Babies are the Best!

Say hello to my new grandson, Henry Michael, born 7/14, isn't he just beautiful!

Henry with his mom and dad the day after birth. My daughter, Dannon, who is a radiographer, and her hubby, Aaron, who is an ex Marine Sharpshooter, did 3 tours at the beginning phase of the Iraq War. Is now a Police Officer in a big City located in Ohio.

Both their boy's together...William is the one in the photograph on the left side of the blog, wearing the little owl sac and hat after he was born....with his new brother Henry...who was born with some health issues. He has bilateral kidney reflux clearly shows in the right kidney, which means the urine back flows from the bladder back in to the kidney... along with a duplicate right kidney. I am not sure what all that means....I do know he has been on antibiotics since birth. From what I know it looks like surgery is clearly in the near future, along with surgery to his eye ducts which didn't fully develop to open them. We are all praying for Henry.

William is certainly enjoying his new little brother is bonding with him very well.

And what a handsome little guy, Henry is, I just love this photograph. It was a preview of what's to come. I can't wait to see them all. Be still my heart ...I am in love!

                                                                      

A Tiny Visitor

Monday my daughter, Dannon, stopped by with her little one William who is now 16 months. Gosh how time flies, look to the left side of my blog, he is the baby in the gray owl sack I knitted for him.

It hardly seems like he should be so grown already.

William has such a beautiful soul and amazing character, it's a delight to be around him. His mommy taught him sign language, I was so excited she remembered it from her twin brother's with Down Syndrome, neither communicate other than signing, William is extremely good at the basics. I can not tell you what it means to a toddler to be able to express themselves. He literally has no frustrations with communicating, he was able to tell us everything he wanted, right down to when he was done eating. He even signs thank you after you give him something. My daughter is amazing with him, giving him only fruit to snack on with no junk food. At night when it's bed time, she will tell him nite, nite, time...he goes to the bedroom she follows behind. He gets ready even brushes his teeth, but, is allowed his binky only when going to bed. I had so much fun with him, I can not express how happy this little boy is...William and Grammie, and yes I was tickling him. Be still my heart, I am in love <3

For the Love....

Things are getting back to normal after a couple weeks of a very difficult time. I don't know if my daughter in law's will find it quite as settling yet. As I mentioned in my last post both of the my daughter in law's lost there first parent tragically. If I didn't mention yes, both lost a parent in the same week with one loosing her grand father a week before her father. It's truly been sad and has left us all in aw of what happened. So today I speak of things that bring me joy and love. 

The dolls by Kaye Wiggs are just amazing and rightfully so, she is a very talented artist. Owning one of her dolls would be a privilege, yet one I can not afford, as they cost anywhere from 500.00 to 800.00 or more.. I think with those kind of funds to spend I'd like a week of relaxing somewhere I could be pampered for awhile.

Little William is turning one in November it hardly seems possible, I feel as though I just had the gray owl cocoon on the needles, and speaking of needles it seems the blanket feels like an endless project. I still push forward like a soldier in battle to complete it although I have to admit it's not daily. Oh how I try...good news I am now a little over half way done. Whee! William captures my heart every time I see him, even if it's just a photograph or video his smile brightens my day. I fear he is going to be a heart breaker, as he has already broken mine and crawled inside. I love this little man more than I thought possible as does his mommy, my daughter, who surprises me daily with her wisdom at such a young age. 

We were at Bob Evans a family restaurant in Ohio, which has wonderful home cooked meals and my daughters favorite place. As I sat and watch interacted with William, she said, " I like to watch you and dad interact with William, it tells me I must of had a wonderful childhood." I was in aw...I truly never thought anyway like her at the same age. She is so incredibly mindful of things around her. I find myself growing closer and more proud of her daily. As she said, you must of done something right mom. I finally think so...she is just beautiful both inside and out. 

To end the post the artwork in the paper towel tubes is amazing. She is an artist who is in another Country which at this moment I can't remember, however, she cuts all the pieces glues them inside and comes up with these amazing scenes. Truly artwork that is not only tedious but captivating.

Being an empty nester I am still growing and learning everyday, it's a non stop part of life. It's not always pleasant as in this fall of my life, I am learning how often death occurs, when everyone around is now much older and in their senior years. I am learning death is one of the things you are faced with more often than one would like to hear or visit even if only through word of mouth, or the newspaper. I am learning how to cope, how to help those around me cope, when to speak and when to just listen. I send my daughter in law's a text everyday and will continue for a year to let them know I am thinking of them and how very much I love them.

