Cute Caden

Caden sound asleep on his Gramma Linda's shoulder.  He looks so peaceful.

Caden listening to his Daddy playing the guitar.

Caden all bundled up to go for a walk.  If he was in NW Ohio he would have to be wearing a lot more clothing to keep warm.  He is so cute!!!

Caden is wearing his cool booties.  I can hardly wait to hold this precious grandson.

Caden Snoozing with Daddy

Here is Caden taking a nap with Daddy in the recliner.

Caden Loves Being Home

Caden is so cozy at home.  What a precious little baby boy.

Tyler at Our House

Here is Tyler wearing hand me down pajamas from Evan.   He looks more and more like Evan. Tyler does have bright blue eyes and Evan's eyes are brown.  Tyler is such a happy baby.  He smiles and laughs a lot.  He is beginning to make sounds and babble.  He blows bubbles, too.  We have so much fun with him.  He smiles as soon as he sees me.  I just love it.

Caden at Home

Hayley is already Caden's best buddy.

 Caden's first bath at home.  Too cute!!

Caden doing Tummy Time.  Grammie is so happy to see this.

Caden and his family going for a walk.  It was 85 degrees while here in Ohio we are wearing our winter coats again today.

Caden's Homecoming

Mommy, Daddy and Baby Caden saying Good-bye to Duke University Hospital after being there for 5 weeks.

Daddy feeding baby Caden. Caden is wearing the My First St. Patrick's Day bib from Grammie and Pappy
G.   Home Sweet Home for Caden and Daddy.   "Thank you dear Lord this wonderful day and thank you for being with Zach and Laurie during these past 5 weeks.  Continue to keep Zach, Laurie and Caden in your loving, protective arms.  In Jesus' name I pray. Amen."

A Few Hours with Tyler

Tyler's family went to Kori's School Carnival.  We got to have Tyler with us.  He Skyped with Aunt Bon Bon for a half hour.  Tyler is such a sweet baby.  He loves to hold his head up while on his tummy and just look around. 

Here is Tyler after his bath and being fed.  He has his thumb and is ready to fall asleep.   We got him these lion pajamas. They are size 6 months.  I just love the outfits/pajamas with the bottom decorations.

Baby Caden

Caden's Gramma took this photo of him in his crib in the Transition Nursery at Duke Hospital.  We are so thankful to God for his continued growth and development.

Evan

Evan came over to play for a couple of hours this evening with Tyler, Josh and Kori.  When I first took pictures of Evan, he squinted his eyes closed.  After taking the picture, he said, "I did this."  I said, "You look goofy in the picture" and I showed the picture to him.  Afterwards, Evan at least had his eyes open for these photos.  As you can see, he still likes cars and other vehicles.  Evan seems like a big boy compared to baby Tyler. 

Tyler Time

Tyler is holding up his head so well.  I had not seen him for a week.  What a difference a week makes in a baby's development!!!!

Tyler is thinking... Quick!  Take the picture Grammie before I roll over.

Caden and Daddy

 Caden is thinking, "I feel so safe in my Daddy's arms."

 Caden loves to cuddle with Daddy!!

Caden holding onto his Daddy's thumb.  So sweet.

Caden is Two Weeks Old

 Caden is changing by the week.

 Mommy and Daddy feeding baby Caden.  We are praying that Caden continues to be stronger and take more of his feedings with a bottle.

 What a precious little baby boy!!

I just love this photo. 

The Proud Parents

Proud beautiful parents with their precious son Caden Zachary!!!!!

Good News for Caden Zachary

The doctors at Duke University Hospital have diagnosed Caden's condition as congenital muscle fiber type disproportion.  This means that his muscle fibers are various sizes.  This is what caused his low muscle tone.  Zach and Laurie were told that this seems to be a mild form and that Caden should be able to walk and run like any other little boy.  Since Caden's daddy is a runner and Caden's mommy is a massage therapist, we are sure that Caden's muscle development will be enhanced.  We give all of our praise and thanks to our God!!!!! 

Caden Zachary

Baby Caden doing his physical therapy.  He is 9 days old.  We are so thankful for the progress he is showing in swallowing, taking a bottle, and moving his arms and legs.  PTL!!!!!!!!

Caden with Mommy and Daddy

 What is more beautiful than a Mother's love for her son!!??!!!!

Daddy singing to Caden.

Mommy's Little Prince

Here is little Caden Zachary after his sponge bath on Thursday night.  His Mommy and Daddy got to dress him in an outfit for a little bit.  The outfit says "Mommy's little prince." We love little Caden soooooooooooo much!!!!

My Grandson Babies

Baby Tyler went for his 4 month check up.  He is 25 inches long and weighs 13lbs. and some ounces.  He got two shots today.  Tyler had his thumb in his mouth for the first shot and then he screamed and cried for the second shot.  Tyler is rolling over now.

Baby Caden is remaining stable.  Today he had a muscle biopsy and did well with that surgical procedure.  We traveled to see Caden Zachary this past weekend.  It was great to see Caden, Zach and Laurie.  It is so hard having them far away.  We drove down Friday at 3:30pm and arrived at 1:30am Saturday.  Yesterday we started out at noon and arrived home at 9:30pm.  I had no school today for Presidents' Day and Gerry took the morning off.  We have both decided that we can at anytime make a quick trip to NC. We were so thankful that the weather was great for our traveling in February.  We ask for your continuing prayers for Baby Caden and his family.  With God all things are possible.

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.