Monica, you know what they say, a picture is worth a thousand words! Marleigh is speaking volumes in those pictures! Her facial expressions are hilarious and adorable! Her cheeks are at that cute pinchable stage.

Hello Michelle, you'll have to post a picture with you in it as well!! Marleigh had her first jar food today....Pears :p I think they might have made her jaws tingle because after the first taste she started laughing uncontrollably. It was a hoot!!

Michelle, We wouldn't mind having the recipe either. Better Yet, You could just make it and send it Airmail =P

Michelle, great to see you and the girls on the blog! And you are able to post pictures too. This is the best way to share them with us, much faster than sending them via CD or attached to email. Girls, Mamaw and Papaw love and miss you. Love the picture of you all in Paris. Michelle, Mom needs the beef and broccolli recipe from the Island Cookbook. She is now eating beef and can't wait to try that recipe again. Hotter than Hades here too today. Must be near 100. Cut the grass today and boy, was I wringing wet when I finished. Love you all.

Hello Michelle, Joe and Girls
Good to hear from all of you. Joe, would love to hear from you and how things are there! Hotter than Hades, I imagine!
Grandma looked at the pics Michelle. She is doing better today. I say Better, because yesterday, things were not so good. Yesterday her BP dropped to 78/44. That was with her feet up. The Home Health Nurse was almost here so we just gave her Sprite to drink and it came back up. She called the Dr. and she told us to only give her half of the BP med we are giving her now. So far today all is well. I am giving it to her at night, and then taking her BP frequently throughout the day. She has been more alert today and has eaten well. Bobbie came up today to spend the day and Mommy has been awake most of it. We had a storm today....wind, rain and then sunshine. Beautiful day.
Mommy watched Dirty Dancin' today and said she liked to watch them dance. I think she liked watchin' Patrick Swayze!

Since I made it onto the blog, I am trying this picture of Joe and the girls at the Louvre in Paris. Aleya is on the left, Tarin in the middle, and Toria on the right. This was in May of this year. Love to all of you, and I hope I do this right. Michelle

Michelle, what a great surprise , good to hear from you and your family,Hope all is well with you and your family, tell the girls Hi from Mich ,and tell Joe we are praying for you all.Post some pictures of you all and the girls , would love to see them.and I bet Grandma would love to see them too.

Michelle and family! Welcome to the blog! Its so nice to hear from you guys! Your Mom said the internet is extremely slow there? Its great that Joe is able to follow in Afghanistan! I would love to hear from you Joe! If you want to post let me know and I will send you an invitation! Pictures would be great! Its as simple as an email. Michelle you can email all of your posts if that would be easier. Its under settings then go to mobile or email I think.
Tell all the girls hey from Dawson!!

Monica, the taller one is Becca and the other little girl is Trina! I have pictures of you all climbing grandpas apple trees too! I remember they were soooo thrilled with all of the trees! Shala was a toddler and Brent was just a newborn! Sorry Mimi but you weren't even around yet!

Hello from Germany! We read about all of you all the time, and love it. Grandma, we love you so much and pray for you all the time. Amy, congrats on the baby. Joe is in Afghanastan, but follows the blog. The girls are doing great and are learning some German. More later, as I try to figure this out. Man, I hope I don't send this to someone else's blog! Love to all, Joe, Michelle, Tarin, Toria, and Aleya

Congrats Amy,Greg, and Clara on your new addition, he looks very handsome. We pray you get to go home today. God Bless.

Brooks Hocevar

Here are a couple of pictures of our latest addition. The delivery went pretty well - out in one push! So my recovery has been great and we are looking forward to taking him home tomorrow!

Amy, Greg, Clara and Brooks

Congratulations to the Hocevar/Cadle family :) Looks like Clara is calling her peeps to let them know about her little brother! He is beautiful! Marleigh had her 4 month check up yesterday and she weighs 14.5 lbs and is 24 3/4 inches long. Already 2 feet tall!! I can't believe it. We get to start her on jar food now. I wasn't able to make it to the store today so we will go in the morning and stock up. Trish, who are the two little girls in the top picture beside Addy?

some old and 1 new!

