Me and My Grammy

These pics are from our swim time the other day. My mom came over and swam at my sister's house and soaked up a little sun with us. She was letting the water from the jet tickle Bryce and go down his suit in the back. He would laugh and smile the biggest smile! He loved the water spraying his back.



I am guessing that these pics will answer any of your "Where does he get the red hair from?" questions. My husband, Bryan, also has red hair in his beard, before he shaves. Bryce loves his Grammy. Every time that we go to my parents house, she opens the door, and in a real high, excited voice, she says, "Did you come to see ME?" All of her grandkids love it! My dad teases her about it, but he does it when she is not there. lol I think that we sometime forget our "silly, non-formal" memories. That is what I hope to capture for Bryce. I doubt that he will remember this day, but I will! Silly goose that he is, loving his grammy! I have some of my dad and him that my mom made that I will have to share, when I get them from her.




HAVE A GREAT DAY! DO SOMETHING SILLY THIS WEEKEND WITH YOUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS AND CAPTURE IT WITH YOUR CAMERA!

My neice

This is my niece, Macie Ruth. She is hilarious! Don't you just LOVE her goggles? She had just learned to totally stick her face under the water (without holding her nose) the day before. She can swim without her water wings, but her mom asked us to let her wear them since she was not present for part of the time that she was swimming. I could not resist having her turn around and smile, on one of her many trips, in and out of the pool. She was so proud of herself. She had me announce her to the world, like a dive show, each time that she jumped in. She said, "Aunt Gwen, I am really wet from being UNDER the water." I just laughed and smiled cause she was thinking that she was wetter from getting her face in without holding her nose. Her goggles broke and her mom brought her a new pair. She told us that she did not like her new goggles, because when she went under, she could see the "big hole". All that we could figure out that she meant was that she could not SEE A THING in these old duckie ones cause they were old and fogged up a lot. We decided that she could finally see the whole pool and thought that it looked like a "big hole". She would float and float like a dead man, just so she could look around. I didn't notice that she had been doing it and almost screamed when I did. Her mom (my sister) and my other sister laughed at me for almost jumping in after her. Silly Girl!

Bryce's Scripture

Psalm 139: 14

" I will praise You, for I am

fearfully and wonderfully made."

This is the scripture that I used on Bryce's birth announcements. It is truely his LIFE verse. Praise be to God, who from whom all blessings flow! BRYCE IS MAKING HIS OWN BLOOD AGAIN! He is still low, but his little "maker" is working again. I got the call today from my pediatrician. He might as well have given me the moon! He and I were both on the verge of tears. We are so grateful to have such a wonderful doctor. Thank you to all of my bloggy friends who have been praying for our little guy. He will still need "sticks" until it is normal, but hopefully not as frequent. I hope to hear from the specialist tomorrow. We went swimming today at my sister's house. He loves the water! I made this pic with my old 8 megapixel rebel. It is almost as old as the film version of the rebel. Still a great camera! I had it in the water and my mom and sister were looking at me like I had lost my mind. I believe in using my camera. We had a great day! His dad brought us peach milkshakes from Chick-Fil-A and we sat by the pool and watched Bryce pant like a puppy for bites. So thankful......
Thank you God for the blessing of our child being whole again. Thank you for giving Your blood, so that we can live eternally. Thank you for giving us all that which we don't deserve and for sparing us what we do deserve. You alone deserve to be praised. You alone are worthy. You alone are the "waymaker" when there is no way. You alone complete me. Thank you Lord for healing our baby and giving me the opportunity to be his mom. Amen So thankful......

A View From His Crib

 
 
 
Please pray for Bryce, today, as he gets "stuck" again in just a few hours. I get this feeling in the pit of my stomach until it is over. Please pray that the levels will be better. Pray that he will grow to be a leader for God. Pray that these tiny lips will always speak of God's love. Pray that his eyes will only look on others with mercy and on things of honor to God. Pray that these little ears will hear His Word and always follow it. Pray that his heart will always be a servant's humble heart. Pray that as he tucks his tiny arms under himself to sleep, that he will use his hands to serve others for God's glory. Pray that he will walk these tiny feet in a path of God's Will. PRAY!

A New Perspective

 
I made this pic while I am STILL trying to recalibrate my camera and figure out WHAT the heck I am doing with the settings! I LOVE Bryce's new perspective on things. Check out his "boo-boo" on his knee. I know, I know... AWWWWW! I always look for a lesson, from God, in all that he does. He spends alot of time playing like this. I got some more pics of him outside playing upside down that I should post. The lesson that I took from him with this is: Sometimes we don't like the way something looks when God "hands" it to us, but if we just change our perspective a little, we might decide that it ain't so bad. We might even learn something new! Bryce loves to check out the way things are working. He turns his head from side to side and upside down. What a BOY! It is sometimes difficult to ride him in his wagon, cause he want to play with the wheels. I have so many pics that I want to post, but run out of time. This post is a quick one, before he wakes up. Of course, he sleeps in on the day that my mind is racing and won't let me sleep! lol. But, aren't you thankful that you got a post out of it! lol. Well, gotta run for now, I must do a post to tell you about my son's love affair with Tigger. I hear him now....calling me... to start his day...........

