Another Storm headed our way

Well we have another tropical storm that is headed our way. When I went to bed last night they were watching a disturbance down in the gulf. This morning it is Tropical Storm Hermine. Should make landfall late tonight early morning. That is our summer watch for storms.

Everything else is fine. Getting ready to celebrate Connor's First Birthday on the 25th. His party is going to be on the 26th at Chucky Cheese's. That should be a lot of fun. He is getting so big. He has cut 4 teeth so far. His two on the bottom and his "fangs" on top. He can be a vampire. He isn't walking yet, thought for sure he would have been by now but he likes being carried around too much I guess.

I was cleaning the other day and found a pair of my old pants and a top from my "heavy" days. I contacted one of the leaders of the support group and told her that I would bring them to the next meeting and give a testimonial. She said great and to bring a before and now picture also so they have it at the office. They are going to put them on their web site.

Everything else is fine. Don't have any new pictures to post right now, so will get some for the next posting.

Hope everyone is enjoying Labor Day and the end of summer.

Family Vacation

The First Annual Family Vacation is over with. It ended too soon! It was a blast though.

Connor had many firsts on his trip. His first plane ride, train ride, bus ride and going to a Chicago Bears practice. That was my first too! In all the years that I lived in Lockport I never went to a Bears game. I went to many Cubs games at Wrigley Field.

We had a great time with Jen and Dan. Jen and I went on a couple of bike rides and I even went for a ride with her father in law. Their neighborhood is so peaceful, I really enjoyed riding around it.

While we were there, Scott and Amber got married. They went down to Navy Pier along with Jen and Dan and met up with the JP, all very exciting! Scott showed Amber around Chicago since it was her first time there.

Jen and Dan hosted a family BBQ and everyone got to meet Amber and Connor. It was so great seeing everyone. Jen and Dan did a great job. Fun was had by all.

Connor enjoyed playing with Dan's parents dog Shadow. She is a schnauzer just like his dog Bear. Shadow didn't quite know what to make of this little person trying to get her all the time.

I'm posting a few of the pictures that we took.













As you can see by the pictures fun was had by all. Can't wait for the next family vacation!

Happy 4th of July

Well here it is July already. In less than a month we will be visiting Jen, Dan and the rest of the family in Chicago area. Can't wait for them all to see/meet Connor and Amber.

We just had a busy week with Hurricane Alex heading for us. Luckily it went in south of us and we just got rain and a little wind. I had a doctor appointment on Wednesday and decided to go even though it was raining. It wasn't raining that bad when I went up but the beginning of the drive home was treacherous. I could barely see where I was going but it only lasted for about 5 miles then it cleared and was just drizzling. I was glad to get home. The doctor said I was doing good. I lost 5 or the 8 lbs I was to loose. He said to come back in 3 months. There is another storm just entering the Gulf but its basically just a disturbance and should get to us on Thursday. Don't really need anymore rain the ground is saturated as is.

We had a good 4th over at Kevin and Monica's. I got in the little pool with Kennedy and Connor. He loves the water. I even climbed into the trampoline and bounced some but no one got pictures(thank god). I did get some video of Scott on the trampoline, I would try to download it but I'm sure it wouldn't capture. Jen, I'm bringing the video camera with and you can see it. I am posting a few of the pictures here from the festivities. You can go to Facebook to see more.




I love the picture of him in the little car. He was so cute.

Its hard to believe that Connor is 9 months old and will be 10 months when we go to Chicago. I'm hoping that he is walking by then. He really tries his darnedest to walk.

Hope everyone had a safe 4th. See everyone in Chicago soon!

Happy Memorial Day to all

I hope your Memorial Day has been a great day. We had a very patriotic service at church yesterday. Its a time to remember all that has made this country great by sacrificing their lives for us.

I haven't done much of anything today. Babysat Connor and then took him to Denise's while I watched Hollie and Jeremy.

Saturday we went to Hollie's 4th birthday party. It was hot but the kids enjoyed the bouncer that Ben and Denise rented. I even went down it after all the other people had left. I know someone took my picture so I'm sure it will show up on Denise's blog at some point. Here are a few pictures that I took of the festivities.




Fun was had by all!!!!!!

