On my way! Making the hour and a half trip to a town I don't know very well but that's ok! MamaJ is in full on labor! Contractions are right on top of each other! This baby is coming today, ladies and gentlemen!
Ready or not. Feel old enough or not... Today I become a grandma!!!!!!! Let the happy dance begin!!! Looking forward to meeting you, my sweet little grandbaby!
Jellybean and Bug are ready to meet their niece or nephew, armed with stuffed horses in hands to bestow upon our bundle of joy! I will be back home sometime tonight. Fill you in then! Later peeps!!! :D
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Me & my Daddy
went for lunch the other day - last Tuesday to be exact.
I called him up on Sunday and asked if he would like to have lunch with me, my treat.
Rolled up to his house to pick him up and it was the beginning of a great afternoon with my dad. It has been far too long since we were able to spend that kind of time together.
Lunch was good, quality wise, but it was the conversation we had once I took him back home that made the day what it really was. After a while my dad started talking about when we were kids and wondering what our lives would be like, what us kids would be like if my mom hadn't cheated on my dad, if she hadn't left us and had we not lived in a state of wounded confusion for so long.
My dad feels he did so many things wrong. He was a single parent dad before that was all that common, in fact, he is the only single parent dad I had heard of until a few years ago.
Anyway, I had the opportunity to tell my dad how I really felt about the job he did. I told him that he is my hero. Apparently he doesn't feel like a hero but I told him that it really doesn't matter how or what he feels about it. He is my hero and I know that he now knows.
So many people have gone on in this life without me being able to tell them the depths of my love for them. I can now ensure that my father will not be one of those people.
And so it is never forgotten, I leave this for the internet/Blog Land to see and hold for eternity...
Daddy, you are my hero. Were it not for you, for the knowledge, wisdom, discipline and love you have given, shown and imparted I would not be where or who I am today. I continue to grow and flourish through your example (past and present). Your sacrifice, your hard work... Dad, you stand amongst the heroes of the heroes in my books. I thank you for your selflessness, for your devotion to hard work, for your determination and dedication... I love you, Daddy!
I called him up on Sunday and asked if he would like to have lunch with me, my treat.
Rolled up to his house to pick him up and it was the beginning of a great afternoon with my dad. It has been far too long since we were able to spend that kind of time together.
Lunch was good, quality wise, but it was the conversation we had once I took him back home that made the day what it really was. After a while my dad started talking about when we were kids and wondering what our lives would be like, what us kids would be like if my mom hadn't cheated on my dad, if she hadn't left us and had we not lived in a state of wounded confusion for so long.
My dad feels he did so many things wrong. He was a single parent dad before that was all that common, in fact, he is the only single parent dad I had heard of until a few years ago.
Anyway, I had the opportunity to tell my dad how I really felt about the job he did. I told him that he is my hero. Apparently he doesn't feel like a hero but I told him that it really doesn't matter how or what he feels about it. He is my hero and I know that he now knows.
So many people have gone on in this life without me being able to tell them the depths of my love for them. I can now ensure that my father will not be one of those people.
And so it is never forgotten, I leave this for the internet/Blog Land to see and hold for eternity...
Daddy, you are my hero. Were it not for you, for the knowledge, wisdom, discipline and love you have given, shown and imparted I would not be where or who I am today. I continue to grow and flourish through your example (past and present). Your sacrifice, your hard work... Dad, you stand amongst the heroes of the heroes in my books. I thank you for your selflessness, for your devotion to hard work, for your determination and dedication... I love you, Daddy!
The post you don't have to read
you know, because I'm about to whine just a teeny tiny bit...
I don't want to go to work today; I would much rather stay in my bed. Ooooo it was so toasty.
You see, it's cold outside. Not as cold as it can be nor, for that matter, as cold as it has been. For some reason though, the sound of the alarm, this morning, was like bamboo shoots being shoved through my eardrums. (ok, I am surmising; I have no idea what that feels like nor do I intend to find out).
I get to venture into coldness and windchills to start my car, let it warm-up for 10-15 minutes so it is warm enough to drive. I also don't feel like contending with square tires. You think I could make that stuff up?!
