Two Cute Little Boys

Joshua was wearing Woody Toy Story pajamas that we got him for his birthday. Evan was wearing jammies we bought him. The boys looked so cute. I asked Joshua if I could take a picture of Evan and him. Josh stood ready for me to take a picture. Since Josh was going to do a photo, Evan was very willing to do so, too. After I took the picture, Josh asked, "Let me see." Of course, Evan, the copycat, said, "Let me see." I just thought the two boys looked so cute.

Boys' Night and Sleepover

Tonight we have Josh and Evan spending the night with us. It has been a really fun time. The boys wanted to have some cake and ice cream tonight. Josh was wearing new pajamas and he put on one of Evan's bibs to wear. He knew he would be messy. Evan put his hands into the cake immediately. They both are too funny. As you can see they both loved their bedtime snack.

Our Darling Daughter

Alisson has 4 weeks to go until we see our little baby grandson. He is due October 22nd. I get to be in the delivery room again. What an honor and what a joy to be able to see God's precious little miracle be born. I took this photo this evening as Alisson, Terence and the kiddos were over to celebrate my birthday and Terence's birthday. We have the same birthday! We had pizza and German chocolate cake for Terence and white confetti cake for me. Gerry is so wonderful to take our requests for birthday cakes. We had a wonderful time with our grandchildren and daughter and son-in-law. I think Alisson looks beautiful in this photo. Please keep Alisson and the little baby in your prayers.

Our Little Boy

Evan is no longer a baby. He is a little boy. He looks like a little boy, acts like a little boy and talks like a little boy. In this photo, Evan is checking out his MP3 musical toy. This is the first time that he selected it himself to play with and was very interested in it. We love our little boy!!!!!

Evan Visiting Us

On Saturday afternoon, we had Evan from 4:00 to 6:00. His family went early to tailgate for the BGSU football game. We got to have Evan so he would not be at the stadium so long. He has not been at our house in over a week. His language has really developed in that short period of time. I told Evan I was going to the store and I would be right back. Evan sat with Pappy G and said, "Bye Grammie." When I got home from Meijer, Evan was pulling a teddy bear in the little red wagon. Earlier, Pappy G had taken Evan for a long wagon ride. I told Evan it was time for his bath. When in the tub, Evan said, "Grammie, watch this." He splashed the water and laughed. When I got him out of the tub, Evan said a few words that sounded like "Sue" to me. I asked him, "Sue who, Evan?" He then clearly said, "BGSU." I was at that time putting on his BGSU Falcon t-shirt. We then took him out to the stadium to find his parents. As we were walking, several people said, "Ah, look at the cute baby." Evan looked like a big boy to me in his BGSU shirt, blue jeans and light up tennis shoes. He is a cool dude!!

Pappy G and His Boys

The birthday party was winding down. I asked Alisson if I could help clean up. She said, "You can help by watching Evan, Josh and Kori." No problem.... I can do that. I thought this was a cute picture of Pappy G with his boys. They must have been talking about something. It was a fun day!!!

Evan Gets a Gift Too

Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Charlie brought a car for Evan. He was so excited about this car. He played with it for a long time. Joshua got a blue car just like Evan's for his birthday from Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Charlie. I got to take care of Evan during the party so Alisson could do everything else. I had the best job in the world to do today!!!!!!!

Opening Presents

In this picture Joshua is going to look at our birthday card and then open our presents to him. We gave him several gifts with a Toy Story Theme since we took him to see Toy Story 3 this summer. Look at our daughter sitting with her legs crossed and she is 8 months pregnant!!!!!

Joshua Turns 4

Today we went to our grandson Joshua's 4th birthday. He had his party with his buddy Drew who turned 3. It was a Super Heroes theme. So, Pappy G and Grammie made a Spiderman cake for him. We are not cake decorators. We just try to figure out to make a cake look right by what we can do. We used black licorice for the spiderweb. It was a fun time and Joshua is a sweet little boy.

Kids' Night With Us

Evan, Josh, and Kori came over this evening for a few hours while their Mommy and Daddy went out to eat. Kori drew houses with sidewalk chalk. Evan played cars and rode his big wheel. Josh rode his big wheel that our neighbors Dick and Kathy gave to us. Kori asked to have Smores. So, Pappy built the fire and all of us had Smores. Then, it was bathtime and shower time for the kiddos. After that, Evan asked for a cookie. So, all three kids sat at the table and had a cookie and chocolate milk. We watched Wonder Pets and read books. Kori worked on the computer, too. I love the photo of Evan eating his Smore. In the other photo, it looks like Pappy G may need a bigger rocking chair for all of his grandchildren. I just love being a Grammie. I am so glad to hear that the children are excited to come to our house.

