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Friday, October 14, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
One of my favorites
As the first granddaughter born into a family with lots of grandsons, I've always had a special relationship with my Mawmaw (Dad's mom). We've made so many memories over the past 30 years and she still makes me giggle with her wit. Even throughout my college years, whenever I spent the night at her house, I insisted on sleeping in her bed since her house is haunted and I'm a scary cat. (As if an 84 year old woman could ward off the ghosts any better than I could)
Sadly, the inevitable aging process is taking place. Mawmaw has had dementia for several years now, and recently had a fall, followed by surgery, and is currently at the Lutheran Home undergoing rehab to regain mobility. While she has made remarkable progress and will likely return home in the next week, she is becoming less independent rapidly.
Anyways...while in Hickory last week, I took the boys to see their great grandmother. Mawmaw had not yet met her 8th great grand baby so I was eager for her to love on him! When she first saw us, she was very emotional. But by the end of the morning, she was letting us push her around the place in her wheelchair, with Jackson in her lap, "racing" Weston in his stroller. It was awesome to see her interact with Jackson & Weston and it seemed to lift her spirits. (though it's doubtful she'll even remember us being there by tomorrow...). I love this woman so much and have such admiration for her.
This is funny because Mawmaw asked if i thought they'd notice if I put Weston in her bed and took her home with me instead....
Sadly, the inevitable aging process is taking place. Mawmaw has had dementia for several years now, and recently had a fall, followed by surgery, and is currently at the Lutheran Home undergoing rehab to regain mobility. While she has made remarkable progress and will likely return home in the next week, she is becoming less independent rapidly.
Anyways...while in Hickory last week, I took the boys to see their great grandmother. Mawmaw had not yet met her 8th great grand baby so I was eager for her to love on him! When she first saw us, she was very emotional. But by the end of the morning, she was letting us push her around the place in her wheelchair, with Jackson in her lap, "racing" Weston in his stroller. It was awesome to see her interact with Jackson & Weston and it seemed to lift her spirits. (though it's doubtful she'll even remember us being there by tomorrow...). I love this woman so much and have such admiration for her.
This is funny because Mawmaw asked if i thought they'd notice if I put Weston in her bed and took her home with me instead....
Monday, October 10, 2011
Road Trip!
Last week, I took the boys to Conover (not exactly a "roadtrip" per se) for a few days to spend some time with Bebe & PopPaw. Ben was finishing up a Property Management class he's taking, so with him being tied up from 6-10pm every Monday & Wednesday for a month, I was eager to jet somewhere I could get some backup!
Monday we just relaxed around the house, took the golf cart for a spin, played at the park and just hung out, and snuck in an afternoon nap which was nice!
Tuesday morning, we met Dad up at the Lutheran Home and spent some time with MawMaw. That afternoon, PopPaw took Jackson fishing for the first time, and he CAUGHT as fish! What are the chances? Mom has it on video but I'll try to get a snapshot to show...After about 10 minutes of fishing, Jackson discovered that he could climb on the golf card, which ended up entertaining him for at least 45 minutes.
Wednesday morning, we headed over to Bob & Martin's farm to check out their horses & farm life. Jackson LOVES going out there and I was excited to see it too. In the past, Jackson has been too intimidated of the horses to sit on one, but today he wanted to show off for Mommy and hopped right up. However, the highlight of the trip for him was getting to climb up the horse ring fence. About 12' tall -- give me a heart attack!
Mom & I hit up several consignment shops in Hickory on our way home and I was able to get the boys some cute fall/winter items.
Jackson's heading back to Conover at the end of this week, but he's going solo this time...and he is so excited!
Monday we just relaxed around the house, took the golf cart for a spin, played at the park and just hung out, and snuck in an afternoon nap which was nice!
Tuesday morning, we met Dad up at the Lutheran Home and spent some time with MawMaw. That afternoon, PopPaw took Jackson fishing for the first time, and he CAUGHT as fish! What are the chances? Mom has it on video but I'll try to get a snapshot to show...After about 10 minutes of fishing, Jackson discovered that he could climb on the golf card, which ended up entertaining him for at least 45 minutes.
Wednesday morning, we headed over to Bob & Martin's farm to check out their horses & farm life. Jackson LOVES going out there and I was excited to see it too. In the past, Jackson has been too intimidated of the horses to sit on one, but today he wanted to show off for Mommy and hopped right up. However, the highlight of the trip for him was getting to climb up the horse ring fence. About 12' tall -- give me a heart attack!
Mom & I hit up several consignment shops in Hickory on our way home and I was able to get the boys some cute fall/winter items.
Jackson's heading back to Conover at the end of this week, but he's going solo this time...and he is so excited!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Hakuna Matata / Happy Birthday Ben!
