The Babies

 We've got two babies in our family right now, Ody and Lyle.  Ody is the son of my youngest grandson Brandon Hatcher & Krystal, and he will be 3 years old on June 6.  Lyle is the son of my only granddaughter Megan Malear & James and he just turned 1 year old on Feb 28th.

They are both very happy babies and fun to be around.  I love them so much.

I have 5 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren.  

The other great grandchildren range in ages from approximately 14 yrs down to 10 years old, so they are all still young.

Stormy Rainy Morning

I woke up to tornado warnings and watches.  That doesn't bother me much because I love storms and it for some reason didn't seem to bother our cat Jybow either, so I knew that nothing was going to happen around here.  The way animals behave is a good indicator of what is about to happen, and Jybow would have already run for cover if any kind of storm was on its way.

I waited until it was sprinkling lightly before I went out, and Jybow was purring and rubbing her neck against the bottom of the grill.  It had rained hard all morning, so Jybow was glad to be out.

The wind had blown some small branches down from the old Sycamore tree which Jimmy was picking up, and a few leaves had blown around the cat's water jug.  It's beginning to look a lot like Fall around here.

This Burning Bush is beginning to change colors.  We have two and this one begins to change colors before the other one does.  They are planted side by side but this one gets more sun and maybe that's why.

This is the same bush as the first picture above it.

To the left of this swing is the second Burning Bush and it's still green.  It doesn't have not one red leaf on it yet and won't until the other one is almost completely red.   This bush is mostly in the shade and maybe that's why.

Since the day was rainy, and while sitting in the vet's office with Princess this morning, I decided to ask Megan if she'd like to have a late lunch with me.  I hadn't seen Myles in about 2 days and I was having a "Myles withdrawal," lol.  Today he was 7 weeks old and he's getting cuter and more alert all the time.

It was a nice surprise to find out that James was off work today and able to join us too.  Sharon and Scott had plans to go to the movies together, but at the last minute Sharon decided to come join us at Buffalo Wild Wings.  It's the place that Megan chose, and now that I know what it's like, I'm going to take my grandson Brandon there.  He's always wanted to go there.  But I'll have to remember to be sure to take a flashlight with me because it's so dimly lit in there and these old eyes need plenty of light to be able to read their menu.  I had to ask the waitress to read some of it for me and then when Megan showed up she showed me that my cell phone has a built in flash light on it.  WOW!  I need to hang around with my grandchildren more so that I can find out more neat things about my new phone.  And the reason I'll need to carry a small flashlight with me is because unless I have a sticky note plastered to my forehead, I'll never remember how to find that flash light on my phone again. hahaha.

By the time we finished our meal and visited for a while the sun was shining brightly and it turned out to be a very beautiful day.  Later when I got home Doug, Tabby and Makayla stopped by for a nice long visit and to wish me a Happy Birthday.  That was so sweet of him even though he had called me on my birthday.

Well that was my day.  How was your's?  Good I hope.

Exciting News!

This is going to be another VERY EXCITING YEAR for our family.  I just found out that two more of our grandchildren are expecting babies besides my granddaughter Megan and her husband James.   My grandson Matt just called me a few moments ago with the good news that he & Tori are going to have a baby, and the day before yesterday we were told that Jimmy's granddaughter Stephanie is going to have another baby too.

I am ecstatically happy about being a great-grandma and I couldn't have received greater news about my grandchildren.  This year is going to be a VERY EXCITING YEAR first with Zac & Jen getting married, followed by the three new babies.  Life couldn't be any better than this!!!

An afternoon with the babies & health updates

How sweeter does it get than spending an afternoon with the babies. This is little Kyra and she will be six months old on July 24th and what a wiggle worm she is. She's the hardest baby to hold...she loves to move and squirm around and you really have to be on your toes when you're holding her.
This is Dyan and Sandie. Dylan has discovered the joys of taking pictures using his grandma's cell phone...or anyone's cell phone, it really doesn't matter. Dylan will be 3 years old on Friday and he invited his Papaw and I to his "pizza party." His mom kept telling him that it's not a "pizza party" but a Birthday Party.
(L-R) Valerie, Erica, Kyra, Sandie, Dylan, Jimmy, Suzanne is somewhere out of sight and I'm taking the picture.
A favorite spot of most kids, but Dylan doesn't like being in the hammock by himself. I think it's just too shaky for him and he feels like he's going to fall out of it. Here he is with his mom Erica.

Giving orders as usual. I think he's telling me to stop taking his picture.
While Dylan swings in the hammock with anyone who is willing, Jimmy is taking full advantage of holding sweet little Kyra all he can. Kyra doesn't like being put down and we know why...too many people are willing to cuddle her in their laps all day long. Erica works in a daycare and Kyra is used to being carried around by the staff and when she comes home there's Daddy, grandma, Aunt Val, and a couple grandpa's & grandma's and some great grandparents as well.
This is her way of telling me to stop taking so many pictures of her.


Yesterday I told you that Jimmy took my bike in to have a slow leak repaired and this is what was in my back tire. I'm glad they found the problem and repaired it. I sure would hate to be on the road to visit Motherkitty, Tomas & Kitten Yarn and have to make an unscheduled stop on some lonely highway. As far as I know we're still coming to visit next week for a few days and I'm sure looking forward to seeing everyone again and jumping into that beautiful blue pool with that "hunky pool man."

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Reva's dad was hospitalized on Friday and had surgery last Monday. He had a stone blocking his common bile duct. Once that was removed he seems to be doing fine and getting better. Hopefully he won't be in the hospital much longer. Reva's mom is staying with them at the cabin and they're making their daily journeys to the hospital from there. If all goes well with Reva's dad they still plan on visiting next week. We've all been looking forward to our trip with much anticipation.

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Thank goodness blogger has that new "Draft autosave," for the posts we're working on, because I just lost my post and was certainly relieved when I found it all there and intact. What a relief...WHEW! I don't compose my posts ahead of time...I sort of ad-lib as I go along, so when I used to lose them I had to start over from scratch and then it wasn't fun anymore.
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I went to the sleep disorder doctor yesterday....she & her husband both run the sleep clinic. She stays in the office and I've only seen him when he came in to read my sleep study tests each time I was there and of course he also went over my results with me.
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She told me yesterday that I had already lost 10 pounds since I began using the breathing machine at night and if I would really try, I could lose more. I wasn't aware that I had lost any weight until she told me. I'm too heavy for 10 pounds to even be noticeable. My blood pressure was also way down and she said that it was because my heart was no longer being stressed by me not getting enough air in my lungs at night. So that was really some good news to hear and I'm really pleased with my progress.
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It rained for about 3 minutes yesterday and it's looked like rain all day today with the skies alternating from fluffy white clouds and blue shies to black looking stormy clouds, but no rain. I guess I should be thankful for the little rain we got yesterday and count my blessings,
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Jimmy has been patiently waiting for me to finish my post so we can go eat supper. Now the choices begin...where to eat today?