Yeah, welcome to babysitting by Grandma. Okay, b.g. arrived here early in the morning, and he and I were hanging out in the family room, watching the news. They had a story about some little chubby two year old in Indonesia who smokes three packs a day and went to rehab to quit smoking. ??? […]
I do love this picture of t.c. It captures something essential about the person he is. That’s his mother in the green sundress, observing. Oh, my goodness, t.c., you flying boy. love, Grandma
Here’s the note I sent my friends the morning he was born: “The baby was born at 2:32 am! Dan called at 3 am and said to come at 5, so we went to the store and bought flowers and balloons and cookies and were there by 5:10. Alicia had a fast, straight forward labor
The kids brought friends to the lake, and also our niece. The weather was beautiful. It was a very good time. Others will be at the lake in the weeks to come, but we won’t be back for a month or more, so glad we made it there one more time in August. swimming–-that basketball
b.g. has never been upstairs before Maria took him up there today. He LOVED it up there. His eyes were huge, darting around at all the stuff to get into. I gotta get dooooowwwn! Let me at this Barbie house! I love this house! Oh yeah, he’s going to be a lot of help with
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Oh dear. I have a real estate deal crumbling around the edges, so frustrating and upsetting. The outcome is unknown at this time. And our accounts receivable continues to climb, as does our own pile of bills, which will eventually be due. Nobody’s paying. Oh, ouch, ouch, ouch. So I’ve defaulted into stress mode and
Last night t.c. slept over, in celebration of Tim’s birthday. We had a quiet night last night, and a very fun day today–lots of legos, a lot of fun. I took them grocery shopping this afternoon to get a few things for supper. The store has these horrible little carts that say, “Shopper in Training.”
Today we had little b.g. and he had a fever, so it was a quiet day. He and I slept on the couch for a couple hours this morning–did that ever feel good. And it’s so sweet to wake up next to a baby who is happy to see you. I’m as brown as an
Yesterday we went to visit Jay’s parents. They used to live not far from here, but when they retired, they moved up north to their lake place, turned it from a little northwoods cabin into a home. jay’s dad up on his perch…porch Jay’s brother and his family were there, and John and Dannell, t.c.
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thinking about those wind chimes We were out on the patio this afternoon, trying to keep our stunt baby safe while he did stunts. (Trying, anyway.) Lydia was there and the conversation veered off as it will when she’s involved. She was talking about at time she drank too much diet Coke when I was