How many times do you think you could call in "allergic to vertical" and still have a job to go to?
That's what I thought. Better go start that car then! Sheesh!
{grin}
I don't want to go to work today; I would much rather stay in my bed. Ooooo it was so toasty.
You see, it's cold outside. Not as cold as it can be nor, for that matter, as cold as it has been. For some reason though, the sound of the alarm, this morning, was like bamboo shoots being shoved through my eardrums. (ok, I am surmising; I have no idea what that feels like nor do I intend to find out).
I get to venture into coldness and windchills to start my car, let it warm-up for 10-15 minutes so it is warm enough to drive. I also don't feel like contending with square tires. You think I could make that stuff up?!
How many times do you think you could call in "allergic to vertical" and still have a job to go to?
That's what I thought. Better go start that car then! Sheesh!
{grin}
Monday, February 7, 2011
BayBabe Watch
We are on Day 10 of waiting for this baby to make its grand appearance. I'm wondering if we hadn't missed something in the set up or something... you know come celebraties are divas when it comes to what they want in their dressing rooms. Perhaps we are looking at a diva of the future...
Day 10.
B.D. is gone for the week... in a community with no cell coverage...The baby could be a week old before he knows about it....
Day 10.
B.D. is gone for the week... in a community with no cell coverage...The baby could be a week old before he knows about it....
Friday, February 4, 2011
Show Us Your Life - What do you feed your kids???
Found this over at Kelly's Korner and thought it would be kind of cool to share.
I have 7 children. 5 of them have lived with us on a full-time basis. My 2 youngest "step" children have always lived with their mom.
This is what we have found "pleases" the majority of our children:
Breakfasts:
Oatmeal (with berries or other types of fruit)
P.B & Honey sticks (toast cut into strips)
Toads in a hole
Cheerios
Honey combs
Smoothies (made with yogurt, frozen berries, bananas and milk)
Yogurt with granola and berries and/or bananas
Lunches:
KD and wieners
sandwiches
Orange (tomato) soup and grilled cheese
pita pizzas
pizza subs
homemade lunchables
Suppers:
cubed chicken with dipping sauce
sushi rice (it is moldable - I squish it into balls and they think it's great!)
waikiki meatballs
lasagna
veggies with dip
Beefaroni
shake n bake chicken
spinach salad with mandarine orange segments in it
I have always been fortunate as my children have never balked at vegetables - the occassion type but not veggies as a whole. I have always referred to veggies as nature's candy though. But I have found that children LOVE to dip and dunk foods, especially when they are young. So, when my children were young I would cube chicken breast with a dipping sauce, veggies with dip (ranch, etc), fruit with dip (yogurt, peanut butter, etc) and they LOVE drinks like smoothies (especially if you can make them fun colors). Add lots of blueberries and black berries for a purpley colored one or add food coloring... through in cottage cheese when blending if you are concerned your children aren't getting enough protein or add tofu...
I also hid stuff... if they ate meatballs I grated, very finely, veggies (zucchini, carrots, peppers, etc) and mixed them in with my meatballs or added it to pasta sauce... whatever I could sneak it in. That was more for the sake of my teenage "step"son who came to live with us with the liking of only one vegetable, corn niblets! I can proudly say that for his girlfriend's birthday a few weeks ago, he cooked asparagus, roasted peppers and made a salad!!!!
Offering them repeatedly seems to work. If all your little one will eat is carrots, try to add just a smidge of another veggie with it. As they get accustomed, they will eat more and more and it will become natural to see those things on the dinner plate.
With kids, I have learned the more fun it is to eat, the easier it is to get them to eat it!
I have 7 children. 5 of them have lived with us on a full-time basis. My 2 youngest "step" children have always lived with their mom.
