Big Boy Pants...

When you are six weeks old

and have doubled your birth weight...

You get to wear...

Big boy pants with fire trucks on them and a red vest!

~sigh~  

He's growing  so quickly!

Isn't he precious?

So Thankful...

I know, where is Jan?

I wish I could catch you up right here, right now...

But I'm busy!

How was your Thanksgiving?

Mine had me taking a moment to be thankful for all the blessings in my life...

Here are a few...

Of course, you all know Locklan but here's your first look at Teagan Rae, his baby sister.

She was born April 21, 2018!

And here is our newest blessing, Henry Oliver! 

 Tony and Mindy are the proud parents of this little guy,

 born November 9, 2019,

 5 weeks early and weighing a whopping 4 pounds, 8 ounces.

He's home, growing quickly and is precious (as are all my grand kids).

I love being a grandma!

Right now, I'm working on a few 'catch up' posts.  

Look for updates soon!

Bam!

Three years ago, we knew that they were going to induce Ashley...

 

From time to time, I woke during the night to check on updates...

 

And then I got this text from Andy...

 

 

 

Bam!

 

Merrriam-Webster had this to say:

 

Definition of bam

: a sudden loud noise —often used interjectionally to indicate a sudden impact or occurrence 

 

But in our family, BAM means that every time you hear that word, your heart leaps with joy, your eyes fill with tears and you utter a silent, heartfelt prayer of thanks to God for the wonderful gift of this delightful, amazing child.

 

Meeting Locklan for the first time was like the first time I saw the Grand Canyon...I knew it would be a special thing, something that I never saw or felt before...but I had no clue of the intensity, that my breath would be sucked away, that  I would fall in love like this!

 

Happy third birthday, Locklan David..

 

You rock my world!        

 

 

One sure sign

One sure sign that you're growing up

(after all, you will be three in just 2 days!)

You start to grow a 'smush-smash!

When You're Almost Three...

When you will be three in three days...

 

It's nothing at all to put four spoons on your drawing paper...

 

Because once you do that, it's nothing more to ask your grandma to get you some apple sauce

 so you can test all the spoons (that you have drawn around with your markers).

 

 

 

 

You keep testing until...

 

 

Whoopsie, you dropped some on your art work!?!

 

 

And get right back to the business of testing spoons, sometimes using more than one at a time!

 

 

(and yes, that trampoline is still in my living room)

 

The final verdict:  they are all good but we need more applesauce!

 

 

This is what it's all about!

It's not unusual for Andy and Locklan to call me during bath time...

Locklan talks up a storm now!

Last night, Locklan was so excited!

He caught a bug and two fishies!

Let me share Ashley's photos with you...

 

Precious?

 

Andy and Ashley work hard.

 

They also make it a priority to spend their free time with Locklan...

 

There are times when all the planets line up and they

can just plain hang out...

all three of them!

 

Yesterday was one of those days.

 

Ashley bought Locklan a net to catch fish (or bugs)

and they headed to

the park...

 

Precious memories!

 

Can't have too many of those!

A day in the life of...

Yes, a day in the life of Locklan...

 

Or why Grandma goes to bed so early!

 

Yesterday Andy brought Locklan to spend the day with Grandma and Pappy...

 

Of course, Mr. K and I were excited!

 

It was a work day for Mr. K, so we sent him into his office and headed for the basement...

 

I have some pretty goofy stuff down there. 

 

Locklan found these dollar store flamingos that I had for a practical joke...

 

He wanted to put them in the front yard...

 

It took several tries until we found the perfect location...

 

Then of course, they needed fed!

 

What do you feed a pink plastic flamingo?

 

 

Mulch, of course!

 

Snack time already?

 

 

"Possickles!"

 

Then we had to head for the patio...

Where Grandma, Locklan and various toys had to swing in the hammock...

 

 

Andy cut my grass which gave Locklan a chance to use Pappy's leaf blower

to clean Dad's trailer...

 

 

Andy then headed off to another job. 

He left us (Locklan) his zero-turn and his lawn mower

(He owns a lawn care business)

He asked Locklan to clean them for him...

 

 

 

Once he decided they were clean enough...

