Here Comes Trubba

Meet Trubba Bubba, as he is affectionately known by his parents.

In the Olden Days, a few months ago, we could plop Trubba down and he would pretty much stay put where we plopped him.

But then something happened.
Trubba began to figure out that he could be mobile.
When we plopped him down, he began to move around.....fast!
We began to get more exercise chasing him around.

And now in the course of a week.
He is running!
He has metamorphed.......
He comes to visit me at least once a week.
I am amazed at his progress.

Now he is a climber.
Heaven help us.
I found him on top of an end table yesterday.
His mom has found him on top of worse.

So now every time Trubba comes to visit us,
We close every door in the house.
Check all cords and tables.
And we smother him with kisses!!!

Two is Always better Than One

These little guys came to visit me yesterday.

Their moms were busy planning their big birthday bash-
The one we're going to celebrate for the one-year anniversary of their birth.

So it behooves Grandma to follow them around with the camera.

We are learning to have lots of fun playing together......

Uh-oh......

Uh-oh!

We can't wait for you to see what other mischief we're going to cook up!!!

Patter of Little Feet

It seems we have had these little guys around lots the last few days on my bloggie, but I can't help it, they are SO cute. Yesterday we had a little celebration of the end of the summer....

We swam and ate hot dogs.

I pretty much left my camera alone, except for a quick photo at the end.

One little person was having a melt down (can you tell which one?)

And we lost another little person down the hall.

And another one started school yesterday!

(and another one is still in the oven!!)

It was crazy but fun.

Lots of swimming,

playing with cousins,

and visiting for the mommies.

This guy came to visit me early.

Cuz his momma needs to use my washer and dryer.

And he loves to watch me through the glass of the office door.

Last weekend he came so he could check out all the recruiting for

ASU football.

Cuz he and grandpa and daddy are huge ASU fans.

And this little one had a birthday on Friday!

We combined a celebration and a party for the new little girlie coming!

They are growing by leaps and bounds, I can't believe how fast time is passing,

Our little ones that were born last year are coming up on their 1st birthday!

Or just had it.

It's fun being the grandma and watching them grow.

How you Can tell when the Grandkiddies have Been here.

Maybe it's the stray toy that we forgot to pick up.

or it's the windowsill that's just at the right height for little people to teeth on.

(don't worry, no lead paint here!)

or maybe it's the perfect tiny handprints on the tv....

In any case, these little reminders warm my heart...

And make me smile.

It's Official!!!

I can now officially announce........

#10 grandbaby is on it's way!!!!

Go here

Now I have to be patient for a few more weeks until I can start working on some more QUILTS!!!!

First Steps

Happy First Birthday to our darling Vicks!

Grandma Gushing

Ok-
So a few months back I was reading some article about how to make your blog better. I'm most definitely a failure in that department, but who cares, right?    Some of the suggestions were.....

Write frequently,   ummm..... well I try.
DON'T bore everyone with photos of your kids/grandkids....  pfft...well, too bad, I guess I'm a loser.

Because I'm going to showcase the kiddies today, so my mom can see their accomplishments!

Here's Cardon, pulling himself up! (he's already army crawling and has four teeth!)

Here's Andrew, up on all fours, leaping forward when he wants to move....

(he's working on teeth, not sure if the bottom ones have broken through)

Here's Victoria, standing on her own, starting to take a few tentative steps..

(P.S. I made her dress!)

Lil cousins.....

Sharing a little cousin love...

Was this worth the blood, sweat and tears?

Most definitely!

Made in the wedding colors.....aubergine and apple green!

Lookie What I can Do!

Hey Super Grandma!
(our family term for great-grandma-or GGMA)
I'm a BIG boy!

Complete with my breakfast on my shirt!

(P.S. Mom this is Cardon)

(She can't keep up with all these babies!)

Photo Day #22-What We do for Fun in AZ since we don't have snow

We "sled" down the grass in our dump trucks!

weeeeeeeeeee.......

Day #21-Welcome Spring!

Cousins playing in the park

On a beautiful spring day!

(When the light was crappy

because it's high noon!)

Photo Day #19-Another First

First time eating real people food.
It's butternut squash, prepared by Grandma.
Yummmmmmmm.
He liked it!
Downside:
Prepare for the nasty smelly poopy diapers.

Photo Day #7

Hey mom! What's for dinner?

A nice, fat, juicy fist.

Thankyouverymuch.

Photo Day #5

Six months old today!

All bundled up for a morning walk

with mommy & grandma.

Not sure that he's too keen on the idea.

Sole Possession of the Remote

When:
New Year's Day, 2010.
Where:
The family living room
What:
Football Bowl Games
Who:
Parents, grandparents and siblings.

Why: 

For the love of Pete, he's not even four months old and he's already got possession of the remote!

I'm tellin' ya'.....it's genetic.

Big Girl Panties

Hip-hip Hooray!
I'm a member of the Big Girl Panties Club!

Story:
I was at her house a couple of weeks ago, and suddenly she became veeerrry quiet. Upon investigation, she was standing in the bathroom, taking off all her clothes from the waist down, including a diaper. "What are you doing???!!" She replied, "I go potty." Whereon she proceeded to climb on the potty backwards, do her business and then look pleased with herself while awaiting for the cheers and accolades of all present. She made up her mind that day, and she hasn't turned back since.

The fact that she made this momentus decision while under the influence of her grandmother's care OF COURSE has no relevance.........ahem.....

She hasn't had an accident since....

Until she was under the care of her grandmother again a few days ago, when she got a glazed look in her eyes and said, "I go pee-pee in my unnerwares."

Oops. First accident.

The fact that she slipped up while under the influence of her grandmother's care OF COURSE has NO relevance.........ahem......

Oh My Stinkin' Heck!

I was going to write something entirely different on my blog this morning, but I got this via email yesterday and I couldn't resist:

Cardon on left.

Andrew on right.

Three weeks apart.

Just plumb delicious!

Let's Play a Little Game

The name of this game is called,

"How many people can we cram into the Madwoman's House?"

Mmm, probably not enough yet.

Getting there....Uhh, probably getting closer.This is the food line. You don't see the end....or maybe the beginning either.

Oh, it doesn't matter anyway because we're all family and we were here together for these special people..

Happy Blessing Day little CMB!

We love you!

Wordless Wednesday-An Armful of Love

Boo-tiful Babies

We went to Grandma's house last night for our October party!

We got to dress up in our costumes!

We made spiders with our handprints!Some of us spent our time just looking cute.We made ghosts out of lollipops.
We frosted pumpkin cookies.Mmmm. I like frosting!We made mummy dogs for dinner

Aunt Jessica made magic potion to drink!I guess Uncle Rick was pretty busy-we didn't see much of him.The best part was the pinata!
And then Grandma's camera battery died.

Grandma says she is going to take a nap for the rest of the week.

I wonder why.