Another Sunday morning chuckle

Tina Fey hits another home run on SNL. She is actually quite remarkable in her impersonation of Governor Palin, not to mention hillarious.

Another busy week

Random shots of the grandchildren from the week. Drew likes to explore in grandma's purse and yesterday found her reading glasses. Why do they look so cute on him and so old on me?

Kayley went for her weekly "weight watchers" weigh-in at the pediatric's office yesterday and went from 8 lbs. 12 oz. to 9 lbs. 5 oz. in just a week. While real weight watchers staff would be horrified, we were all ecstatic about her good gain in 7 days! :-) In fact, she is gaining so well that Megan does not have to take her in weekly anymore. She has been bothered by reflux at feeding time so we were all pleasantly surprised at the gain. The doctor gave her a prescription for the reflux so hopefully that will help her at bottle time to be less uncomfortable. All in all, Kayley is doing wonderfully and does not look/act like a preemie at all.

Drew continues to be lots of fun, making us all laugh with his antics and discoveries. He is talking a lot more now, stringing together short sentences that we can actually understand most of the time. I think when Grandpa arrives next week he will notice big changes in both his grandchildren in just a short absence away from them!

Don't call PETA....

Sleeping angel

The week went well. Kayley keeps growing and Drew keeps learning new words. Grandma must watch her language now when she stubs her toe or has a mishap. He listens and watches intently! :-)

Andy is taking Megan out for a belated birthday dinner and movie so I will be doing some Saturday night babysitting tonight. I am resting this afternoon watching the Hawkeye game. If they don't start playing better soon I am not going to get much quality resting done! Well, have a great week-end everyone.

Wednesday blogging......

All is going well on the babysitting front.....I had my first "solo" job last Sunday when Megan and Andy attended the Cardinal's game. It went well, I didn't panic and the grandchildren were awesome. :-) Megan and I have been kept busy this week watching them both, keeping the house in order, etc. Drew has accepted having his sister in the house. Once in awhile we might notice that he needs some attention when we are feeding Kayley but on the whole, he is doing exceptionally well welcoming his new sibling into the household. I figure that will all change when she gets more mature and starts establishing herself into the family. Then it will be every man, woman and child for themselves..........

Learning to summersault

Water boy

Drew is doing just great in the swimming pool. His daddy has taught him a lot in the past few months. Grandma is truly amazed with his talents!

Happy Birthday, Megan!

Daughter Megan has a birthday today. To celebrate, she and Andy are going to the Cardinals football game and I get to watch Drew and Kayley. I am looking forward to that! Here is a picture of Megan and Kayley now and one when Megan was a baby. Her baby picture and Kayley look an awful lot alike!

Sunday morning chuckle

In case you missed Tina Fey as Gov. Sarah Palin last night on SNL......she was dead on in her impersonation...you could swear you were looking at and hearing Sarah! Amy was good as Hillary, also. Funny stuff.

Ouch!

I took Drew out for a walk and it did not turn out all that well. He was in heaven toddling on the sidewalk but then his Nike sandals had a different thought and his face met up with the sidewalk. He was fine but looked like he had gone 9 rounds with Ali. :-( Grandma obviously felt awful but I will say by the time I left tonight he was looking way better. Ahh.....the resilience of youth. It takes me days to get rid of a simple bruise!

Back in the saddle

I started going back over to Megan and Andy's on Tuesday and have enjoyed my time with my two favorite grandkids. Kayley continues to gain around an ounce a day and is now at 8 pounds, 6 oz. Drew is as active as any 19 month old and loves to be outside. Yesterday it actually got under triple digits so he and I played outside quite a lot. It has been cool enough in the mornings now to begin taking Sox on walks in the early morning. I am still drenched when I return but Sox doesn't seem to mind and loves all the new smells along the way. Some pics from yesterday.....

Kayley's exit from the NICU

I am sure some have noticed I had not posted for several days. I was in "quarantine" at my town house so there really wasn't a lot to write about. I have been having cold/allergy symptoms and we couldn't risk giving anything to Kayley. That would not be good, obviously. But, I finally am able to visit today and the posts should be more timely from here on out! Here's a video of Kayley leaving the NICU and her first peek at her new home......

Drew finally has a sister in his house!

Now, I am not exactly sure what Drew thinks about that but life as he knew it is....over. :-) Megan and Andy got the call today that they were discharging Kayley today. All of us were overjoyed, them more than me. I am working on a scratchy throat and stuffed up which I think is either allergies or sinus but I could not take a chance that it might be a cold so I had to sit today out and let Grandpa get in on all the fun of her coming home. I cannot begin to tell you how hard that was for me but as Megan said, I will be seeing plenty of Kayley in the future. Mark flies back to Iowa in the morning so it was a blessing that he got to see her come home today before he leaves. I told Megan to take plenty of video of her leaving her "home" of three months and entering her true home so will put that up later this week. Some pics of grandpa, mom and dad tonight with them all at HOME!! All I can say is this is a grand day!!