons and he is taking to it quite well. It is nice to know he should be a very confident adult around water.
On Sunday, Simone’s other Grandparents, and good friends of ours, Diane and Marc Dubreuil 
came up from New Milford, CT and we went out for a nice brunch with them. It was so good to see them and to congratulate them in person, as this is their first Grandchild. We had a great brunch then went back to Logan and Maureen’s house for more baby snuggling. That evening was the big football game with the New England Patriots taking on the Indianapolis Colts for the AFC Championship. It was great fun to watch this game with our sons and Oliver at Brian’s house. The Pats won in a blow out so we had a great time.
We stayed over on Monday, partly because it was MLK Day and our sons had off from work and also because, if our flight up was delayed because of weather, we would still have two days so see everyone. As it was, the weather was great, and on Monday we had sun and about 40 degrees, so we 
went to the Arnold Arboretum and took a long walk. It was a beautiful day. Then we took the kids’ car and went back to the hotel and then came back to their house in the evening for dinner.
The next morning we were up at 5:15 to get to the airport for a 7:40 flight back to Sarasota. Once again, all went without a hitch and we enjoyed being back in the warm weather. We have plans to fly back up in the spring before taking the motorhome to the West Coast for the Summer.
