Grandma Brown's Visit... flew by!

Well, it's been a little while since I've added anything, and so much as happened! So, I'll start with my mom's visit, and at least accomplish that today!

The day we dropped Jeanne off at the airport, my mother flew in! They missed each other by about 40 minutes! Sometime we'll have to plan on a few days all together... wouldn't that be fun! The kids were so sad to see Grandma D leave, but they were happy to see Grandma Brown come!

After all we went through with her last summer, she sure was a sight for sore eyes coming up the ramp in her wheel chair. How wonderful it was to see her so healthy, and off of oxygen! She still had a cough attached to her as the result of her sickness, but if that's all that is remaining, we all feel so blessed!

Grandma D knitted away while she was here, and James started knitting this washcloth about a year ago, that he suddenly remembered, and wanted to work on! Well, it took him a little while to remember how to do it, and to remember to pull the string taunt as he knitted, but he successfully completed his dog coat while Grandma Brown was here. He really was quite good at it, by the last row!


Now of course he wants to knit one for Alex and Glenn... hopefully that won't take another year! But with the Iditarod winding down, the knitting project became a wonderful coat for his dog that he uses when he pretends to mush.... which is all the time!

While Grandma Brown was here, James got to show off his karate at the Extravaganza! And boy was it an event! The kids just showed off all they could, and were quite proud of it! James, the drama king, actually toned it down for the event. When they were preparing for this even, James usually was the master in acting. And after being complimented once by the karate instructor, he hammed it up... every time! So, whether it was the hard gym floor, or the large crowd of people, he hammed it up a little, but NOTHING like he had before. James, actually shy? Hard to believe... must have been the hard floor :-)

It was a wonderful evening, and we wrapped up the event with a trip to the local Habachi grills, and enjoyed some wonderful food! Alex did NOT like the fire in the beginning, but James and Glenn enjoyed it immensely!


And knowing Grandma with her projects, she brought along a quilt for us to make for the baby. So, we had a great time hanging out, trying to figure out poorly worded instructions! But we had a great laugh out of it, and I thoroughly just enjoyed our time together. And the quilt turned out great! It's neutral colors, so will be apt for a boy or girl! Now the boys and I are going to tie the middle. I figure we still have a few more weeks :-)

We delivered Grandma Brown back to Grandpa Brown, who missed her immensely, and worried about her incessantly! I was called by dad to remind me to give her time to rest, turn the heat up, and it was just cute to see him make sure mom would be fine. Even though we had already turned the heat way up (Todd enjoyed being able to lounge in shorts and T-shirt), and planned on mom having rest! But thanks for the reminders, dad!

When asked by the boys what was their favorite part of Grandma Brown's visit, James emphatically reponded the pottery painting that we did (which we'll pick up today), and Glenn enjoyed reading with her.

So, now that both Grandma's are gone, we are back in full mode, pushing as hard as we can to get everything done before this baby is born! Sometimes it seems overwhelming with all that I would like to accomplish, but I just try to remember.... "baby steps to the elevator". I know time will fly by, and I'm also trying to enjoy this last baby as much as I can. Although Todd leaned over quite early the other morning, and felt a hard lump on my tummy... which eventually started doing somersaults. He said, Geesh, that's amazing... my response, "I feel it all the time. Just try sleeping with that" :-)

Have a good day, and we'll tell you about our Aquarium adventures soon!