Grandbabe

Now I know I just posted a picture of Kyle but I swear this baby gets cuter by the day, lol. My grandmother Cora used to say, "every crow thinks its feathers are the blackest." Yep, that's exactly how I feel about my grandson. His Momma brought him by last night and brought his first month store pictures. He's growing already and his little personality is too cute. I mean he bowls me over with just a smile and a twinkle in his eye. I'm certain he's likely to figure out in a short span of time that his Nanny is gonna be a real push over. Just sometimes though, and I so look forward to library trips and reading to him. I want to get him his own garden stuff and let him plant seeds and watch his amazement when "his" plant begins growing then we'll read Jack In The Beanstalk. I've got to get his crib up in hopes that perhaps his parents will let him have a sleep over. I finally finished up two UFO's and will try to post those real soon. My new years resolution this year was not to start anything new until I finsihed several UFO's lying around. I guess I used to be a 'serial starter' with my cross stitch but no more. I'm on a roll with these finishes now so that by next month I can start a quaker, Beatrix Potter. I've already found the threads for her too. Well I'm off to my trusty pillow to look at the back of my eyeballs for a few hours. Blessings be to all <3

Our little Kyle

My daughter in law has been taking a photo and sometimes many photos every day since our grandson was born. This was yesterdays photo at 48 days old. He's so adorable and sweet. It is so amazing how much they change. I watched him last Saturday and it's such a joy to be Nanny to this little fella. I don't know how she catches him smiling, I've tried but always miss. He's such a good baby too, I truly LOVE being grandma. I told her she could have a little girl but got a frown and a look (chuckle) so I'll enjoy Kyle and be very thankful to have him to love. His Poppy Wally, my hubby said he was looking at a magazine that sells the old fashioned pedal cars that they had when we were kids. He was so excited talking about the fire engine with real wood ladders on the side etc. I thought hold on there tiger he hasn't learned to crawl yet. Kyle's Mommy and I looked at toys at Target one day a couple of weeks back and I am amazed at the really great educational toys that are available now. Fisher Price is even making some of the same toys my kids played with 20 years ago like the phone with the rotary dial. Hopefully they don't start making those push around marble popping gadgets. That had to be the worlds most annoying toy. My brother bought one at Christmas one year for one of our kids and it discreetly disappeared never to be seen again. I made sure I repaid that favor when he had a son. With the weather change I'm thinking already of putting the garden to bed and getting that chore over and done with. Most of my flowers have seen their days in the sun and since I didn't plant as much this year it will be easier to get things done and put away ~ thank heavens. See, I am getting a little smarter as I age, I just need to convince my children of that very thing.

October is here already, how'd that happen ?

Well I managed to let the entire month of September slip by without posting. Not on purpose of course, time flies like the wind it seems. Here it is October 1st and the weather definitely cooperated with the month because it was brrrr cold last night and this morning. Tyler even turned the heat on which I promptly turned off when I realized it was on. Not ready for that bill to increase just yet. As my Dad used to say, "put a sweater on !" Now I laugh when I think about that - because when I was a teen I remember thinking he was trying to freeze us to death but later came to understand his trying to save on those heating bills etc. I also remember that he was always cold the last nine years of his life because of being on kidney dialysis. The machine either took off too much fluid or not enough which also determined how he would feel the next day. One summer it was nearly 90 degrees and I stopped over to visit him. He had on a t-shirt and a heavy quilted flannel shirt. I remarked, "golly, aren't you hot Dad?" To which he replied, "no, I'm freezing." I couldn't help myself, I yelled, "go put a sweater on !" He grinned and laughed aloud as I'm certain he recalled the many times he said that to us kids. I still cannot walk out of a room without turning off the light switch. Mom even posted a note in the bathroom to, "turn on the water to get wet then turn it off while you soap up with the washcloth then turn the water back on to rinse." These many years later I still do this out of guilt of wasting water. Some lament, "I've become my mother!" Well I quite frankly inherited quirks and good things from both. I chuckle and smile when an incident serves me up a memory or two from childhood. I am reminded of many as my own sons continue to grow and I pass along my learned, "momanddadisms." Lord only knows how long they will tolerate me in my older years, I dare not think of it, LOL. As I end this post I'll add that I'm really looking forward to fall, it being my favorite season with all the glorious colors that only God could paint in a landscape. Blessings be to all~