A Very Special Day

We have been waiting for this day for a long time. Our daughter and son-in-law officially adopted 2 children they have had for 2 1/2 years in their care. We now our forever Grammie and Pappy to our forever grandchildren Josh and Kori. We are so thankful that we could be at the court proceedings. It was a joyous day!!! Josh and Kori have been a part of our family since April 2008, however, it is now legal and official. And..... I can finally post pictures of them. Enjoy!!!!!! Thank you to our God for the wonderful addition to our family!!!!!

Outside Playtime

After dinner on Friday, Pappy G took Evan for a wagon ride. This is a wagon that Evan's Mommy and his Uncle Zach rode in. Evan really enjoys riding in the wagon.

Evan in the Big Bed

Evan and I played a game of pretending to take a nap in the big bed. I wanted to see how he would react to a big bed. Evan loved the glow in the dark stars on the ceiling. He asked for his blankie and rested in the bed for a few minutes. It was too cute. He will soon be transitioning from his crib at his house.

Evan and Pappy G

Last night Evan wanted Pappy G to put him to bed. Well, I noticed Evan sitting up longer than he usually does. I realized Pappy G did not turn on his moving fish light. I tried to sneak in Evan's room and turn on the fish light. Of course, Evan saw me. He stood up in his crib and said, "Up pease." I just had to get him up. This was at 9:00pm. I told Evan, "It is night night time. You will have to sit." Evan wanted to sit and rock with Pappy G. Evan now calls his grandpa Pappy G and not just Pappy. I had to take this precious photo of Evan cuddling with his Pappy G. Evan just sat and cuddled for about 15 minutes. Then Pappy G said, "Let's go find your blankie and doggy." Evan went right to sleep in his crib.

Evan on the Computer

I have been working with Evan at Fisher Price infant games on the computer for many, many months. I took a chance today of letting him do it by himself. All he has to do is touch any key. I, however, told him to only touch the space bar. Evan did very well. He has asked to do the zoo twice this morning and has done it by himself (with my watching him).

A funny remark: Evan asked "Where is Pappy G at? I said, "He is at work." Evan responded with "Sorry." Too precious.

Last Weekend

We had a wonderful family get together last weekend. Evan loved seeing his Aunt Laurie and Uncle Zach. All week he has been asking Where Zach at? Where Laurie at? I told him they went home on an airplane. So, every time Evan sees an airplane, he says, " Airplane, Zach." or "Airplane, Laurie." These two photos were taken at Evan's house just before we took Zach and Laurie to the Detroit airport.

Evan and His New Basketball Hoop

We just had to get Evan a basketball set his size. The other day he was playing outside at our house. He tried to throw a ball up to the basketball hoop for the big boys. It was heart wrenching to see how much he wanted to get the ball up in the hoop. I was so excited to have received it on Friday and knew that Evan would be visiting us tonight. When Evan saw the basketball hoop and ball, he was so excited. It was too precious to see. Evan even did a slam dunk!!!! He played with it for at least an hour.

Evan Playing

This week I have been able to play with Evan at my house a few times for an hour or so. His Mommy has been busy with Vacation Bible School. She is the VBS director. So, she needed some time to get things ready each afternoon. I have loved having Evan with me. He is so easy to take care of. He communicates all of his needs and desires. I called Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Charlie today so they could listen to Evan talking as he played. Evan said "Charlie" for the first time today and Uncle Charlie got to hear it. Pappy got home in time to see Evan today. They played the guitar together. Evan said, "Evan's guitar." Pappy had to tell him that the guitar is Uncle Zach's. I am always thankful for this wonderful gift given to us. Evan's favorite toys today were a truck and his doggy.

Cute Photo

I was so excited to capture this cute picture of Evan today. Usually he is on the move or turns his head or something. Today, I got a cute one. YEAH!!!!!!

Evan Today

This morning I got to play with Evan for about an hour. He was wearing a darling Hawaiian outfit. He and his family were going to have lunch in the park today. Evan and I played cars, read an Elmo book, went for a walk, played bubbles and Evan got to swing. We always have chocolate milk for the kids to have at Grammie and Pappy's. Today I caught a couple of pictures of Evan drinking his chocolate milk. He started to say "Ah" after taking a sip. The one photo shows him with his mouth wide open saying "Ah". He is too funny.

