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...

 

 

 

 

 

It's a family thing?

My dad had eight sisters.  Eight!  Can you imagine?

 

He also had three brothers which gave me 22 aunts and uncles,

about a gazillion cousins and when you start removing and seconding cousins,

about a mega million of them...

(I can never remember how the pecking order goes, with once removed, twice removed and seconds)

 

Sadly, my dad and all but three aunts and an uncle are gone,

One of my aunts lives in Maryland...

I don't get to see her very often, but last Saturday,

 Aunt Helen, her son and daughter-in-law, went on a road trip and came to town!

 

As many as could make it,

 (which was 6 cousins, 3 spouses, three cousin's kids and two cousin's kids-kids

 plus two aunts, my mom and a guest) got together at a local restaurant.

 

Oh my...the laughter, the food talk, the catching up and of course, the hugging that went on...

 

I love this picture of my two aunts and me...

 

 

And then we got Mom into the act...

(Look at my mom...she'll be 84 next week!)

 

 

 

Aren't we a classy bunch?

See Tony on the left?

 

And the same bunch from the other end...

 

 

We're in the regenerating mode...

we don't have many little kids these days,

but my cousin, Anthony, and I just had new grandsons this past year...

 

Right now, we don't need a kids' table, but we still have one...

 

 

My cousin's daughter and son, and two grandsons...

 

I love it when we all get together! 

 

Families are the best!

 

 

 

 

 

On the ground floor...

Here we are in Myrtle Beach...Sitting in the lobby of our hotel, looking up at the elevator shaft. Our rooms are on the 15th floor… Thankfully, even with the hurricane, water doesn't get that high!

Hammocks, Chicken Wings and a kid...

Last Christmas, we bought Ashley a family sized hammock for those lazy days at the river...

 

She's had a chance to enjoy it, but a few weeks ago, while Ashley was at work, Mr.K, Tony, Andy, Locklan and I headed to the river to enjoy the sunny Sunday afternoon...

 

First Tony took a snooze...

 

 

And then Andy and Locklan tried it out...

 

 

 

 

We went out to eat and Tony brought home his leftover chicken wings to enjoy later...

 

 

 

 

Is there anything better than a hammock on a summer day???

 

How about a hammock and a nephew?

 

 

 

Even though I love autumn, adore snow and can't wait until Christmas...

 

I am going to miss our summer days on the river!

 

 

 

 

 

Calm before the storm

Yeppers, it's really October!

 

I've been busy...

I'll see you soon!

 

 

More October!

October!