One Year Old

We are finding it very difficult to accept that our Little Klaire is already a year old! She had a party to celebrate last Saturday and we all had a marvelous time.

I didn't get many good pictures because so many others were taking them, and we were just trying to enjoy the celebration.

She loved her truck!

And her cake.
LMW liked her truck too.

They decided to take turns driving each other around.

In a couple of weeks, we will celebrate LMW's FOURTH birthday. Gee Whiz my little babies are growing way too quickly!!

Spring....

I felt so guilty that my last post was about snow, that I thought I should at least say hello to you good folks. :)

Hello!!

Spring is here and with it came a bad case of Vertigo. I'm still battling it off and on, but it's tolerable and I'm not letting it keep me from doing what I want, which is yard work and furniture painting. Oh, and a little sewing thrown in as well.

My babies are growing too quickly!

This is what LMW calls "Squishyland" in Nanna's bedroom.

It's a hard life right?

Little Klaire always heads for the camera and tries to climb up the legs of whoever has it.
See her little boo boos? Walking is a hard lesson to learn.

Klaire will be a year old on the 18th and LMW will be 4 on May 4th. Where in the world does the time go! As my grandmother always said, "I need to put a brickbat on their heads so they won't grow any more!"

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da....

Life goes on bra.... La La how the life goes on.  Anyone remember that Beatles song?? That's what I thought of when I realized I haven't posted here in a month. Life just goes on and on and gets in the way of sitting down to type something out. It's much easier to just post what I'm doing on The Seam Rippers.  Let's see....

I have some of the items on my to-do list marked off.
Cute clothes for Klaire, a few shirts for LMW, paintings done.
(These can be seen on the other blog)

Class reunion organized and implemented. We won't mention what year....

Grandkids are growing too fast!

Having fun in the cool crisp fall air with chalk.

Beginning to use Santa as a behavioral tool. (wink)

Deer season approaching and the men in my family being totally distracted.

Family gatherings to be planned.

Fall parties and friendly visits to look forward to.

The folks in Washington are playing nice for the time being, so my daughter was able to go back to work. Yee Haw!!

God is good. Life is good.

The Final Countdown!

Well folks, next week is my husband's last at work. He is RETIRING!! Woo Hoo. We can hardly wait. For 30+ years he has worked at the railroad in a neighboring city and had a 60 mile round trip drive five days a week.  Everyone keeps asking him what he's going to do with all his free time and he is insistent that he is going to ENJOY doing NOTHING!! And if I know my husband....and I do of course....I believe that! He's the most laid back, restful, piddling kinda guy I've ever known. Give him his remote and recliner and he's a happy camper.

He does plan to spend time taking LMW to the deer camp and other places that guys go.

LMW decided his "Tow Mater" needed a little body work. Future mechanic in the making???

And he says WE will be doing some traveling. As a matter of fact, the week after his retirement we are running up to Branson for a couple of days. We love to browse flea markets and antique stores and just drive through the winding highways of North Arkansas.

We will be able to run up and see our Little Klaire more often too.

In other news, I'm redoing my craft/sewing room and am excited about it all. It's going to take a little time due to the cost, but when it's finished, I think I'll have a wonderful set up. I can't wait!!!  Life is GOOD!!

Summertime And The Living Is Easy....?

Actually, not so much.

LMW had his tonsils out June 28th. Poor baby is still in a lot of pain. Now this child has a pretty high tolerance for pain, but when he spends several hours crying because he hurts, you know it's bad. I'm praying that yesterday was the worst and it will be downhill from here.

I've been so busy, I haven't had a chance to post the rest of my vacation pictures.

This is my yard.

A mole we can't seem to catch.

Even when we see him digging up and we grab the shovel. How he moves from that one spot so quickly is beyond me. Finally had to resort to a trap. I'll let you know how that works.

It's not all bad though.

LMW and my great nephew made friends with my sister's horse. Too hot and too many horseflies to actually try to ride him.

I'm on week two of my new walking regime. Clothes aren't feeling quite so tight.

I finally finished a major sewing project and I'm very relieved about that!

This little lady is growing like a weed! Just look at that face!

 It's the FOURTH OF JULY and we live in a free country!! God bless the USA!!  

Growing Up Quickly!

Both of my grandbabies are growing like weeds. LMW spent the night with us Friday night and he seemed to sleep pretty well. Nanna? Not so much. He slept in bed with me and kept me awake kicking, flopping around, snoring and using his razor sharp toenails to dig furrows into my legs. But you know what? I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

He grabbed my camera the other day and took a self portrait.

I guess this up close and personal, you can see the chocolate around his mouth. Makes him all the sweeter. He surprised me, and took my picture as well.

Oooh, that's just a bit scary....And he laughed pretty hard at it when I brought it up on the computer screen for him.

The other night we kept our Princess Klaire for a while. Her Mommy needed to buy groceries and she decided she wanted to stay home and sleep. So...PHOTO OP!!

This is what we saw when we arrived, but that didn't last long. Heh heh...we are so mean.

She wanted to pull up.

So, Grandpa pulled her up.

Then she decided she was hungry. And she let us know real quick!

And every time we took her to her room to change her diaper, this is the face we saw. She apparently likes her bedroom.

I sure wish I could keep them little. But I guess every grandparent says that!
I tried to upload a video of her cooing and grinning at us, but blogger won't cooperate. :(

Enjoy your Sabbath!!

 

 

No Words Necessary

KLAIRE ALLYSE!!

Here are photos of our GORGEOUS baby girl. She was born Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 1:59 p.m. She weighed 8lbs and was 20 inches long.

She is beyond precious.

Only a few hours old.

Grandpa and Daddy 

Mommy

Nanna B

We at first thought her hair was red. Her Daddy texted me from the delivery room and told me it was red, but later we realized it just looked red due to the lights in the room and how red she was. Today we saw that it's really a blonde color. And who knows what it will turn out to be later. I predict her eyes will be blue, but we'll see.

They will come home tomorrow and then we can really start having fun!!

I will apologize now for the many posts that will be filled with her pics. You know how we grandparents are when we get a new baby!!

It's Time!

Wednesday evening, April 17th

I unexpectedly find myself a little teary right now. My sweet son and his beautiful wife are on their way to the hospital to start the inducing process.

I'm so excited I can barely sit still, but the husband and I won't go until early tomorrow morning. Unless....they call and tell us to get ourselves up there pronto.

I can't believe it's time to meet our little Klaire. As soon as the dust clears and everything has settled down, you can be sure I will post photos!! In the meantime, we as a family covet your prayers for a safe and uneventful delivery. We already know that Klaire will be perfect because God doesn't make mistakes. Ever.

To be continued................................

It's Getting Mighty Close!

We anxiously await the arrival of little Miss Klaire...

Isn't she just beautiful?!!!

And no one more anxiously than her Mommy and Daddy. If she hasn't made an appearance by Wednesday the 17th, Mommy will go into the hospital, and the doc will help things along. I'm beginning to really get excited here.