Fun with Evan

In this photo, Evan is playing a game with me. On his own, he put his truck behind his back. You can see him asking me in this photo "Where truck go?" I was impressed by this level of play and thinking.

Play Time

Evan is very interested in cars and trucks. He, also, likes to play with his Thomas Train at his house. At my house.... it is cars, trucks, and balls. After our walk this morning, we played outside for a little while. Evan colored with sidewalk chalk and played with his cars and trucks. He is all boy.

Big Boy Evan

We decided that it was time to put the high chair back up in the attic. We bought a table booster seat for Evan. His baby brother will not need a high chair until April. Evan came over to play for a few hours today. I got to feed him breakfast. He ate a bowl of Rice Krispies, peanut butter toast, a breakfast bar, orange juice and milk. Evan did very well sitting in the booster seat at the table. He seems like such a big boy now.

Fireworks

We watched the BG fireworks display with Evan and his family. At first Evan was a little scared. I was holding him and I said, "Pretty and Boom and Bang." He then started to say "Fireworks pretty, boom," and enjoyed the fireworks. Alisson told me that on their way home Evan said, "Where is it? Where did the fireworks go?" Too cute!!! I am so thankful that I can share these special moments in Evan's life with him.

Evan Playing

It is so fun to watch Evan pretend play. He is playing differently with the airplane that Uncle Zach had. He puts characters in it and drives it all around the family room. It is so interesting to see how the play skills emerge at this age. Evan was interested in my camera today. I showed him all of the pictures on the camera. There were pictures of Evan as a baby, his first birthday, family photos, etc. He sat in my lap and just looked at each picture. I got teary eyed as I saw his baby pictures and realized how grown up he seems at 19 months and the time has flown by.

Evan With Us

We got to have Evan spend the night with us last night. His family was camping out. We had so much fun with him. Evan went to church with us. It was his first time to stay in church for the whole service. We even had communion today. We played outside after church and he got to swing, too. We came in as it got warmer. Evan got his bear out of his rocking chair and gave it a kiss and then he put it down and said, "Night night bear." Too cute!

Evan Recovering

Our little guy Evan was very very sick yesterday. He woke up from his nap at 4:00 with a temperature of 103.8. Alisson called me and had me come over to watch the other children as she took Evan to the emergency room. His temperature at the ER was 104.7!!!!!! The hospital did bloodwork and took a chest x-ray. Evan has pneumonia. I was with him today while Alisson attended Safety Town graduation. I took these photos to show how modern medicine is one of God's miracles to us. Although Evan is a little cranky at times today, you can see what a sweetie he is playing with his choo choo train. We are so thankful to God that Evan is feeling so much better.

Grammie Can Brag

If you get tired of my bragging as a grandmother, then don't read this post. It is just more of my bragging as Evan's Grammie.

Evan rote counts on his own to 6 and if someone says, One, he says two, someone says three and Evan says 4, etc. all the way to 10. Today, he pointed to my car and said "red car." I had a very heartwarming experience with Evan today. He said "Hug" and we hugged for a few minutes. I said, "I love you" and Evan said "Love you!" That was the first time he said "Love you" to me. It was a WOW moment for me.

Belated Birthday

We had a belated birthday dinner for Evan's mommy today. All of his family was here. After we sang "Happy Birthday" to Alisson, Evan said "Happy birthday to you." It was too cute. He was all smiles as we sang Happy Birthday.

Too Precious

When Evan was at our house on Tuesday, I put him in the highchair to have him eat his dinner. As I sat down beside him, Evan said, "God is Great." What????!!!! I said, "Oh,you want to say the God is Great prayer. I said the prayer and when I said, "Amen," Evan said, "Amen." So touching to my heart. We said the prayer at every meal time when Evan was with us for the 6 days. Of course, he did not fold his hands and seemed to be more interested in his food. Well, he must have been listening to come up with this comment today. I LOVE EVAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evan's Uncle Zach

I know Evan would want Uncle Zach's triathlon t-shirt. It was the 3 Little Pigs Triathlon. Evan likes to say "oink".

Evan's Aunt Laurie and Uncle Zach

Here are Evan's Aunt Laurieand Uncle Zach before the triathlon and after the triathlon. Can you tell which photo is which??? Zach swam 250 meters, rode 14 miles and ran 3.1 miles in the North Carolina heat and humidity. I know Evan will clap and say "Wow" when he sees his Uncle Zach.

Evan's Uncle Zach

Evan's Uncle Zach did his first triathlon in North Carolina. I know Evan would have wanted to swim, bike and run with Uncle Zach. Zach did an amazing job. We are so proud of him.