meyers birdie

Well, we have another new baby to love only this one is not a grandson like the other one but a little fid, a meyers parrot in the african poicephalus family. She is the smallest of that family of parrots and so cute. I am teaching her, "step up," on to my finger. She's learning well already. She was weaned on to pellets, fruits and veggies which is wonderful because seed is not very good for them and so much of it isn't eaten thus wasted money. The seller sent me home with some dry formula to mix up and use a syringe with to give her a little bit of the baby formula so that she bonds with me. He called it yum yum and it was comical to watch those birds when he said that. He would roll his cart up to a cage, open the door and say, "yum yum" and out they would jump for their share. She knew exactly what I had when I mixed it up and sat her on my lap to give her a taste of it. She makes a sweet little noise that sounds much like a kiss. Her coloring doesn't look very impressive but as she grows to an adult her head will turn yellow on top, the same as the front of her wings. You can't see it but all the way down her back is the most beautiful shade of torquiose and a beautiful green as well. I am still trying to think of a name, we've been calling her, Peeps. Who knows that might stick unless I think of something else but I'm open to suggestions, maybe I'll google bird names and see if anything strikes my fancy. Wow, can you believe tomorrow is September 1st already ?? Where did summer go so quickly, although I won't deny I love the cooler temps we've been having. Fall is afterall my very favorite time of year with all the array of colors.

Blog Candy Giveaway

Melissa has been blogging for 8 years, amazing ! She has decided to have a blog candy giveaway to celebrate her blogiversary/1000th post. Here is a link to enter the drawing which is open to anyone, the deadline for entering is 11pm PDT Wednesday August 26, 2009. There are many wonderful things included in the giveaway and would keep any stitcher happily stitching for some time. How very kind and generous Melissa, thanks.

http://www.thedailymel.com/2009/08/16/blog-candy-time/

"Sweet Baby Kyle"

Last night a sweet little baby boy was born at 7:26 PM, weighing in at 8lbs and measuring 20 inches long. He has stolen away my heart like I never could have imagined ! Look at that precious little face ! Having had three sons, I know all about the snips and snails and puppy dog tales and everything that boys are made of. I just never dreamed that having a grandson could be so very special. When I held him today 20 plus years of time that has passed since I last held one of my own infant sons, came soflty to my memory and my heart just swelled with love for this little guy. Watching his mother Gerri hold him and rock him made me so thankful that he was here and I thanked her for this sweet baby boy. His daddy was taught by the nurse to diaper him and bathe him also today and I smiled as I watched him change Kyle's diaper just after I arrived. Then when he held him and kissed his sons head so sweetly my eyes welled up a bit. How awesome to watch your child with their own, a new experience for me and one I will journal about in Kyle's scrapbook I'm making for his parents. Friends have shared how wonderful it is to have a grandchild, but I honestly never dreamed I'd have this wonderful feeling of being overwhelmed with such joy ! I am so looking forward to reliving the days when my own children were young and seeing the world through little Kyle's eyes. I'm so thankful for his and his mama's health and that all three are doing just fine. What a dear and special blessing they are, thanks be to God.

thinking of a name.......

I have put a deposit down on a meyers baby bird and can barely wait until she is weaned. Another fellow blogger owns one she named, "Stella," after her grandmother. Cute name and according to Maria, Stella is a baaaaaaad birdie. I have read many of her antics and she is just a hoot. That is Stella sitting in Maria's green teapot in the photo above. When I saw it I nearly fell off my chair laughing aloud. She thought she was hiding from her owner and her cute little head would serve as the lid but she was found out. Maria is so comical she once said if you looked up the word evil in wikipedia you would find a description of Stella and a picture of her also. She actually showed it on her blog. She really had folks believing it and said she had copied the page and photo shopped the pic of poor Stella. My baby won't be weaned until probably mid September. I'm thinking of calling her Lola or Tasha after the late Natasha Richardson. She was such a talented and beautiful actress, how tragic that she died at the young age of 45. On a happier note Gerri worked her last day on Saturday and we await baby Kyle to be born. How very exciting. I haven't looked at baby things so much in 20 years. Amazing all the new fandangled things they've come out with. One of my favorites is a quilted cover that fits over the area where you sit a child in a shopping cart. It covers up all the germs. Surely a Mom thought that one up, great idea ! Bring it home after use and throw it in the washer until the next shopping trip. I'm keeping my phone by my bed in case I get the call in the night that baby is on his way to be born. I have been finding Pooh Bear things for his room. I love Pooh and Tigger and Piglet etc. Can't wait to read to little Kyle too, I'm really looking forward to that. We'll make many library trips to get books to share ~ books can take you anywhere ! Blessings to all <3