Toys that keep on giving

At Christmas, Melissa gave Brennan the Toy Story movie and the boys have watched it many times and Sawyer has become a big fan of Buzz and Woody. You often hear him saying, "to infinity and beyond" or "woody? buzz?.

The fun part of all of this, is that these are the little characters that Isaiah played with about 10 years ago.

Entertaining the troops

Adjusting to having 3 boys and one of them being a 19 month old when you are experiencing jet lag isn't real easy. Wednesday night after work, I brought Brennan and Sawyer to our house until it was their bedtime. Around 6:00 every night Matt has been hitting the wall with jet lag and I'm sure that is why you haven't seen any new posts on his blog.
I spent some time racing Mario Kart with Brennan. I put the picture below on so that you could see that Brennan was in 1st place and I was in 12th!!! I see that it isn't showing up real well. It's pretty bad when an almost 5 year old is running his race and at the same time telling me what I should be doing. In the end, he said, "I wonder who won the piston cup? It's me! Grandma, I can't believe you did that bad. You will do better the next time". Well sometimes I did and sometimes I didn't.

Here I am on the floor helping Sawyer get rid of some energy. Sorry about the view.

One of Brennan's pictures that I missed in the last post.

Brothers

Brennan is still adoring his little brother. Matt and Monica both say that Brennan can make Jeremiah smile easier than anyone.
This picture was taken by Brennan. Mommy and Daddy said that so far Jeremiah has been an easy baby. He goes to bed between 6:30 and 7:30 for night and normally wakes up once for a bottle. Sawyer also loves his baby brother but had to adjust to giving up some of his Mommy time.

Hear him talk

I changed the video to one that you can hear his voice

Welcome to the Family, Jeremiah!

Proud Grandma, holding Jeremiah for the 1st time. I feel really bad but I didn't get a picture of Papaw holding him.

Precious! It's the best way to describe him. He just looks at you and smiles.
Brennan's 1st time seeing Jeremiah.


Proud big brother! "Grandma, I think we will just call Jeremiah, "King of the Babies"!

Sawyer telling Jeremiah to say, "cheese". Brennan brought down his pillow and blanket for Jeremiah. It was quite interesting how Jeremiah would just follow the boys with his eyes and smile at them.
Jeremiah and his parents were very tired. He really likes his thumb. Our 1st thumb grandchild.

Picnic in the back yard

This was one of my attempts to get the boys to eat lunch. It worked.

Day 7

This afternoon Brennan and Sawyer were having lots of fun in the Hammock. It's amazing how rough two little boys can play and still be laughing.
Finally tonight I made something that Sawyer liked. Normally it's been, "ahhh...no!" Tonight a meal with black beans and a bit spicy, he said, "more?" I was beginning to think he was going to live on Yogurt, bananas, apples and life cereal for his main course while he was here.
Today Brennan and I set up all our black domino's. It took several attempts before we got it done since we both knocked them over before it was completed. Brennan informed me that we were not going to give up regardless how many try's it took.

Good news from Ethiopia

Great news from Ethiopia today.

Slide

We spent several hours outside today and this was the highlight. Brennan has watched this video, over and over, laughing nonstop, each time.

I just got done putting Sawyer to bed and I continue to be amazed how easy bedtimes have been for us. He only wakes up in the morning between 5 and 6 for a little rocking then goes back to sleep for several hours. He loves to get just a tiny piece of your skin and pinch it. That is what he does until you lay him down.

He has been obsessed with Buzz and Woody. He is constantly saying, "to infinity and beyond! Veggie Tales, Veggie Tales!"

We gave Brennan a digital Camera and he takes pictures daily. The camera and the wii have been his highlights.

This was story time the 1st night.

Last night when we got home I gave Brennan a graduation gift from his sitter, Linda. I mentioned to him that I think Linda really loves him and he said, "I really love her too, I need to thank her tomorrow."

Tonight Sawyer was running, slipped and fell down.
Brennan - Sawyer, are you ok?
Sawyer's response-ya!
Brennan-I hope you are ok bud? because I want you to be my brother forever!

Brennan- Papaw and Grandma, do you want to hear one of our new rules? I heard a lady on TV say that you should never say that you don't like something until you try it at least once.

Brennan-Pre-School Graduation

Last night, we along with the other grandparents and Brennan and Sawyer's sitter went to Brennan's pre-school graduation. I'm documenting this, just in case Matt and Monica are able to check my blog. I also know that Auntie Melissa may be interested.

Brennan with Miss Molly

Walking in wearing his graduation hat made out of a plastic bowl.

This was one of the few songs they did for us. Brennan appeared rather shy and serious most of the evening.

The last part of the Journey has begun

I'm sitting here reflecting as Sawyer is napping and Brennan is playing Mario. I just read Matt and Monica's blog and looked at my pictures and the tears just came. It's all so real now. Our new grandson will be with us soon and soon we can post pictures of him. I just ask that everyone pray for safe travels for Matt, Monica and Jeremiah. By 3:30AM our time they should be landing in London.

This morning I took a long walk on the Treadmill, knowing that I would probably not get much treadmill time in the next few weeks. I also made trips back and forth bringing all the necessities for the boys to our house. It has been fun getting the house ready for the boys. Matt and Monica had everything packed, then took the bags and containers to Honeyville Metal this morninging to have them weighed. He had to open some of them up and take out a few things. I was glad they knew that before they got to the airport.

Happy Birthday! Isaiah

12 years ago on Mother's Day-May 11th, our 1st grandchild was born. Isaiah Matthew could not have been a more beautiful baby and could not have been loved more! He was perfect in every way.


A lot of changes over the 12 years for Isaiah and he is now a year away from being a teenager. Isaiah has been blessed with intelligence that he applies well in school and has kept his good looks! Even though Isaiah keeps moving further away, we get to have him spend at least a month with us in the summer time. We love you Isaiah!!!! Happy Birthday!!!!!

Convenience instead of looks

Today I got the bright idea to bring down a TV from the upstairs that was useless up there, and hook up the Wii on it. At first, Brennan wasn't sure he liked the idea, but I sold it to him by telling him, this way he didn't need to wait to play until we were done watching TV. After he tried it and found out it was ok, he was soon sold on the idea. As soon as his parents walked in the door, he said, "Look, now I don't have to wait until Papaw and Grandma are done watching TV, to play the Wii!" I didn't want to put the Wii in a different room, because sometimes we play with him as well and it also allows for more interaction this way.

Since Brennan will be here while Matt and Monica are in Ethiopia for 1 1/2 weeks then Isaiah for 1 month this summer, it seemed like the thing to do.

I'm a pretty practical person and convenience instead of looks tends to win with me most of the time. Within reason that is!

So what do you think....does it pass?