 

 

 

grandkids!

We will be praying that all her circuit's work.

Rita,
this is a trick we had to use in the nursing home at times.
Sometimes because pureed is still not enough, we would use baby food!
It is not only pureed but also strained and there is absolutely noooooo lumps!
Just a thought! It worked wonders on my patients! She doesn't actually need a lot of calories right now and you would be surprised about the portions as well.
It might be worth a try. You will probably have to season it up a bit for flavor but the consistency is wonderful!

Good Morning
Congratulations to you Amy and Greg, Miss Clara and all the grands and Aunts and Uncles. He looks like a perfect baby. I am glad it is overwith for you Amy. How many great grandchildren does this make for Mommy? I have lost count.
Mommy is having trouble sleeping at nights. She naps mostly in the mornings, so I don't think she has her days and nights mixed up but it seems like she can't get comfortable after about midnight. I think it may have something to do with her sleeping on her stomach. She sleeps on her side for the first half of the night, then when she turns on her stomach, she is up the rest of the night. Doesn't matter how many times you turn her on her side, she goes right back. She use to sleep on her stomach all the time. She is also reverting back to the way she was eating when she was in the hospital. Can't remember to swallow, spits out the food, holds it in her mouth...that is our present biggest challenge. Ya'll pray that she will remember how to eat. Hey, she remembered how to pee again!!
She LOVES watching I LOVE LUCY! She did really good with the OT this week. She worked a wheel with her arms for about 20 minutes. She TOLD us she had to go to the bathroom this morning. That is the first time she has told us she had to go, and she REALLY had to go. It's like we take 2 steps forward and 3 back. Talk to ya'll later.

Brooks Gregory

Yes, the blog is just like and old time party line phone, lol everyone listening in, only this way we can just check in .

Congratulations Greg and Amy, and Big sister Clara, Baby Brooks is a Handsome Dude!

Trish~Unless Kim is hangin' out at the kiddie pool, we haven't seen her-LOL! No really, where is she staying? We are at Landmark.

Way to go grandma! I called the house yesterday several times and by the third time when I heard,(laughing) "We're just getting grandma off the potty, " I said, "Is that all you all do?"It was pretty funny!

We are having a good time here. Took the kids to Family Kingdom last night. Both kids wanted to ride the big roller coaster- which they don't meet the height requirement for. LOL

Mom~ I have to agree with Monica on that one about the beans! Save some for my family cause you know they aren't going to get any if I have to cook them:)

AMY & GRAG~ Congratulations! Post some pictures. Glad to hear that all is well. Hard to believe that Clara is the big sis!

I don't know about you all, but I am kind of glad for mom's pep talk (lecture) about the blog. I like keeping in touch and hearing what's up with everyone! Love you all!

Good to hear from Backus Mt. glad every thing is going so well, great to hear ,Way to go Mommy,you are keeping Rita and Tresea on their toes.

Glad you all don,t have to cath mom any more , and I bet she is too.

If we see Smoke rising from the mt. we will know it's all those beans you all canned Rita.

Amy we will be praying for a good delivery, cant wait for pictures of the new one, and to see Clara with him.

That is some deer in your back yard. Good picture of it.

Well it is suppose to be in the 90's today with storm's sure hope they are not too bad.

 

Look what I caught in my orchard this morning with his girlfriend!

I forgot that time was getting so close Amy!! I'll be praying everything goes well. Can't wait for some pictures :) Praise the Lord!! That is wonderful news about Grandma, too. Rita, I believe that if I were behind you in line at Walmart and saw all those beans I might just switch lanes just in case there was a blowout LOL. Steve, I'll be praying for your interview as well. Mark saw that US Cellular had a technician position open in Fayetteville also. Don't know the info on it though. Addy, where are pics of LadyBird????

