Right Now

Work in Progress

Answering the Challenge By Ali Edwards to do a post about Life. Right. Now.  You can read more about it here.

Right now there is a lot of celebrating the birth of Noah-from the fact that he is finally home from the hospital (he was 5 weeks early), that he is healthy, and that I get to hold and spoil him.

Right now I am happy that Elizabeth is healthy and happy-that emergency appendectomy seemed to do the trick!

Right now I am trying not to think about the hospital bills that will be coming soon.

Right now I am finding it difficult to focus on painting and projects. 

Right now I am feeling called to clean our house from top to bottom to welcome Noah to our family.

Right now our dogs are confused.  Tigger wants to be a momma puppy and wants to help Noah stop crying.  She is very concerned.

Right now I am supposed to be getting ready for work.

Right now I am trying not to think about how long William be away once he is at sea in the Navy. 

Right now my husband thinks the new rocking chair is just for him and Noah .

Right now I just got a TON of photos printed.

Right now I am loving how Bryan is doing his homework and is trying really hard at school.

Right now I am loving the cooler weather and especially the leaves changing color-so beautiful!

Right now I am doing a lot of organizing and decluttering.  (Loving the result around my house!)

Right now I am sweating out impending layoffs just a little bit.

Right now William wants $375 to sign up for Behind the Wheel.

Right now I am happy, stressed, tired, excited and full of ideas, but I seem to be low on energy.

Right now I am going to watch the Season Premiere of The Big Bang Theory!

Happy Thursday!

Another Grandma Post

Uncle Bryan was so sweet!.  He started to tear up a little when he held Noah for the first time.

The happy parents.

So sweet!

Smiling in his sleep!

Lots of wires.

Sleeping soundly.

Opening his eyes to look at Mommy!

Thinking about pulling that nose tube out!

Relaxing…

Holding that sweet little bundle of joy.

Mommy happy to be holding her sweet little bundle of joy

Tearing up as I write this. 

I can’t wait until Noah gets out of the hospital and gets to come home.  Soon.  Very Soon!

I’m a Grandma!!

Our first look at Noah Michael.

Noah is 5 weeks early, but he is healthy and in the NICU and doing great!  He was born at 12:46 and weighed 5 lbs and 3 oz and is 18 1/2 inches long.

Momma is doing great!  They left the house at 12:00 am and he was born at 12:46…just in time baby.  And Elizabeth just left the hospital this morning!

Both Mom and Dad were tearing up hanging out with their baby.

He is definitely going to be a charmer.

Sweet.

He definitely knows his Momma’s voice. Mom and Dad got kicked out of the room so that he could get some more sleep.  Such a sweetie. 

Happy Thursday!

My Sketchbook September

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These are just some of my favorite pages from my sketchbook this past month.

Gladiolas from the farmer’s market.

bird nest

thinking about pumpkins and fall and creating pumpkin shapes

And pumpkin colors!

a basket full of apples

an acorn on my Mom’s kitchen table.

my morning glories now that the bunnies stopped snacking on them.

playing with the shapes of the leaves.

Leaves from the golf course.

A leaf that insisted I take it home (it kept blowing up to my ball when I was trying to tee off the fifth hole )

Illinois visit-sketching some of the things that I saw on the drive home.

Thank you so much for visiting-have a fabulous weekend and I hope to see you again!

BabyShower 2012

My baby…my firstborn (she’s going to be a MOM!) and my Mom.

I am going to be a Grandma in less than 2 months.  My Mom is going to be a great-Grandma (of course she will be!). 

Eating from the bird feeder.

Mama Doe kept looking at me while I was taking pictures and finally she took off, although she didn’t look too scared.

(Let’s face it…I’m not very scary).

Princess Pudgey

The babyshower cake!

Love this.

Yes.  Yes it is going to be a boy!

And lots of Pooh Bears.

Aren’t these bee toothpicks adorable?

Presents are piling up on the table.

More boy decorations.

Elizabeth with her Grandmas.

Elizabeth had to try out every spot in the living room (trying to get comfortable-I remember those days).

This one definitely didn’t work-her feet didn’t touch the floor.

She was also getting too warm.

And finally she relaxed a little.

Eventually, they brought a computer chair out to the living room for her…and it was JUST RIGHT…

Adorable bookends and Piglet.

Reading the card.

She just read the part where I signed the card, “Love, Moomers…”

The stuffed dog that looks like Pudge.

Lots of football wear.

Her Grandma likes the soft Monkey Blanket.

Little Nike Shoes.

Love the colors on this one…

Baby Bather.

Lots of Winnie the Pooh odds and ends…

Baby Swing.

Bouncey Seat.

Elizabeth got so many wonderful things-so nice of her Dad and his wife to let us come.

Our family baby shower will be after the baby is born (It is going so fast-I can’t believe it!). 

Happy Thursday!