Our Grandson

Caden Zachary was born on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th @ 3:00am.Caden weighed 6lbs.9oz. and is 21 inches long.  He is beautiful.   Caden has some low muscle tone in his upper extremities and is being tested for possible cause.  Here is baby Caden in the NICU.  We pray for Caden to remain strong and be a fighter and for God to heal this precious baby.

Tyler Time with Grammie and Pappy G

 Tyler spent a few hours with us last evening.  His Mommy and Daddy went out to eat for a Valentine dinner together.  The other 3 kiddos were at their church.  A sorority was doing a fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network.  They provided babysitting from 5-9pm for parents to go out to eat for Valentine's Day. Tyler's first activity was to take a bath.  He likes his baths now and kicks and moves around the bathtub.

 Tyler likes his new book that Aunt Bon and Uncle Cha Cha gave him for Valentine's Day.

 Grammie loves reading to Tyler and all of the grand kiddos.

 Grammie just has to kiss sweet Tyler.

Pappy G and Tyler are both tired out.  Both guys played too hard.

The Joy of Grandchildren

 What  a happy smiley little guy!! 

 Tyler smiles and laughs.  It is so cute.  Of course, I love to make faces and talk in a high-pitched voice to get him to smile and laugh.

On Monday we had Tyler and Evan for a couple of hours.  I had not had Tyler at our house for a couple of weeks.  I just had to take some pictures of this smiley little guy!!  Tyler is holding onto his soft rattle and is very interested it in it.  Tyler has discovered his hands and they are his favorite toy at times.  I love being a Grammie!!!!!

The Boys Have Fun (All 3---Josh, Evan and Pappy G)

 Pappy G came home from his Men's Breafast at the church.  He brought home Valentine cookies from Stimmel's Bakery for Josh and Evan.  Here is Josh showing his red tongue from the red frosting.

 Evan is using his fingers to lick off the frosting before eating the cookie.

Pappy G wrestled in high school.  I guess he is using some of his wrestling moves on Josh and Evan.  It was so fun to hear the boys squealing with fun!!!  They loved playing with Pappy G.

Boys Sleepover With Grammie and Pappy G

Lucky us.  We got to have Josh(4) and Evan (2) spend the night with us Friday.  Each month we like to do something special with the grandchildren.  Since we had Kori with us last weekend, it was the boys' turn.  Pappy G made pancakes and sausage for dinner.  Josh thought it was funny to have breakfast for dinner.  He ate 3 pancakes and 2 sausages and Evan ate 2 pancakes and 3 sausages.  Growing boys!!  We put them to bed in their sleeping bags at 8:45.  Evan woke up at 5:30 am and Josh was up by 6:30.  A very early Saturday morning for us.  The boys had cereal, breakfast bar, juice, milk and monster toast that I made with colored milk.  Josh thought that was really neat.  He made a piece of monster toast, too.  I took this video of the boys building blocks together.  I said, "Nice building blocks Josh and Evan."  I must have jinxed the situation.  As you will see, Evan knocked down Josh's blocks.  Josh hit Evan, Evan hit Josh and Josh pushed Evan.  I turned off my Flip camera and Josh was put in time out for 4 minutes.  When his time out ended, I explained that he needs to use his words to tell Evan what he does wrong and not to hit.  Josh is usually very tolerant of Evan.  We played the boardgames Candyland and Shark Attack and watched the Little Rascals movie.  Fun time!!!!!

Smiley Tyler

Tyler is such a happy baby and is so smiley.  I love this photo.  Alisson says that Tyler wakes up smiling at her.  He was 3 months old on January 20th.

Kori at Brianna's Birthday Party in Massillon

 At the start of the party, the children made monsters using Rice Krispie treats and lot of candy items to decorate their monsters.

 Here is Kori playing stick the eye on the monster.

 Bri's mom Libby was so brave to have the kids make monster slime with glue, water, Borax and monster eyes and glitter.  They loved it. 

 The kiddos waiting to light the candles on Brianna's monster cake.

We took Kori with us to attend the 8th birthday party for our great-niece, Brianna.  Kori and Brianna have become close cousins.  The party had a Monster Mash theme.  Libby, our niece and Bri's mom, made this monster cake.  What a fun day!!!

