p.j. has turned into a complete ape since Christmas. Before Christmas, a lot of her concentration went toward the job of walking itself. Now however, she’s fluent in walking and ready to conquer the world. Starting with my purse. No, no, no, you get out of there. Babies cannot write checks. If sit down, […]
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He’s growing, but he’s still pretty tiny. Thursday Alicia brought the kids over for the afternoon, get b.g. out of the house, change of scenery. She’s easy company, and we hung out, watched kids, ate lunch. She nursed the baby, and we all got to hold him a lot. Train tracks were built. Tim delighted
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It was a fine Tuesday. Here she’s walking on that pretend laptop she loves. She works on that laptop, does a lot of typing and talking. I see that doll corner in this picture though. We should deal with that. Too much stuff, and nobody plays dolls anyway. It was 54 degrees here today–no kidding,
Was gorgeous. Today it was almost 50 degrees. How is that possible? We babysat this guy, which doesn’t happen all that often and it was a blast. We babysat this girl too, and that brand new baby came over to play. Well, b.g. played. The little brother mostly slept. And now he’s gone home, and
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This has been one of the biggest surprises in my life, the way these grandchildren make me feel. Before t.c. was born, I knew I’d love him, but with an eighteen month old of my own, I wasn’t really in a grandma place–though John and Dannell were definitely ready to be parents. Well, he was
John called early yesterday morning to ask if he could drop off this guy to get watched for the day. Their regular sitter has some sort of hideous, frightening illness they’d like to avoid. Obviously, the answer was YES! We watched The Aristocats, and baked cookies. Oh gosh, a pretty perfect January Tuesday, it was.
Here he is, in a picture taken by his parents. We love you, Buddy. love, Grandma and everyone
She turns twelve on Tuesday, so today we had dinner and cake to celebrate her and the New Year. Here’s Joe, cuddling Kirsten’s dog and teasing Maria. Okay, somehow we have to clear a spot on this table for the birthday cake. Aww, there’s our girl. Oh, and this man wants to scoop ice cream!
Yes, this beautiful boy was born this morning. When Dan phoned in the moments after his birth, I really could hardly believe it. We weren’t looking for him for at least another week, but HERE HE IS. He likes his mom. He was so peaceful in her arms, would quiet right down. He looked so
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Today was the day! It was awesome. John and Dannell treated all the kids to this party at Build a Bear, where they all (drumroll) built bears! Here’s the rack of amazing outfits. That’s Dan in the distance, keeping track of his adventurous kid. Here’s the lady explaining how the bears are filled with stuffing.
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