Elf on the Shelf Day 3

 Mario must have been really hungry last night because he poured himself a huge bowl of cereal. CJ's reaction?  "He better not let all that cereal go to waste!" His concern was wasting the cereal. Only CJ !

Elf on the Shelf Day 2

It only it's second day back and Mario is already have fun with the other toys. CJ found him this morning playing Connect 4 with Iron Man. And you can't tell from this picture but Mario won !

Elf on the Shelf Day 1

Guess who is back?! Mario, CJ's Elf on a Shelf. He made his graceful appearance today and is already up to no good. He was sitting on the couch with the book for us to get reaquainted with the rules and the story. He pulled out CJ's Legos and wrote a little note for him. If you can't tell what it says, it says "Hi CJ, I'm Back". He also managed to make a mess on the rug while playing with the Legos. Can't wait to see what Mario has in store for us.

Mason

I became a grandmother last night. Larissa had a baby. Mason August Rei. He was 5lbs 5oz and he was 18 ½ inches long. He was born at 12:55pm.

 

I watched as my grandson came into this world. Having been through childbirth four times before, I thought all I knew all there was to know about the miracle of childbirth. Boy was I wrong. Watching my grandson being born was a feeling I could never have expected. Seeing him take his first breath changed me. The words don’t exist and the feelings are beyond description.

 

I am a grandmother. I have a grandson.

 

Welcome to your family Mason. I will do everything in my power to protect you and keep you from harm. I will spoil you and love you more than is possible.

Moving Day for Larissa

It was a very exciting and exhausting day for me today.

I moved my baby girl into her first apartment. She was so excited and she ran around the house putting things into place and cleaning. She reminds of me when I had my first place. I hope she is happy and can start to find her adult self. I hope that this will give her the independence she needs to start a life. I hope that she will be here for a while and make this place her home. I hope this brings her much happiness.

I love you baby girl. I hope you know that all I want is the best for you even though we have our differences. I just want you to be happy.

My Baby Girl is Having a Baby

Today  I found out that my baby girl is pregnant…five months pregnant. I was in shock at first. My shock came from not so much that she is pregnant but that she is five months pregnant. I missed out on five months. It made me a little sad (a lot sad) that she didn’t feel as though she could come to me. With all the drama that revolved around her loss last year though, I can’t help but understand her trying to avoid all the drama.

My thoughts….

 

She will be very close to the age that I was when I had her. I know that she has what it takes to be an amazing mother. I know that I have taught her everything she needs to know. BUT…I worry. I worry because I know how hard it was. I worry because I remember trying to make each dollar stretch. I worry because I don’t want my baby girl to struggle.

A baby is a blessing, it’s a little miracle. I wish her and Brandon nothing but the happiness and joy. I hope that they can be amazing parents together. She is getting ready to move into her new place in two weeks. She wanted to wait to actually move in to announce it so that we would be proud of the steps she has taken and know that she is trying to be responsible. Larissa, I am proud of the steps that you have taken and this does not make me any less proud. You will be an amazing mother.

My 40th Birthday

I just wanted to share some pictures of me with the family on my 40th birthday.