Moving on...

It was quite painful to watch as our beloved Beavers lost the game yesterday. Lisa had it right today when she said it looked as if the 'real' team never showed up to play. So now it is time to move on and look forward to next year. And life goes on. Sarah spent her first week settling in with Cash, Nate helping her as much as she allowed. Lisa and Buck still haven't had time to get a new dryer so she spent the afternoon here drying her loads of laundry. While waiting for her clothes to dry she spent the time using my laptop searching for houses for sale. They hope to find the house of their dreams soon. We spent very little time talking about the game and more about what happened at her place yesterday when Sarah showed up with Cash. It hardly seems possible that the holiday is over tomorrow. Nate goes back to work as does Steve. Lisa is taking this week off to help her sister and get some much needed time off. I am in the process of planning my classes for February as my January class stuff is already ordered and on its way. Boy the time sure goes by fast, Cash is already ten days old...

GO BEAVS!!!

Need I say more?? The 112th Civil War game starts in fiteen minutes. I am leaving now for Lisas to watch the game. Will stop to pick up the pizza she ordered...

ETA: It was so sad I had to leave. Though the Beavers were favored by just a small margin it was not to be. It was such a blow out that it made my heart hurt for Beaver Nation.

Thanksgiving Day...

I don't know what we are going to do when Lisa and Buck buy their first home as they have the biggest one for having our Thanksgiving family feast. Again, they hosted dinner at their home. It was a different crowd than last year. Replacing my brother-in-law Michael, his wife Chris, son Jesse and his girlfriend Nicole were my other brother-in-law Craig and his wife Lisa. My dear mother-in-law Norma was with us again. I hope the rest of the family doesn't mind that we sometimes "hog" her company. Christmas is going to be tight in our house as I believe we have the smallest place after Sarah and Nate, and theirs is an apartment. I don't know how my mother-in-law is going to do Christmas this year. We have two new additions, Stuart and Cash with all their baby paraphnalia. Norma may have to move furniture out of her house to fit the family. :)
ETA: This is my latest photo of my sleeping grandson. Isn't he just the cutest little guy???

I have to wait till tomorrow...

I won't get to see my grandbaby till tomorrow as I am making pumpkin pies and finishing up some things here around the house that desperately need doing. Mail and email is just going to have to wait till I can take a breather this evening. I miss not being able to see my folks for the holiday. We are doing Thanksgiving at Lisa's again this year as she has the biggest house to fit all of the family that will be attending. Here is photo of Cash and his mommy that I took yesterday when I went to visit. Sarah looks great, doesn't she?

More pictures...

I have more but not as many as Sarah and they are still on my camera. She said they took over two hundred in the hospital!! I spent the afternoon visiting them today. Sarah was nursing when I got there. Cash then fell asleep so he was placed in my arms where he stayed for almost three hours. I reluctantly gave a still sleeping grandson to his daddy because I had to get home to start dinner for Steve. I arrived home to find Steve already here. He came home early as he was not feeling well and is sleeping as I write this.

Happy Grandma...

Steve and I spent a couple of hours visiting Sarah, Cash and Nate in the hospital earlier this afternoon. We met Nate's mom, Mary and his nieces Darlene and Dakota in the lobby so we rode up in the elevator together. It was the first time Steve had met any of Nates family. I met Nate's brother and his girlfriend Heather yesterday. I spent a good part of the time when we were there holding my sleeping grandson. I am guessing Sarah had plenty of company today. As we were leaving Nate's friend Lee was arriving with his wife and son. Grandma Norma stopped by here to get room and location information before going to visit and I had just received a phone call saying that my friend Camille had just seen Cash and she said he was beautiful. I know...

Grandpa's little man...

I truly married a wonderful and secure man. In an era where many think their worth is tied up in their youth, he proudly wears his "Grandpa" title. Today while talking to his "mommy" he said I am the same age that Dad was when he became a grandpa. so I am not that young to be one... :)

Happy family...

Who knew a "liitle" baby could bring this much joy to a family? He is so beautiful and yea some of it is "grandma" bragging. But really he is a cutie. Grandpa Steve is so proud as is Cash's daddy Nate. Sarah was doing remarkably well considering how things went. We only visited for a couple of hours this morning and then left as she was getting tired. We are guessing that family and friends will be showing up this weekend by the car loads. So I plan on making my trips short and sweet as I can always see them at home. Lisa has already said she is buying him Lincoln Logs, a bucket of the green plastic Army men, lots of great looking Beaver wear and a drum set. :) Sarah is not okay with the drums and Nate ain't too happy about the Beaver wear as he is a "duck". Sheesh...

