Babies!

I'm amazed that we have so many babies in our lives right now. Our friend Rebecca (see weddings of last year) and her husband Brian just had their first child - a boy named August William. Another friend is struggling with birth in London as we speak....yikes! I don't want to go through that again....all good thoughts and prayers to you Rachel. And, we've got another friend due in July. Meanwhile, our little one, is one her way to being a year old.

Happy Birthday Cindy

March 25th, cold, snowy, rainy. Doesn't feel like it'll ever be warm again. It's Cindy's birthday, I wish she was here to celebrate with. It's hard to believe that she's been gone for almost 3 years. I miss my friend.

uuuugggghhhhh!!!!

Did you hear the weather report? 6-10 inches of snow tomorrow.....I'm going to lose it.

Just so you know

Robins are here, and I heard a Red-Winged Blackbird this morning. Saw a skunk yesterday! It may be cold, but it IS spring!

Where's Spring?

So, I'm going through the old pictures of the house being built last year and I'm ready for spring. There were many more signs of it last year at this time. I wasn't going to complain - it has been a beautiful winter, but I miss my porch, and the green of the trees and plants. And, I really want to get out there and fill out that landscape.

I had Diesel this week while Andrea and Kelsey were in NOLA with Erin & Zac. He was great and got me on the trails walking. It's wonderful to be able to walk out the door and be in the woods. Too bad he's got that beagle nose, I don't dare let him run on his own.

Babysitting at Gretchen & Jay's

HI!






















"I wish we could get Grandpa to stop smoking!"

Still winter

This is the anniversary of building our house - we started one year ago today!






We're still experiancing a lot of snow, wind and cold temperatures, and it's been hard to add to the blog, when all I have are more pictures of snow. Every once in a while, we have a sunny day and you start to believe that spring is around the corner. I have noticed that the buds are starting to swell (I know there are doubters out there, but look at the tree branches - you can see a difference every day). And then there are the birds - the last Sunday in January, we had a flock of Bluebirds come through, along with Robins, and Cedar Wax Wings. I think the Robins were lost, but the rest have been hanging around.







We celebrated Gary's 45th birthday this month. He just started back to work after months of therapy and seems to be doing well. There will be years of recovery with his TBI, but he continues to make progress.









Alexis says "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!"

We're off to babysit our grandbaby, who has figured out crawling and is working on walking. She'll be a handful, but I think both of us are ready for a little hands on grandparenting. Arno is leaving next week for Florida, he'll spend some time with his dad on the golf course. I'm home babysitting the grandpuppy - and will try to figure out if I'm ready for a full time dog again. If I'm ready for Diesel to go home at the end of his visit, then I'm not ready to have a dog. If I'm crying when he leaves, then we'll start looking (ok, I'm already looking, just not ready to commit!).