Howdy from Backus Mountain
I hear Clara's little brother is on his way in to the world. I hope he makes it on his Grandpa's birthday. I told Mommy and she grinned like a possum eatin' poop! Speakin' of Mommy, she will no longer have to be cathed as long as she keeps doin' what she's doin'. She is peeing on her own, as of Saturday when she had "the siezure". Makes no sense to me either. She doesn't tell us she needs to go, but when she starts figgitin' and taking off her cover AND tryin' to get up, that's what she's tryin' to tell us. She hasn't had one accident and when we cathed her tonight, just to see if there was any residual, she only had 20ccs. That tells us the plumbin' is workin'! She ate good today, but of course, she had fresh cooked cabbage, pinto beans and new potatoes. We have found that if she eats a good breakfast, and she always does, then she doesn't want lunch until around 2, then she really doesn't want supper until around 7. Yeah, I know, but it works for her and who are we to argue with HER. You can't get a word in edgewise! Actually, she hasn't been talkin' much this week, but she is still laughin' and we can figure out what she wants, or in some cases, doesn't want.
Blain got our well hooked up, with Steve and Paul's help, and he said it is making more than 10 gallon a minute. He couldn't pump it dry. It is red water too and we will have to run it through the softener. Was hoping for better water but we should have plenty. 3 wells on 20 acres should be enough water!! We are going to have it tested to see exactly what is in it.
Blain's garden is growing good. Got our first cukes today and the corn is lookin' good. Teresa and I started Weight Watchers today again bc all our clothes are gettin' tight, really tight. Not to worry, we are still tryin' to fatten Mommy up.
I canned 20 quarts of Pintos today. I was a little embarrassed to check out at WalMart with over 9lbs. of Pinto Beans. Everybody was lookin' at me funny. But I only paid $7.10 for them. Good deal, don't ya think? Gonna turn in, tomorrow is another busy day on the Mountain.

Janet, have you seen Kim? Andy said she is at Myrtle Beach too!

Janet, I haven't heard from Ronnie yet, but I did see a job online for maint. position at the sawmill in Rainelle. Lonnie talked to someone down there and they called me for an interview this weekend. We'll see how it goes. Pay isn't greatest and not sure about benefits, but it sure is close to home.

We had bad storms here last night, even tornado watches. After it was over, we went and collected seashells on the beach:) Got lots of whole shells! Hope everyone is having a good week. Love to all.
Steve~ any news from Ronnie?

We would love that too, Monica!

Good morning Grandma :) How are you this morning? Did you wake up to rain? We did and it is nice, we need it so bad. I hope you are feeling well today.

Janet, I love the pictures. I wish I were there with you :p

Dannys Mom and her sister

 

Julie used to sit with their Mom and Dad!

 

Good to see the pictures of Trish's/Emily's visit with Mom. Tell her we are praying for her.
Love David and Julie

Trish~ I'll tell them. The fish were dead by morning:( I told her htat they went to heaven, but she said, "Mom, no it didn't. It is still on the kitchen sink." I told her that his heart went to heaven and she said, "No, mom, the whole fish is still on the sink." Guess the abstract thinking will come later. LOL

Hope grandma is feeling better this morning. The kids wanted to know if grandma was still in the hospital getting a shot?

No storma this morning- Kaiden was scared for about a minute:) Here a some pics...
Lovve to all!

my pond

 

when lorie and shawn where here they helped me get my pond cleaner!  He made an awesome filter from scratch and it is very low maintenance. You can even see the lillies starting to come up.  And there is a picture of our Beta that was living in the marguerita glass Jacob won at christmas from mark and monica.  We now call him Beta Willie.  It was just like freeing the whale when we dumped him in the pond!

visit with grandma

 

Rita, how did mommy sleep last night? I figured after our day in the ER she would snore it up..... But I know she is wired a little different!
Janet could you ask Kaiden and Olivia to bring me back a sea shell for my pond? How did olivias fish do?