The Prodigal Son

 
My prodigal son has returned! Not my baby, my camera! lol (What were you thinking?) Just kidding. My camera came back complete with repairs and a good, well-needed, cleaning. They reset all of the settings and updated the hardware. I think that the top of it is new (by the flashmount). There are lots of new parts according to the work order. I did a good job of blowing it up, I think. So does anyone want to loan me your camera? I will take real good care of it.....tee! hee! No, seriously. I have taught myself a little about it, since the repair. I am learning more with natural light. I hope to get in a class this fall that will help me be better and learn how to use an editor. It drives me nuts! I want to be better so bad! I wish that I could bring myself to delete the "bad" pics. Like, for example, the shutter speed was messed up for days when I first got my camera back, but did I delete the blurry ones? NOOOOOO..... I had to keep most of them, even though, they will NEVER get printed. lol Isn't is silly? I guess it feels too much like I am deleting Bryce. Speaking of the little angel, (I use that term loosely) his blood results were low today, but not "transfusion low" again yet. He got the 1/2 unit last week. The MD said not to expect "normal" levels. He dropped 2 points in one day, last week. He is a little over 6 points from another transfusion. I am preparing myself for the need for one as early as next week. I am waiting to hear from the specialist, who will probably say that we will just check it again in a week. The disheartening part, is that he gets stuck every week, and that his erythrocyte count is now a big fat zero. That means that he is making NOTHING new (no red blood cells). I guess that I didn't fully understand when he was making 0.5 and then 0.1, that, at least, it was doing something, although, not near enough to produce anything. It kinda makes my insides feel like that "drop of the heart" still feeling, that you get when you are watching a movie and you hear that long, wailing beep of the monitor, when they unhook someone for the last time. (I know, morbid, but just keeping it real). My tummy is nervous sometimes, but I am grateful that I have a child. I feel sooooo bad for those who can't. He is my sunshine! How funny are they? Silly every day! What a fresh perspective on life! He knew where we were going, this time, for his arm stick. But, as soon as they were done, he quit crying and smiled! We could learn alot from that kind of forgiveness. I hope that everyone had a great Memorial Day! Tell a Veteran, "Thank you for your service. I told my husband....lol. Well, gotta scoot, while Scooter is napping. I could chat for hours....thanks for being a good listener....lol. O.k. I am really rambling now. Enough is enough.... Bye ya'll!

Playdate...I think?

 

Please click on the pic to view it larger and see the silly details. This mosaic is my first. I can see why most people don't make them. It was hard! I could not eliminate enough pics to get it to do right. I had about 20, but blogger would only let me upload about 4 because of the file size. GAAA! You would think that it was FREE or something! lol These pics are from a playdate the other day with some of our neighborhood gals. I wanted to number them, so that I could explain them a little better. Can I just say that kids are HILARIOUS? There were alot more that were equally funny, but I just couldn't fit them all in. The kiddos were playing and we decided that we needed some pics. I, being the "quick draw" with my camera, ran in the house and grabbed mine and this is what resulted....
1. The first attempt to corral the little wiggle worms. Left is Emma (Bryce's main squeeze). Look at the expressions. She looks worried. lol In the middle is Carli. She is just happy to be there, looking at her mom. And then, there is Bryce with his "I don't know what is going on, so I will just smile" face.
2. Emma is figuring it all out. Carli is plotting her next move. And, well, Bryce is probably passing gas. Seriously!
3. Emma needs to pee. Carli is fed up with men (like most girls). And Bryce has lost all focus (like most men, who are easily distracted).
4. Readjust kiddos and give each one a ball so they are not grabbing and touching and pushing and whining and.....
5. Order of kids has now been changed due to Bryce and Carli continuing to throw and crawl after balls. Carli gives Bryce a "gentle love shove" and laughs. (or bryce still has the gas and is now sharing it with her in his gentle lean.) Carli may have hit him cause she does not appreciate it (like most of us girls with "smelly boys"). Bryce falls over on Emma, who moves like "He is touching me" or maybe she thinks that he has cooties.
6.Emma's mom to the rescue! She sits Bryce back up and Carli stares at him like, "Boys are stupid! Do you want some more of that?"
7. Bryce whining, while Carli is still giving him the look.
8. Emma escapes while Bryce decides that all is O.K., smiles, and cuts the "faucet of whine" off, because his mom is behind the camera and nobody is paying any attention to his fake plea for help. Carli is still looking at him is disbelief.
9. Out come the bubbles to "refocus" all the kids. YAY BUBBLES!
10. Well, sorta refocus.... Look at Emma! Hilarious!

I love you silly kiddos! I hope that ya'll grow up together, love and help one another always, play and share well, and may you never find COOTIES on each other!