Have to include a few pics of the grandson. One with his mommy at the party and the other two taken at my house. It is really hard to get him sitting still. He is constantly on the go. I'm betting he will be walking before they go to Chicago in August.

Just an update!

While reading the other blogs from family members, mine always reads like a letter.
I space in between but it doesn't post like that. Oh well, here it goes.

There really isn't much going on. Connor is getting so big. I put him on my scale yesterday and he weighed a whopping 17.4 lbs. He is now crawling on his hands and knees and pulls himself up on everything. The one picture posted here shows him in the port-a-crib at my house standing up. Another picture shows him on his hands and knees. He loves to eat. Just open a jar of his food in his sight and his mouth is open like a baby bird waiting for the worm. Its so darn cute.

George is doing fine. He is still going out and mowing the lawn. The doctor decreased his one medication down to 2 1/2 pills of the steroids. He goes back in June to see him.

I finally called a plastic surgeon for some info, it doesn't sound like Medicare will cover the removal of the extra skin, but I'm going to make an appointment with him for a consultation to see what it would cost.

We welcomed baby Kayden Alyce Dyer on May 3rd. She is adorable. Can't get over how much hair she has.

Scott and Amber have made their reservations to go to Chicago in August. They are going up to visit with Auntie Jen and Uncle Dan and see the rest of the family. Scott wants to show Amber all around Chicago. They should have a lot of fun.

I had a nice Mother's Day, did absolutely nothing. Hope everyone else had a great day too.

Spring is definitely here

Well here it is May 1st already. I titled it Spring is here, but its more like summer already. Temps in the 90's and humid. Not a lot going on here. Last night was Relay for Life and this morning I had to be at the football stadium at 6am to help load the canned food that was donated at the Relay. Our Food Pantry was the recipient of the food. Next Saturday our Mail Carriers are collecting food and again I will help with that. George went to his neurologist this past week and everything is fine. He cut his one prescription down to 2 1/2 pills in the morning. Trying to step him down gradually on the steroid to see what happens. Judi and I have gone for a couple of bike rides around her neighborhood and Denise even joined us last Sunday after dinner. Monica is scheduled to go in on Monday to deliver baby number 3. Its a scheduled c-section and can't wait to find out boy or girl, will post when I find out and maybe a picture too! Don't know if I will get up to the hospital to visit since the visiting hours and the number of visitors has been cut back. Only two visitors at a time. We'll see what happens. It's hard to believe that Connor is 7 months old already. He is all over the place and trying to pull himself up on anything that he can. He was crawling around here this past Wednesday and grampa wasn't watching him very closely and he tried to climb up the vacuum cleaner, he took a header and got a bruise near his right eye. I'm posting a picture of him with it. Also going to try and post a little video I did of him crawling around here, hope it works. Video wouldn't post. Will have to check settings I guess to get it to work. Well that is all for me now. I am really enjoying being a gramma!

Easter has come and gone!

Happy Easter to Everyone!
We had a nice Easter this year. We went to Monica's mom and step dad's again. They have a pool and a nice yard for hunting eggs. Some of the kids braved the pool, the water was too cold for this person to go in. The kids all had a blast hunting the eggs.

Good news, George went out and cut the grass last week. He did it without being asked to. I asked him to go out and pick up the branches that had broke off the tree and he said that he was going to cut grass. He did a good job too. Since starting on the abilify he has improved. He has not stayed in bed for about a month now. He gets up every day and gets dressed.

I've been doing okay. I have lost a couple of pounds. It has been too windy to ride my bike. We had wind gusts of about 30 mph today. Hope they die down soon.

Connor had a great Easter. The Easter bunny left him socks, books, sippy cups, mickey mouse plate but no candy. Even his Auntie Jen and Uncle Dan sent him a basket. It was a cute Monkey basket with a monkey bank, books, little towels, I loved it. We put Connor in the chair and set the baskets around him.
We also took him to see the Easter Bunny. He did really well this year, I'm sure next year he will be screaming when he sees him.
Connor is 6 months old already and likes to be sitting if he is not crawling around on the floor. I got the walker from Judi this past week and he loves it. I have it at our house, there is more room for him to move around.
I hope you like the new pictures, here is one of the happy parents and one of all the kiddos, enjoy.