3 Weeks Old

Three weeks old...and cuter every day. Grandma got to have the kids over for the day while the big kids went to Tri Cities to celebrate Sarah's birthday. Lets just say it was a good day. I am guessing that Chelsea does not quite trust my parenting skills as she was by my side all day instructing me on how to take care of her brother. She was even willing to help me out when I so much as blinked in the other direction.

I wouldn't say she is jealous, I am watchful for that, but she must be included on everything.
Can you see it? I go to change his diaper and she already had all the snaps undone on his outfit for me. I give him a bottle and she is sitting down on the couch telling me she can hold him. I turn my back while he is safely laying on the couch and she is giving him a bottle that he doesn't need or want, or she is picking him up. She just didn't understand Grandma's frustration with her and I didn't want to over react either.

So far, Ryder is a good sport about all of our transitioning. Lets hope he will always be that easy going.


I am so lucky to have two such beautiful grandchildren. I want to always be a huge part of their life. I want them to have memories to last a life time of wonderful moments they shared with their Papa and Grandma.

A Visit From Uncle Jonny

We always love a visit from Jonathan, but usually they are for a Guards weekend so we don't get to see him too much. This time we got him for a weekend with no commitments. Chelsea decided playtime at the park would be a grand idea, so off we went. He is so good with Chelsea, I think it is the little kid in him. I think he very much enjoys being silly with her and making her laugh.
Chelsea told me she knew how to cross the monkey bars all by herself but as soon as we got there she froze. Uncle Jonny showed her how it was done, and her best attempt was to get on his shoulders and cross that way. Hey, if I had a choice that is how I would do it too, its much easier that way.

Chelsea loves to play outside, she would stay out there all day long if we could handle it. Here they are having a "race". To keep her running you have to chase her though. I think she would of beat Jonathan anyway. She is laughing the entire way.

Uncle Jonny got to meet Ryder for the first time too. As soon as Ryder started to fuss he looked at me and said, "I have absolutely no idea what I am suppose to do." The look on his face was priceless!

What an Adventure...Part 2

So, here we are with Part 2 of our adventure. Yes, the it stopped raining and YES it was still cold and wet. Did this fact slow them down...NO. They have been here together many times and off they go to have some fun.
I will be honest, I have as much fun as they do. I have said it before, I am a different Grandma than I was a mom. Sure, we spent days at the park and at the pool and on many adventures together, but I don't know if I loved it this much.

NOTE TO SELF: NOTE TO OTHERS:

Enjoy every minute of every day!

Dirt washes off.

Rain will make you wet, but you will dry eventually.

If clothes get stained from climbing on fire trucks....who cares...buy new ones.

Don't miss today while waiting for tomorrow.


Chelsea was all about the "posing" and not so much about the swinging from the bars. Landon is a complete monkey on the bars and is strong enough to cross them all by himself.

There apparently is no such thing as too high when pushing these two in the tire swing. They love it and they laugh the entire time, telling me to push them more.

If you can't have a balanced diet, then at least balance on the beam. I think I can do that. This beam is a little tricky since it moves when you walk on it but both Chelsea and Landon have no problems on it.

Now, there was laughter.....and there were tears. Landon insisted he had to be inside the tires while Chelsea as on top of them. He worked his was through, laughing the whole time...and then...................

he pinched his tummy and when he finally got out he was crying. Next thing we knew, we looked at Chelsea and she was crying because Landon was crying. I am not sure Ronda or I knew whether to laugh or cry at the whole scene.

I guess I chose to at least try and comfort the two of them, which took about 60 seconds and then they were good to go.

I just never know where my next adventure will be, but I know I will have them. They are too great to pass up. I do need to start developing the pictures though since this adventure produced nearly 400 pictures. Too bad I didn't have my camera, we could of got a few more.

What an Adventure...Part 1

I promised Chelsa we could go to the park...and it was pouring rain. Back up plan, lets go see Papa at work. I knew Landon would like this adventure, and so would his mom so we invited them along. Good thing I did, it was twice as fun with a friend, and my camera once again went dead on me. (Okay, I use it so much I forget to charge the dang thing)

They were so excited and ran from one fire truck to the next. Papa gave them quite the tour and they got to climb on everything they could find. Here they got to try on a fire coat that weighed as much as they did, well, maybe not as much as Chelsea, but they were swimming in it.

And then the safety vest.....

They had no fear up on top of the trucks. Notice all the pictures are taken from ground level...yep, Ronda and I kept our feet planted on the ground.

Outside on top of another truck, once the rain stopped a bit.

And a cheesy pose.

The funniest part of the whole day was right here. Mark let them listen to their hearts with the stethoscope. Landon listened to Chelsea and his eyes got real big and he said....."SHE IS WOUND UP!"

They both got to put on the head sets and talk to each other.

And what fire station is complete without a workout room. They had just as much fun in here as they did with the trucks.

This was hysterical, all she did was move her arms. She must of been watching how I do those pushups.

So, you wonder what part two of the adventure was...it quit raining so off to the park we went...