We could not have asked for a better reception. The news was shared a couple of weeks before Christmas. The team gently teased us, as we deserved. Since our plans for spring sledding had been modified earlier, Lynda and Keziah had planned to go south come April. We had no wish to undermine the goals of the expedition by inviting attention to this potentially titillating development.
Life goes on.
So these early spring moments are precious to our family. Lynda will be one month away from delivering when I see her next. Keziah will be a different person in three months. Now, we are outside whenever weather permits, to play and to be together while we can. The fights over getting Keziah dressed, the snowsuit dilemma of polar proportions, are history.