Ben's 32nd birthday was yesterday. Rather than have a romantic bday date night, Ben chose to take Jackson to see his first movie - Lion King in 3D. Lovee watched Weston & the three of us went to a fancy lunch at Chick-fil-a then hit the movies. It was special to have the afternoon with just Jackson, though it was super sweet when he cried because we were leaving "baby boy" behind. He got over that pretty quickly!
Jackson did awesome the first 70% of them movie. However, the last 20 minutes were spent chasing a wired two-year-old up & down the theatre halls and once had to even retrieve him from another movie. The motorcycle arcade game did distract him for a few. He did, however, LOVE the 3D glasses and was a total rockstar in them.
Monday night, J and I baked Ben red velvet cupcakes. They turned out delish but the baking process was disastrous. It went from bad...to worse...But fun!
This morning, we had Ben a "birthday party", with all 4 of us in attendance. Nothing like cupcakes for breakfast!
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Jackson did awesome the first 70% of them movie. However, the last 20 minutes were spent chasing a wired two-year-old up & down the theatre halls and once had to even retrieve him from another movie. The motorcycle arcade game did distract him for a few. He did, however, LOVE the 3D glasses and was a total rockstar in them.
Monday night, J and I baked Ben red velvet cupcakes. They turned out delish but the baking process was disastrous. It went from bad...to worse...But fun!
This morning, we had Ben a "birthday party", with all 4 of us in attendance. Nothing like cupcakes for breakfast!
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
What did I do to deserve this?
This sweet little message was waiting on me last Friday morning when I checked my email...
WOW! Talk about making me feel appreciated and loved! After some thought, I decided on 1) Ben to come home from work on time that day and make sure to hug & kiss me FIRST, 2) have a technology-free weekend (i.e. No computer, iPad, iPod, etc), and 3) Have help cooking & cleaning up after meals all weekend.
Well #1 was checked off the list as soon as Ben walked in the door around 6pm that evening. That was an easy one :).
As for the tech-free weekend, that was the hardest but absolutely the best! You don't realize how much you depend on the Internet - not just for email & FB but for weather forecasts, tv guides, banking, DVD rental, everything! And I been the iPad genie during nursing sessions so it felt so strange not to be surfing the web 8 times a day. But we talked more, played more, laughed more, read more and got a whole lot more done. It was so refreshing to be unplugged!
As for the help in the kitchen, this kinda got pushed to the side because with a newborn & a crazy toddler, sometimes it's easier to send Daddy outside with Jackson to play while I cooked & cleaned up in peace!
All in all, we had a fabulous weekend just having fun as a family! Friday night we went on a Flashlight Adventure after supper.
Saturday morning, we got up and went to yard sales. By 8:30 am. Yes, all 4 of us. And yes, Ben went willingly and was even excited about it! (I know what your thinking - we can hit up yard sales by 8:30am but are ALWAYS late for church at 9:15!)
That afternoon we played outside and I perfected the art of swinging with two babies in my arms.
Saturday night was movie night with lots of popcorn.
And Sunday was full of church, naps and sweet brother lovin'.
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WOW! Talk about making me feel appreciated and loved! After some thought, I decided on 1) Ben to come home from work on time that day and make sure to hug & kiss me FIRST, 2) have a technology-free weekend (i.e. No computer, iPad, iPod, etc), and 3) Have help cooking & cleaning up after meals all weekend.
Well #1 was checked off the list as soon as Ben walked in the door around 6pm that evening. That was an easy one :).
As for the tech-free weekend, that was the hardest but absolutely the best! You don't realize how much you depend on the Internet - not just for email & FB but for weather forecasts, tv guides, banking, DVD rental, everything! And I been the iPad genie during nursing sessions so it felt so strange not to be surfing the web 8 times a day. But we talked more, played more, laughed more, read more and got a whole lot more done. It was so refreshing to be unplugged!
As for the help in the kitchen, this kinda got pushed to the side because with a newborn & a crazy toddler, sometimes it's easier to send Daddy outside with Jackson to play while I cooked & cleaned up in peace!
All in all, we had a fabulous weekend just having fun as a family! Friday night we went on a Flashlight Adventure after supper.
Saturday morning, we got up and went to yard sales. By 8:30 am. Yes, all 4 of us. And yes, Ben went willingly and was even excited about it! (I know what your thinking - we can hit up yard sales by 8:30am but are ALWAYS late for church at 9:15!)
That afternoon we played outside and I perfected the art of swinging with two babies in my arms.
Saturday night was movie night with lots of popcorn.
And Sunday was full of church, naps and sweet brother lovin'.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thank you, Jesus
Great news! We just got a call from our pediatrician and Weston's bloodwork we had done last week came back completely normal. No indication of any enzyme deficiencies at all. They determined that the two previous tests were false positives so we, without a doubt, have nothing to worry about. And no need to even go to the geneticist. Thanks for your prayers for our sweet baby and Thank you Lord!
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