Grandma and Grandpa can’t wait to meet this little guy……
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It’s a…………………..
Last night, Danielle had an ultrasound. Here’s the excited couple in the waiting room before the ultrasound.
HE is a beautiful baby boy (no more wondering what to call “it”). He has a skull and a brain – we saw that.
He currently weighs 12 oz. and Danielle is twenty weeks along – same as the original estimate. Sue (Danielle’s mom) and I both got to go in with Corey and Danielle during the ultrasound. It was very special. Neither of us had ultrasounds for our babies so it was nice to see our grandson.
Here’s a picture of the happy family…Mommy, Daddy and their son…..
Click here Baby’s heartbeat – 12_15_09 for audio of his heartbeat at Danielle’s doctor appointment in December.
Happy New Year!!!!
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…….Corey’s sleeping….and so is Chloe. This was a beautiful New Year’s Eve. Corey and Danielle came and we had pizza and Corey and I made chocolate crinkle cookies (Keith’s favorite – sorry you missed it Keith). Corey fell asleep pretty early but Mark, Danielle and I stayed up till 12:30 or 1:00 and then they spent the night. This picture of our sleepy boy was taken at 11:56 p.m.
Danielle and I knitted and crocheted. Danielle finished her first baby afghan at 11:58 p.m. I told her to hurry and weave the ends in before midnight so she could say she made three scarves and one baby blanket in 2009. She did with Mark supplying a little pressure while she weaved in the ends. Here’s the blanket – I think it’s Bernat boucle. We’ve since decided that in order to fix one of the wonky corners and make the blanket a little bigger, Danielle is going to learn how to make a border. So technically, it’s not finished but here it is……..
Mmmmmmmmmmm….chicken noodle soup
Mom got sick on Christmas Day. She’s still trying to feel better – bronchitis kicked her butt. I made her this pot of homemade chicken and noodles with dumplings on top. Yummers. We all enjoyed it (Roger………if I knew you were going to be there, I would have made some bigger chunks!!!). Mom was too sick to enjoy it but Dad, Mark, Roger and myself LOVED it.
Corey……you are talented, my son
This is the picture from a book that we sent to Corey of a bench we wanted built as a Christmas gift for us.
This is his finished project!
He even finished the inside – he made an insert and covered it with fabric and it has a handle on it to pull it out for cleaning. He put felt around the lid to cushion when the lid closes.
Pinocchio
Corey made this in high school. Yes, he’s now twenty-four. I have had it hanging but finally got around to framing it. I took him to my craft room to show him and can you guess what happened next? He said “oh……..I want that”. I gave it to him. He wants to hang it in the baby’s room – who could resist that?
A 48 year-old snow angel
A 48 year-old snow angel – I used to love making snow angels. It was fun to do it again – you’re never too old to make a snow angel.
Thanksgiving fun
I’m way behind in posting so it’s time to play catch-up. This is what we did on Thanksgiving after a big, wonderful dinner. We all made little gingerbread houses. It was so much fun. These kids are all so creative.
I should have used the digital camera instead of my iPhone because the lighting wasn’t so great and a flash would have really helped – but here’s a shot of all five of our gingerbread houses……
…..and here’s Keith with his…..
…..and Justin…..
….and Corey and Danielle, who chose to put their little picture that was at their table-setting instead of their sweet faces…..
…..and this reject is the one Mark and I made. We made a very pretty one last year so gosh only knows what happened here.
Good stuff
It’s time to play a little catch-up with some great pics (for me anyway – because I love my family and sharing what’s important to them).
The first pic Corey e-mailed to me. He titled the e-mail “my house on a trailer”. It is all the old siding off of Corey and Danielle’s house, headed to the recycling center (being pulled by Mark’s joy, his Jeep). The house in the background is not theirs. I’ll post a pic of theirs with the new siding in another post.
This is a pic Keith e-mailed to me – it’s the ever-beautiful Molly in all her glory.
This is the computer that Corey built. In his e-mail, he calls it his “new UV reactive mod”. It’s really cool and he’s got some great artistic talent.
Keith sent an e-mail with this pic. He wrote: “This little guy was sitting on the sidewalk and was gracious enough to pose for a photo shoot”. Gracious indeed.
Baby baby…..
Corey and Danielle are going to be parents. Yay!!!! That means…………..yes, you guessed it, Mark and I are going to be GRANDparents!!!!! It is the first grandchild for both sides of the family so he or she will be spoiled ROTTEN. The due date is June 1 but anybody who has had a baby knows those due dates are kinda useless so we’ll see.
A message to our first grandchild: You will be loved and cuddled not just with our arms and with all the blankets and sweaters and booties and hats that I am making for you, but with our hearts. Everybody is excited to meet you. Uncle Keith and Uncle Justin are excited to be uncles too. They will be wonderful uncles for you. Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Grott are excited for your arrival too. Yes, you will be loved – oh but wait, you already are and you’re not even “here” yet.
A message for Corey: You have told us since you were a teenager that you wanted to be a Daddy. When we would go to buy shoes for YOU, you would look at the teeny tiny suede work books and want a pair someday for your baby. You will have that pair now. Boy or girl, your baby will have a pair of those shoes. I couldn’t/didn’t buy them for you then, but I will now. I also want you to remember and adore when that baby starts moving inside of Danielle – when you place your hand on her tummy and feel YOUR child moving – or put your ear to her tummy – or when you hear the heartbeat – the miracle that the two of you have created a little person – amazing. There is plenty of joy for Daddy too during a pregnancy.
A message for Danielle: I’ve already told you but will say it again – enjoy EVERY second of pregnancy. The bad parts are bad, no argument there. I hope you don’t have a 10 lb. 9 oz. little guy like Corey weighed, but if you do, look what became of him. He was worth every inch of that pain. On the other hand, the great parts of pregnancy are amazing. That child growing and moving inside of you – kicking you to say “hello” – total joy that you will never forget.
A message for Corey AND Danielle: Be the best parents you can be. Corey – you were told over and over again when you were growing up that you will be better parents than we were. Parenting is a learning process – every generation SHOULD be better than the one before just because you can learn from our mistakes. I hope you also take away the great things that we did as parents. I know you’re really not fond of my response when you would ask for something that we could never afford in our wildest dreams: “I’ll get you two!” – so you may not use that with your child but then again……………maybe you will???????
Best wishes and you will be a great Daddy and Mommy. What a lucky baby.