Sleeping Tyler

Tyler looks so precious sleeping with his thumb in his little mouth.  He loves to be warm.  Tyler is right next to the corner fireplace in his home. 

Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,
   We are so thankful for the many blessings you have given to us.  Our grandchildren are those precious gifts you have given to us. We come to you to ask that you continue to put your loving arms around Laurie and baby.  We ask for Baby K's continued growth and development.  We pray for the delivery to be without complications and Baby K to be born healthy and strong.  Allow us  to be patient for his arrival. 
   In Jesus' Name we pray.... AMEN

Baby K's Nursery

  I was so excited to receive photos today of Baby K's (our grandson due in February) nursery. 

                                                        Everything looks so cute.   

Grammie and The Boys

Grammie with Evan and Tyler.

Tyler's Sleepover

Friday night was Tyler's first sleepover at our house.  It is the first time he slept in the crib.  Other times when he is here, I just love holding Tyler while he sleeps.  He slept so well.  I put him in the crib at 7:30pm and he woke up at 6:30am.  I could not have asked for an easier time. As you can see in the photo, Tyler likes his arms out when he is swaddled.

Fun Sleepover With Tyler and Evan

Evan and Pappy had a great time building with blocks while baby Tyler just hung out watching. We so enjoyed having the boys overnight.

Evan Eats His Cookie

Here is our precious Evan enjoying his snowman cookie as a bedtime treat.

Evan Likes His Cookies

Evan and Tyler spent the night with us last night.  This video shows how excited Evan gets when he can have a snowman frosted sugar cookie.  He had his choice of a mitten or a snowman.  He definitely wanted the snowman.  Too cute!! 

New Year's Day

We got to have some Grammie and Pappy G time with baby Tyler and Evan this afternoon. Their Daddy with some friends did the Polar Bear Plunge and jumped into the Maumee River. We had such fun with the boys. Tyler fell asleep in my arms while I rocked him. He slept for an hour in my arms. We gave both boys a bath. We told Evan it was his Polar Bear Plunge. Tyler looked so cute in his Happy New Year outfit. Evan was in his glory having his two favorite foods at Grammie and Pappy's house... cheese puffs and cookie. On a side note, Evan wore his Thomas the Tank Engine undies and told us two times that he had to go potty. The M & M's are a great motivator and reward for Evan. I know I have said this before, but, being grandparents is sooooooooooooo much fun!!!!!!!!!!

Kiddos Opening Presents

Just a few pictures to show the excitement our grandchildren were having opening presents at our house. They are so precious and we love them soooooooooo much.

Christmas Morning

We went over to see the kiddos open their presents on Christmas morning. When we walked into the house, Josh, Kori and Evan were sitting on the steps waiting until they were told to come see their presents

. It was so cute. This is Evan with his big fire engine he got for Christmas.

Tyler at Christmas

This is Tyler with me at his first Christmas at our house. As soon as he and his family arrived, I had to take him out of his carrier and hold him. I think (or hope) that he knows his Grammie now. He was very alert and just watching all of the action while we opened presents. I ate our Christmas dinner holding him. I had to ask my sister Bonnie to cut up my ham. It brought back memories of Zach and Alisson as babies. We had a wonderful Christmas and

gave a prayer of thanks to God for all He has given to us. Merry 1st Christmas baby Tyler!!!!!!

The Kiddos at Christmas

I got a few pictures of the grandchildren prior to Christmas. I wanted to give Alisson a cute picture. As you can see, I had to do some cutting and pasting to get a good photo. In the one photo our princess is smiling and the Little Rascals are doing their thing. Love it.

My Three Boys

Last night I had the three boys for a couple of hours. I gave Tyler a bath and then he fell asleep in my arms. I put him down on his quilt so I could give Evan and Josh a bath. Tyler looks so precious sleeping and he wakes up so happy.

Tyler Time

Alisson called and asked if I wanted to have Tyler Time. She had some Christmas shopping to do yesterday morning. Of course, I want Tyler Time. He is growing too fast. I placed a soft rattle in his hand and he moved his hand holding onto the rattle.

