Weekend with the Grandchildren

 Grandsons having ice cream for their bedtime snack.

 Evan playing doctor with the Teddy Bear.

 Baby Ava is not too happy since Grammie is taking a picture and not holding her.

A much happier Ava with Grammie.

Grandson Caden

Our little Ohio State Buckeye fan, Caden.  He is getting so big.  Love you Caden and miss you.

Baby Ava

 Ava is crying.  She had a burp.  She lets you know when something is not right or she wants to eat.

Ava is more content now.  She is on the new Tummy Time quilt my good friend Sally made for our princess.  Sally has made a tummy time quilt for each of our baby grandchildren.  The quilt is beautiful.  Our princess Ava seems to really like it, too.

Our Grandchildren's Stay With Us

 Sweet baby Ava asleep in her bouncy seat.  She stayed with us for 8 nights. 

 Evan watching TV before going to bed. 

 Tyler loves to play with balls.

Pappy G reading a bedtime story to two of his grandsons.. Evan and Tyler.  Being grandparents is THE BEST!!!!

Ava Loves Her Pappy G

Here is sweet Ava looking up at her Pappy G.  She is really checking him out.  From the almost smile on her face, I think she really loves her Pappy G.

Grandson Evan and His Creativity

 Evan spent the night with us.  Here is Evan pretend playing with a teddy bear.  It was so cute to watch.  He covered the bear up with his blankie and then rocked the bear to sleep.  Evan then said the bear needed a pillow.  So, Evan and his teddy bear laid down on the floor with a pillow.  It was too cute.  I was amazed with Evan's pretend play with the teddy bear.

Port Clinton Christmas with the Family

 Unwrapping presents at Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's house.

 Great-grandma thinking about her miracle great-granddaughter.

 Evan sitting with Grammy is showing how tired he is after all of the Christmas festivities.

 Great-grandpa gets to hold baby Ava for the first time.

Ava Meets Uncle Charlie

Here is Ava checking out her Great Uncle Charlie.  We have the youngest and the oldest in her family in this photo.  Ava is 8 weeks old and Uncle Charlie is 87 years old.  They have a mutual admiration for each other.  I feel you can see the love in this photo.

Merry Christmas 2011

Pappy G and Ava

Grammie sometimes lets Pappy G have a turn holding baby Ava.  Our little preemie princess now weighs 4lbs. 15oz.  She is a little sweetie pie.

Our Best Gift

Our preemie princess granddaughter Ava Grace is our best gift this year under our Christmas tree.  All praise and thanks to God.

Grandkiddos Are Fun

 Tyler loves to play at our house.  Here he is playing with the nesting cups.  Tyler is walking now.  He is such a cute boy!!

 Evan really likes the little tree in our bedroom.  He watched it for at least 20 minutes.  When I said, "I am going to go,"  Evan said, "I'm not leaving."

 Here is Pappy holding Ava during her first visit at our house without her parents!!!!  Pappy is saying Sh. Sh. as Ava is going to sleep.

 Evan likes our singing and walking Santa.  His Mommy got it from her Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas when she was 2 or 3 years old.  Evan asks for the Santa, however, Tyler is afraid of the Santa.

 Grammie with baby Ava.  I so loved having Ava at our house this afternoon for a couple of hours.  She is a sweetie pie.  Ava now weighs 4lbs. 3oz. 

Here is Ava just hanging out and checking everything out at our house.  She is a cutie patooti.

Kori's Christmas Performance

 Granddaughter Kori did a tumbling routine for the Christmas Performance.  Kori is in the red snowflake shirt with black pants.

Kori was excited to get flowers after her performance.  She did so well.  Here is Kori with her Mommy and Daddy.

Baby Ava Grace Comes Home

 Ava Grace came home Thanksgiving afternoon.  Here she is in her pj's and getting ready for bed.

Our little peanut granddaughter looks so tiny in the crib.  We are so thankful she is home and pray for her continued growth, development and good health. Thank you, God!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Evan!!!

 Evan likes his Lightning McQueen birthday cake.

 Evan is very interested in the cake.

When Evan first said he wanted a Lightning McQueen cake for his birthday, I started searching on the internet for easy ideas.  Pappy baked and carved the cake and I made the fondant.  It was the first time we worked with fondant.  I have watched many episodes of cake boss.

 We know it is not a prize winning cake, however, in our grandson's eyes, it is the best.  In our family, it is the tradition that Pappy bakes all birthday cakes.  I hope after this cake the other grandkiddos will still be content with a two layer cake.

Evan with his Mommy and Daddy.  Alisson admitted to me that she was unsure how this cake would be when I explained to her.  She thought it would be great if we just put a Lightning McQueen matchbox car on top of a two layer round cake.  Oh, no.... only the best for our grandchildren.

Our Two Youngest Grandchilren

 Preemie Ava Grace 5 weeks old (37 weeks-- due date in 3 weeks)

Caden Zachary at 9 months.

A Visit with Ava Grace

 Baby Ava taking 28ml tonight.  YEAH!!

 Grammie concentrating totally on Ava as she feeds her.

 After eating, little Ava was awake with us for about 40 minutes.

Ava is such a sweeetie pie.

Miss Ava... our preemie princess

 Grammie time with baby Ava.

 Our precious little Ava.

 This photo was taken on Sunday.  Ava now weighs 3lbs. 5oz.

 Grammie got to give Ava a bottle for the first time.

 Ava did so well and took her whole feeding from the bottle.

Grammie made sure that she was doing everything just like the nurse showed her.