ETA:Here are a few pictures I took of Cash's adoring fans (family)... With Aunt Lisa, Mommy, Grandpa Steve and Daddy.

Meet Cash Thomas Crawford and his grandma...

He didn't want to leave his mommy. They did the picosin and Sarah did not do well. They gave her an epidural but she was only dilated to four centimeters by 1AM. By two fifteen Cash's heart rate dropped several times during contractions so the decision was made to do a c-section. He was born at 2:31AM weighing 8lbs. 7oz. and was 21" long!! He is a big boy and so beautiful...

Still No Baby

Sarah is so ready but Cash is not...

It may be Friday....

No more doctor appointments for Sarah. Unless she delivers by Wednesday she will check into the hospital Thursday afternoon and they will induce on Friday. We are hoping that doesn't have to happen.

Snoopy impersonation...

Sarah says Piper is lonely and that is why she climbs on her doghouse. It usually starts when we get up in the morning. Apparently she can hear us talking in the kitchen in the morning and has discovered if she gets on top of her doghouse she can see us in the kitchen. She whines to see if Steve will come out and pet her or let her loose but most cases she just gets to whine because he doesn't have much time in the morning to let her run free for a bit. Those times happen if she is lucky for about fifteen minutes before he leaves for work while he feeds her and the ducks but mostly all the running free happens on the weekends. This isn't the best picture of her on her dog house. The better opportunities happen when I don't have my camera ready or she jumps off when I go out there to take her photo. Silly dog, she is just like a little child...

No news...

Sarah went to see her doctor this morning and there is no significant change. So unless she delivers this weekend by next Friday they will induce. Poor sweetie, she is so ready for Cash to be born.

One out of four...

This picture was number four of four taken by Shelly at the anniversary crop this past weekend. I totally understand the reason why photographers take so many photos. The more people in the photo the more likely someone will blink, move or glance away from the camera. Our goal was simply a before and then an after picture. We missed our opportunity to do the after as Camille left early for home. We missed Sarah of course, as she was so close to her delivery date she chose to pass on this event. She did stop by on Saturday and we all had lots of laughs. Last night we met the kids for dinner and they gave us our birthday gifts. We "so" enjoy spending time with our children...
ETA: Even in this photo Mary started to blink. So I guess word to the wise would be in order. Take lots of photos...

Disappointed...

A lot of election results did not go our way and a good many are still up in the air. Change is coming, though it remains to be seen if it is a good change. As a voting citizen I reserve the right to make comment when I think it is warranted. I write letters to my local paper and I try to stay informed. So when I voted I made what I thought were informed and well thought out decisions. I hope everyone did the same...

55, now what??

I remember when Lisa's grandpa Arlo hit the "double nickels" as he called them. At the time it seemed old but not much, he was my father-in-law at the time, and so it didn't really phase me. Now that I have hit fifty-five it seems unreal. I, now have a married daughter which added a son to my family. Sarah is getting married next July which will add another son to our family. Well, Steve did want sons but I think he wanted them so he could give them piggy back rides and tractor rides. These sons are way too big for that. :)
ETA: I just plugged in my new hard drive for my computer. 750G, whoo..hoo... Steve asked what I wanted for my birthday and I told him an external hard drive for my computer or diamond earrings. I was pretty sure the hard drive was a shoo in....

Scolded again...

Sarah has fired me from taking pictures of her. She totally hated the picture that I posted yesterday. I think she looks beautiful but she disagrees. I remember feeling the same way when I was pregnant with both of the girls but I forgot about it. So I found another that I liked and I am posting it. She hasn't seen this one either and probably won't like it but tough. Besides I didn't take this one, this is one that was taken at Lisa's wedding by Kristi.

GO BEAVS...

Talk about an exciting game!! Though they were the favorites to win by about 15 it didn't turn out that way. Their starting quarterback was hurt in the first quarter and they had to send in their second. The guy did alright but an interception and some poor throws made the game a lot closer than it should have been. They did win 27-25. We were invited to watch the game and eat pizza at Lisa's. Steve had already commited to something else but said he would try to make it. Sarah and Nate brought fixings for root beer floats. We had lots of laughs. Sarah is just two weeks away from her due date and is feeling the effects. The baby is getting bigger by the week. She went to see her midwife on Thursday and everything is progressing smoothly.