 

He looked for other things to clean...

 

 

How about a scooter, a digger, a wagon and his bike?

 

Afterwards, we set up the pop up tent...

 

Locklan decided since his bike was clean, he could ride inside it...

 

 

I was pretty much ready to call it a day when he found my boots...

 

 

 

Finally I decided we needed to go for a ride in Grandma's car.

 

Locklan loves it when I beep the horn as we pass the homes of friends and family...

 

On the list for the day was Mommy's house, Aunt Mindy's house and Deb (my friend).

 

All three houses are blocks apart...

 

We made it past the first house...

 

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

 

If I didn't go down to 'porch sit' with my friend, Deb, I would have been in bed at 8:30!

 

Lots of work but I love every stinkin' minute of it!

Being a Baby is Hard Work

One day this week, Locklan came to spend the day with Granny Jan while Mom and Dad were at work.  As usual, he was adorable, but I realized just how hard he worked...

 

As soon as he came (at 6 AM), he thought he'd like to go upstairs and catch just a few more zzzzz's.

 

 

We went into Grandma's room to make her bed..

.He thought he was so cute that he took a selfie...

 

 

Then Granny took the phone and took a better shot of all his awesomeness...

 

 

After breakfast, He shared his toys with Shirley...

 

 

 

 

Even Shirley seems to think he's adorable!

 

 

Next, Pappy Ron sat on the floor with him.  Locklan loved it! 

 

Seems that Pappy Ron makes a great climbing wall.

 

 

Yes!  He pulls himself up on things now!

 

 

Pappy's great for hugging, too!

 

 

And then it was time for yet another selfie...

 

 

 

Who can resist all that cuteness?

 

He noticed Pappy Ron going out the French doors,

so he investigated...

 

 

So THAT's what they do out there!

 

 

At the end of the day, I'm tired...

I thought that being old was a lot of work...

But when I see how much work it is to be a baby...

 

Andy sent me this photo of Locklan after his bath...

 

 

Apparently cuteness comes naturally for some of us...

 

 

 

 

 

Hanging out with Grandma Jan...

Yesterday morning, Ashley sent me this photo via text message...

 

Locklan was having breakfast...

He had a big day planned,

he was coming to spend time with Granny Jan!

 

We couldn't decide what to do first...

So we went and hung out on the hammock...

 

 

One of our favorite places!

 

We stayed quite a while...

 

 

And then he got that funny look on his face...

 

 

Poop time!

 

Next we visited with Shirley...

 

 

Who has much more patience with Locklan than she does with me...

 

 

But you know how tiring it is when you have fun...

 

 

He's amazing, isn't he?

 

We were blessed!

 

 

 

 

Locklan!

I can't believe how fast he's growing...

 

 

He changes every day...

 

 

Andy and Ashley are enjoying him so much!

 

 

 

 

Parenthood agrees with Andy, that's for sure!

 

 

They not only look alike, they act alike!

 

 

 

They love hanging out together...

 

Spending time outdoors...

 

 

 

With all the right accessories!

 

 

His dad is teaching him how to be a real man and use charcoal at the river...

 

 

 

He has a BFF, his cousin, Bentley...

 

 

Even Pappy Ron (aka Mr. K) gets such a kick out of him!

 

 

On Saturday, Ashley was in her friend's wedding...

 

 

Which means...

 

We get the kid!

 

Tony and Noelle couldn't wait...

 

They wanted to take him for a walk...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And they wore him out!

 

 

After he woke from his nap,

He was a little fussy (I think he missed his mom)...

 

Ashley told us that he loves watching Cars on Netflix...

 

And he does, but our TV is on the mantle and he wasn't used to looking up to see it...

 

So Noelle helped him...

 

 

 

She stood there, holding him up so he could watch Mater...

 

 

 

 

He loved it!

(and I think she did too)

 

Nah...we aren't spoiling him!

 

Of course...

 

Grandma had to go out and get him his very own Mater...

 

 

And his dad scored these vintage Tonka trucks at our neighborhood garage sale...

 

 

I forgot how much fun babies can be!

 

~sigh~

 

We are blessed!