Sweet Baby

I've been apart from this little beauty for 3 days...can't stand it! I just need to look at her. It is such an amazing thing. When I think about life, family, love...I think of my parents, Bede's parents. They worked hard, raised us and passed down wisdom, love, incredible life lessons and wonderful values. Watching Joanna and Andy parent I feel so much pride and awe that they too have learned how to love, how to parent. I have always known that being a parent is a tremendous responsibility as well as an immense gift. Now that there is a new generation, I am so much more convinced of this. What we do, what we teach, what we say, how we love, all comes back around. I have been so blessed. I was loved by my parents, I fell in love with my husband, and continue to fall in love with him more each day, I love my children, all now incredible adults. I really did not understand how much more I could love until I held this beautiful child. I miss her, I miss her mother, my daughter (how weird does that sound). I so want to be a part of this child's life

Spring wreath

This afternoon I made a wreath for the front door. I cut some small branches from my curly willow tree and wrapped them around a wire coat hanger bent into a circle.I tied the main branches with a little thin wire and then interwove smaller twigs. With a little spritz of water every day or two this should last for a couple of weeks. Cost...$0

Margot's 1st doll

Joanna had some fabric left over from a project in the baby's room. She also had embroidered a darling face meant to be part of a doll someday. I took the extra fabric home and the doll face as well and sewed up a little cutie for my sweet Margot.The doll is bigger than Margot right now, but soon she will hold it and cuddle it. The chenille fabric is so soft and cuddly. It also can be thrown into the washing machine. I sewed up a little chenille dress as well. Under the dress, on the body of the doll,over the place where the heart would be,is an applique that says " I love you". One day she will know how very much her grams loves her!

Obnoxious grandma alert!!!!

There will be pictures...oh yes! So many pictures. I'm warning you now, that Margot will show up on many blogs.... really, she's just so adorable....

Margot Louise

Margot entered the world on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 4:01am. She is the most beautiful baby girl in the world, (spoken by a totally impartial grandma). She is perfect. I love her. I don't want to leave her. It all is very moving. This LIFE thing...it keeps on going, generation after generation. Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren. This little baby is lucky enough, blessed, to have 2 awesome parents, 4 pretty decent grandparents, and 2 great-grandmothers. Joleen and Orlita are witness to the 3rd generation of their original families. If this doesn't make you believe in God and miracles then nothing will. This is what it is all about. LOVE. Love passed on from one person to another, from one generation to the next. The thing I find most intriguing and amazing is that we have no control over any of it. I was blessed to be born into a great family, I was again blessed with 3 fantastic children and now this beautiful baby girl has joined our family. It's difficult for me to even write this, makes me tear up. I'm not a cryer. At least not until I look into this beautiful little face and see the wonder that is GOD! All I can really manage to say is "Thank you Lord, thank you"