This is what we have found "pleases" the majority of our children:
Breakfasts:
Oatmeal (with berries or other types of fruit)
P.B & Honey sticks (toast cut into strips)
Toads in a hole
Cheerios
Honey combs
Smoothies (made with yogurt, frozen berries, bananas and milk)
Yogurt with granola and berries and/or bananas
Lunches:
KD and wieners
sandwiches
Orange (tomato) soup and grilled cheese
pita pizzas
pizza subs
homemade lunchables
Suppers:
cubed chicken with dipping sauce
sushi rice (it is moldable - I squish it into balls and they think it's great!)
waikiki meatballs
lasagna
veggies with dip
Beefaroni
shake n bake chicken
spinach salad with mandarine orange segments in it
I have always been fortunate as my children have never balked at vegetables - the occassion type but not veggies as a whole. I have always referred to veggies as nature's candy though. But I have found that children LOVE to dip and dunk foods, especially when they are young. So, when my children were young I would cube chicken breast with a dipping sauce, veggies with dip (ranch, etc), fruit with dip (yogurt, peanut butter, etc) and they LOVE drinks like smoothies (especially if you can make them fun colors). Add lots of blueberries and black berries for a purpley colored one or add food coloring... through in cottage cheese when blending if you are concerned your children aren't getting enough protein or add tofu...
I also hid stuff... if they ate meatballs I grated, very finely, veggies (zucchini, carrots, peppers, etc) and mixed them in with my meatballs or added it to pasta sauce... whatever I could sneak it in. That was more for the sake of my teenage "step"son who came to live with us with the liking of only one vegetable, corn niblets! I can proudly say that for his girlfriend's birthday a few weeks ago, he cooked asparagus, roasted peppers and made a salad!!!!
Offering them repeatedly seems to work. If all your little one will eat is carrots, try to add just a smidge of another veggie with it. As they get accustomed, they will eat more and more and it will become natural to see those things on the dinner plate.
With kids, I have learned the more fun it is to eat, the easier it is to get them to eat it!
Snail's Pace
Yes, this baby is slower than molasses in January! And given that it was just -43 Celsius here with the windchill perhaps that is providing baby with the incentive to stay curled up right where the little darling is!
But HELLOOOOOOOO
There are people here who have been waiting almost 10 months to meet you...
MamaJ is officially 7 days overdue today. Her patiencehas wained... who am I trying to kid here!? What patience!? {grin} Poor girl is uncomfortable, tired, achy, headachy and just plain old anxious and excited to meet the little bundle of joy that is going to change her life in ways she can not even fathom. {grin}
She has gotten all sorts of strange helpful hints as to how to bring forth labor, including my humourous mockery of some of them in which I told her to place her hands on her tummy and with a firm, authorative voice say "Baby! Come forth!!!"
What kinds of advice were you given at the end of your pregnancy?
But HELLOOOOOOOO
There are people here who have been waiting almost 10 months to meet you...
MamaJ is officially 7 days overdue today. Her patience
She has gotten all sorts of strange helpful hints as to how to bring forth labor, including my humourous mockery of some of them in which I told her to place her hands on her tummy and with a firm, authorative voice say "Baby! Come forth!!!"
What kinds of advice were you given at the end of your pregnancy?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
It's starting!!!!
I know. I know. "What's starting?"
IT is happening!!!!
Yes, there are signs of progress... the baby is on its way.
Still slowly. My grandbaby likes to do things on its own terms. Our overnight bag is packed and ready to make a short trip... you know, to go meet this grandbaby in person and all!
Yesterday MamaJ (yes, her new name) was a mere 1 cm dilated. This could be a long process but we are ready and raring to go!!!
Ok, my sweet grandbaby, I am pretty darn stoked to meet you. You are going to add so much more to this family than there all ready is and we, if I say so myself, are all ready a pretty cool, full of life, laughter and love family.
IT is happening!!!!
Yes, there are signs of progress... the baby is on its way.
Still slowly. My grandbaby likes to do things on its own terms. Our overnight bag is packed and ready to make a short trip... you know, to go meet this grandbaby in person and all!
Yesterday MamaJ (yes, her new name) was a mere 1 cm dilated. This could be a long process but we are ready and raring to go!!!
Ok, my sweet grandbaby, I am pretty darn stoked to meet you. You are going to add so much more to this family than there all ready is and we, if I say so myself, are all ready a pretty cool, full of life, laughter and love family.
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