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.

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.