Tyler's Check Up

On Monday, Tyler had his 8 week old visit with the pediatrician. Tyler is in the 80th percentile for weight and 60th percentile for height. He is developing great. Tyler lifted his head while on his tummy. He had to get 4 shots. Alisson said he cried and turned red. He was mad. Poor little guy. Alisson did ask about the red circular mark on Tyler's left temple area. The pediatrician reassured all of us that it is normal and should be gone by 3 years old. We are so thankful for this precious gift from God.

Potty Time

Since I am home for 2 weeks, I told Alisson I would be happy to potty train Evan. I potty trained both of our children in a day. I takes one full day at home with no other distractions. Evan showed all signs of being ready.... vocabulary well-developed, wakes up with a dry diaper at night, and has gone potty before on the big potty. Evan did so well yesterday. He loved getting M&M's for sitting on the potty. When he went potty, he got M&M's and cheese puffs! We even called Thomas the Tank Engine (Aunt Bonnie) and Batman(Pappy G) to tell them that he went potty on his Froggy. Alisson bought him an adorable Fisher Price Froggy potty chair. He will still have potty accidents, but, he gets the idea of going on his Froggy potty. I thought this photo was too cute of Evan looking at a book while sitting on his potty chair.

Sleep Over

Last night we had Josh, Kori and Evan spend the night with us. We had fun. They had Christmas cookies and hot chocolate. We made popcorn as they watched the recorded Charlie Brown Christmas and Frosty the Snowman. Fun!!! Evan now sleeps in a bed and has been out of the crib for a month. We were thinking what the sleeping arrangements would be. We decided to buy sleeping bags for them that would stay at our house. Kori got a Princess sleeping bag. She said, "I have always wanted a princess one." Josh got a Toy Story 3 sleeping bag. He said, "This is just what I wanted." Evan got a Cars sleeping bag. He was unsure of the sleeping bag at first. Evan did sleep in the sleeping throughout the night and did not get out of it. We were surprised how well Evan slept in the sleeping bag for the first time. Wonderful!!! We thought at this age sleeping bags would be more fun than air mattresses for the kids. These photos were taken just after we gave them their sleeping bags.

Tyler Time

I was so lucky this evening. I got to have Tyler with me for 3 hours all by myself. Pappy was not home so I did not have to share Tyler with him. Tyler was awake for 2 hours. I did "Tummy Time" with him. As you can see, he is trying to get his head up. The one photo is the first picture taken of Tyler with a smile. He has smiled at home before. This is the first smile I have seen and I got the picture by accident. Tyler fell asleep on his quilt. I said, "You are not sleeping here, Tyler." I picked him up and cuddled with him on the couch for an hour. I just loved it!!!!!!!

Santa's Little Helper

Tyler looks so cute in his Christmas outfit. He is the cutest Little Santa Helper. I know Alisson thought Tyler would be able to wear Evan's first Christmas outfit. She tried it on last week, and it did not fit Tyler. I am so glad I got this outfit for Tyler. He is growing too fast.

Dedication Day

Josh, Kori and Tyler were dedicated last Sunday at their church. What a special day!!

Two Handsome Guys in My Life

This was just too cute. We went to Alisson and Terence's church for Josh, Kori and Tyler's Dedication service. Pappy G and Evan looked so cute color coordinated and it was not planned!!!!!

Evan's 2nd Birthday

Last Sunday we celebrated Evan's 2nd birthday at our house. He was unsure about blowing out the candle on his cake. Brother Josh was very willing to help. Evan liked the cake and ate 2 pieces!!!!

Evan Is All Boy

Last evening we had Tyler and Evan with us for a couple of hours. Tyler is still as sweet as ever and LOVES to cuddle with me!!!!!! Evan was all boy. He asked for his jeep cars and blocks. He was busy making sounds for the jeep cars going and built garages for them. When I asked him, "Evan, do you want to eat now?" Evan said, "No, no, no, no, I play cars." Well I gave him 5 more minutes to play. A little later, it was time for Evan's bath. He usually loves to take a bath and cries when he has to get out. Tonight, however, he answered me, "No, no, no, no bath, I play cars." Luckily, he changed his mind when he heard the water running in the bathtub and said, "I take a bath." I hope this No No No is not the beginning of the terrible twos. I can look at it as Evan is now being more assertive in what he does and has an opinion. Evan had to sit in his wooden rocking chair every time he sang Jingle Bells to us or sang the ABC song. It was too funny. We love being grandparents.