Baby time at my house

Well in order to prepare for Alexis Rose's arrival, Krystle and Matt gave me a bassinet and high chair for my house. But I realized thats not enough. If I go anywhere with her, I must have a reliable car seat and a stroller would be nice. So I got online and checked out several stores. Found the one I liked at walmart online (and they weren't sold in the store), so I ordered them on Monday (2nd), the car seat arrived yesterday (4th) and the stroller arrived today.
I got the stroller put together and it looks great. They are both from the Graco Collection-Betsey so they match each other.
Now Hubby and I are discussing a second vehicle for me-maybe a van-for all the baby stuff! And since he has the wheelchair ramp on the Jeep it makes it difficult to put anything in the cargo area.

Baby Shower is Over !

Well the baby shower is over and Krystle got lots of stuff for the baby. Seems funny though that a lot of her friends and co-workers called or texted her that something came up and they couldn't come. So it was just family that showed. Grandma Judy had a huge bag with lots of gifts inside. Mawmaw Vida and Aunt Ann also came. Krystle had never met them but they got her a housewarming gift and a baby gift. Darlene did too. So, all in all, Matt and Krystle got a lot of nice things.

More about Baby Shower

Well tonight I was watching tv when the doorbell rang. It was Krystle and her mom, Rose. They had been to the Dollar Tree and bought all kinds of stuff for the shower. All the stuff is baby shower items and this is meant to be a housewarming too. Thats why we said "housewarming/baby shower" on all the invites.
I had meant for this thing to be classy but it seems they have other ideas. So I guess I'll have to go along with the party balloons, ice cream with the cake and punch, and streamers hanging all over the room.

Drama ! Drama!

Well, Krystle's mom just has to have her way with lots of drama thrown in too.
I had planned the housewarming/baby shower for Matt & Krystle, got them to pick a day and I found a time that would work with Matt's work schedule. So we tell Rose. She gets huffy saying she can't take a day off, but can take other days off, so what the hey! Well she tells Krystle in no uncertain terms that I am trying to take her place in Krystle's life. Huh, can't help the fact that Matt and Krystle both call us for help since when they call Rose she says she can't help or she promises to help then never shows.
Anyway, Rose had a hissy fit says she won't come to the shower because of me. Krystle talks to her (several phone calls all night long) and they decide to change the times for the shower but to still have it at my house. So I guess I must get ready to deal with more fireworks as I've already planned the event and all the foods.
Can't you tell, even though I'm trying to be nice, it still irks me that this is happening. And she will still get her way!

4th of July

Well we had a really good 4th. We were invited to Juanita and Fred's party. It started about 1 pm and was starting to break up around 7:30 pm when we left. There was lots of food, karaoke, and friends. I took lots of pictures with the professional digital camera Daddy left to me. I'm still trying to get used to it-going to take lots of practice.
Afterwards, I picked up Matt and Krystle to go see the city fireworks display at 9 pm. Then Matt decided to have his own fireworks show-bottle rockets and a tornado alley, which was really noisy.
All in all, had a really fun day!

Catch-up time

Well its been 2 years since I updated my blog. So much has happened.
My Dad died on my 53rd birthday-Feb 14 2010. I moved into his house for the last month of his life and took care of him.He had cancer so it was a long battle.
My kids have both moved out and are living close by, here in town. My youngest son, Matthew has a new girlfriend and they've been living together for 2 years. They are expecting my 1st grandchild, a girl, in September.
Tony, the oldest, is living with his girlfriend also. Right now , he is gone to summer camp with the National Guard.His girlfriend refuses to stay in the house alone for the 2 weeks so she moved back in with her mom til he gets back next weekend.

What the Hey???

Well, just a while ago I was running laundry and working round the house, when there was a knock at the door. You'll never guess who it was!! ANTHONY showed up at our door, walked right in like he'd never been gone. Got drink from the fridge, sat down in the den and started talking to his dad. I kept on cleaning in the kitchen. Wasn't quite sure how I'd react to him or if I'd blow up at him for his behavior.
He just said "Happy Mother's Day" to me and that was all that he said to me. He and his dasd talked but I wasn't listening. OMGosh !! What is going on here?? Still don't know quite what to think??