Could it be Possible....

Could it be possible that a sunrise could be so magnificent with it's hues of blues and yellows, it alone would brighten your day.

Could it be possible to love someone so intensely, who simply is a reflection of genetics passed down from generations, and not be your birth child. Is it so unbelievable little Will is nearly a year old is walking around furniture, gosh how fast time goes by....a statement heard over and over again.

Could it be possible to not only see but capture such a gorgeous sunset and not wonder if it's the same all over the world. 

Could it be possible? 

What's going on...

Thought I would pop in as it's been awhile since I've posted. The grand baby "Will" is growing today he is 3 months already. I have two grand baby girl's due to arrive soon, the first of any girl's, one is due the first week of April and the other the end of May.

I've been doing more sewing and have abandoned the knitting or crocheting for awhile. I needed a break, both seem to take awhile to complete once a project is started, and winter seems like it's been so long this year, I just needed to stop the yarning.

 I feel the need to garden, get outside, but the weather, well, let's just say enough is enough this year. It's the cold that seems to be the hardest, it hasn't been this cold in decades. Makes it difficult to want to get out and stroll the world. Everything is just so frozen...I don't believe I will be complaining this year if the summer is warmer than usual after all this cold weather.

Once I get photographs done I will post what I've been sewing, I did mention some pillow cases and yes there are a lot, some with worn fabric flower attached. Let's just say I'm on a roll working with the fabric and some of it be colorful makes it seem more like spring!

New Grand Baby Has Arrived...

 

Meet William Carter C. " Baby Will"

 

 

 

My third grand baby made his way into the world. Birthday 11/12/13 weird isn't it...Weighing in at 7 lbs. 14 oz. - 21" long. And what a cutie! I had forgotten how small a newborn really is...especially with the last grand baby born, who is now 6 years old. And now this little one, so tiny, so new, so much ahead of him, I just couldn't stop watching as my daughter hovered over him. Not missing a sound, a movement, a facial expression, she was completely mesmerized, and so in love you could see, by her new baby boy. She looked at me and said, Mom, I don't want to miss a moment with him, I want to watch him every single second.

 

 

She swaddles him so tightly in his little blankets, wrapped tight like a little burrito. A technique Will's daddy has down pat. I watched has she spoke to him in such a soft voice...telling me...I wonder what he will look like a year from now...when he's all grown up, she said, I keep trying to imagine what he will look like all grown up. A very familiar question I too had ask and wondered the day she was born. There she is sitting in the hospital rocker looking beautiful, despite the fact she had just given birth, and all natural too. No medications after many unsuccessful attempts to administer an epidural. She did it!

 

 

 I look at her and think my baby just had a baby. So incredible different from a daughter in law, such a amazingly close feeling and one awesomely new experience. I always tell people don't have a girl, they are so demanding, whinny, and verbal, yet as I watched her with her own, I now understand the connection. It's also amazing how much the camera likes her....both her hubby and I agreed. She knows how to express herself to a camera lens, so proud, and in love, she is, with that little guy!

 

 

And this guy...her hubby...was so amazingly patient, and attentive to them both. I don't believe I have ever seen a father so involved in all ways, so soon. I was in aw and impressed at his ability to know exactly what to do in every moment she held him, he knew just by her sounds, when she was becoming frustrated with the new nursing method. He just got up and guided her patiently.  I could see it in so many ways, how much he had grown, matured and took noticed of his wife and son. I was always worried, he did 3 tours in Iraq in the early years of the war as a Marine sniper. His third tour he was commander of his brigade and on his second tour loosing his best friend to an IED. He came back a very quite, yet angry and cocky young man. But there has been a change with age and now as a father he is humbled. What a team they make...as I watched the rhythm, the understanding of each other in the simple ways they communicated. Waiting 7 years for this little guy, building there careers, him a police officer for the Veterns Hospital and her a radiographer. They managed to put together funds to let daddy stay home with his new son for a month. Good job I say to them both...I see this union lasting a lifetime.

 

And now on to more big news....I am to be a grand mother again in April to the first baby girl of the clan. And with that said...

 

Happy Birth Day, little Will, there is much love around you, and I am sure, more to come.

 

"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have Peace"

Thomas Paine