The Last Day of September

I took more pictures of baby today. Surprise! She's so cute, cuter in person.

Today is the last day of my 30 day blog every day thing. I did it! And I had something fun to say almost everyday. Of course, having a grandbaby during the last few days made things a little more exciting!

I had Peter get some clothes out of the dryer for me... baby clothes. And he said "that's a lot of pink!" Welcome to the world of baby girls! Good thing she's pretty in pink.

Marc and Josh came up today. So Grandpa Marc got to see his first grandchild, finally, in person.
Do you think Marc likes being a grandpa? Oh, yeah.
And Josh is a first time uncle!
Too bad Kristen and Bryan can't be here to enjoy their niece.

The guys had to go to Priesthood meeting for General Conference, so Becca and I decided to have a girls night out. Good thing Lindsay is a girl! She got to go with us. Her first night out! We headed to Chick-fil-a. Becca said: "Chicks' night out at Chick-fil-a!" We went through the drive through, picked up a couple of number 2 combos with lemonade!After dinner, Lindsay and I had some fun grandma and granddaughter bonding time. I took a ton of pictures of her. I'm trying to play around with different poses, shutter speeds, and f-stops and b&w so we can take some good photos for her baby announcements.
I think in this one she's thinking, "Grandma, what the heck are you doing? You keep pointing that funny machine at me!" I'm sorry, sweetie, I just can't resist your *cuteness*.

September 29th

Today we brought baby and Becca home from the hospital! Here's Becca getting Lindsay dressed in her cute little coming home outfit.


The happy family makes it home...



To celebrate we got Dark Chocolate Double Fudge Milkshakes from Steak-n-Shake. Yum! Becca needs 500 extra calories a day, but Peter and I have no excuse!

9.28.06

Baby, baby, baby.

That's what it's all about right now. And it's fun.

I did take a break. I headed to Hobby Lobby to buy some scrapbook paper while it's all half price. I was also looking for paper to make the baby announcements with. So baby was still on my mind.

She is so tiny and so very much looking like her mother and her aunt Kristen when they were infants. It's like deja vu. She'll make an expression with her face or put her hand up by her face and I can see Rebecca in my mind, almost identical. They must be related! ;-)

Rebecca is such a good mother. Lindsay was being a little fussy and when I handed her back to mommy she just looked at Becca and stopped crying. It touched Rebecca that someone would need her so much, love her so much. And she does! And it's a great thing to watch the love my daughter has for her daughter.

So, the only photos I have are, guess... baby Lindsay!

Here she is at exactly one day old. I took these right at 4:30. Peter is a fabulous daddy who calls her "cuteness" and other endearments. And to top it off, he's a great diaper changer!

Lindsay's *Birth* day

Today I became a grandmother. What a cool feeling. It was really nice to be there with my daughter as she gave birth to her daughter. Yes, I cried tears of joy when she was born. It is so amazing, the miracle of birth.


Today I will just mainly post pictures. Isn't she wonderful? I think so.

Lindsay Elizabeth Robison. Born today, September 27th at 4:28 pm. 8 pounds and 2 ounces. 20 1/4 inches long. Absolutely beautiful.

Sept. 26th, the Eve of Grandparenthood

A Very Slow Day.

I didn't accomplish much at all today.

I didn't take any pictures of anything fun.

I did spend a lot of time talking on the phone to friends.

I did go to the high school and do flute sectionals.

I did teach one lone flute lesson today.

They did finish paving the road!!! But I didn't have my camera with me. So I'll have to take a photo later.

I did find some fun baby stuff that belonged to Becca. But I'm washing it right now so I can't take a picture of it.

I didn't find the baby dress she came home from the hospital in. :-(

I didn't fix dinner. We had leftover spaghetti. And leftover roast.

I am going to be a grandmother tomorrow!

I do need to go to bed early so I can get up early, so I can drive up to Nashville early in the morning.

I have no clever words or quotes for today.

Some days are just like that.


So here's another fun day, (that wasn't a slow day like today), from our trip to Europe.

Heidi Country... Switzerland from the train...

Day 25

Today I took apart my computer. The geek in me couldn't stand it anymore. I wanted to see if I could fix my charging problem. My laptop doesn't like to charge. You plug it in and it won't keep contact. The light comes on and off, the little icon on the bottom right changes from "charging" to "battery" and mainly "your battery is low" or the unwelcome "critical battery!" So what's a nerd to do, but take off the back of her computer and see if she can figure out why it makes that funny noise. But, alas, no luck. I did find the motherboard, but can't figure out how to reach the part where the power plugs in. I flattened out the power input whole, and so it works a little better now. But I guess I will have to give in and take it to a professional.

Today was also flute lesson day, a day filled with music. I had one student who was absolutely fantastic today. She had prepared her music to almost perfection. We played a couple of duets together... her tone was great, her intonation fabulous, her vibrato very natural sounding. This is when I think "I love my job!" Actually, all of my students are doing very well right now. Of course those who actually PRACTICE what I ask them to do improve much faster than those who don't!

Dinner: Spaghetti and Meatball. Yes, Meatball. I only had one. It reminded of a few years ago when we went to Macaroni Grill and Joshua ordered "Spaghetti and Meatballs" off the children's menu. It was a plate of spaghetti with one Giant Meatball on top. So we laughed and said that it should have been called "Spaghetti and Meatball." Tonight I also had a salad with real blue cheese on it. Clumps of yumminess. No photos though!

No baby yet, but I'm getting ready to leave for Nashville. I'll go up Wednesday morning unless baby Lindsay decides to come earlier. I'm excited to be a grandmother! You can see a very pregnant Becca here on her blog.

September 24th, 2006

Good Sunday Quote:
"My grandparents called it the "Holy Sabbath", my parents called it the "Sabbath", we call it "Sunday," and our kids call it the "weekend". --Henry Eyring

Sometimes is surprises me how philosophical my 13 year old can be. Today he said, totally out of the blue, "I can't wait for Christmas!" Then he said, "you know, we all are waiting for something. Rebecca's waiting for the baby. Kristen's waiting for marriage." It made me stop and think what is it that I'm waiting for? Am I waiting for my kids to grow up? I think I'm still waiting for me to grow up.

Bryan was home for the weekend and gone before I knew it. I cooked him a good old-fashioned meal, crockpot roast beef, before we sent him back to T-town. He's growing up, and doing a pretty good job at it. He seems more independent. He even said it wasn't a big deal transitioning. He says some of his friend's moms come down almost every weekend and bring quote-unquote "buttloads" of food to them. I apologized for not being a very attentive mother, but I've done this twice before. I'm not a smothering mothering type. But I made up for it with the "buttload" of food I gave him last night!



Dessert: Cookies and Milk



















Since this entry is short on photos, I'll post some Europe pics. (Besides, you are probably getting tired of seeing food photos!)

This is in Aix en Provence, France at the studio of Paul Cezanne. It was, in one word, inspiring.

This photo below was hard to take because there was no good place to go to take the photo. But it is looking up to the north facing wall of windows. Cezanne wanted natural lighting, and inside (no photos allowed inside) it was wonderful lighting, perfect for an artist.


Paul Cezanne is famous in Aix. He even has a hotel named after him!

9/23/06

Today was a long day. I slept in, took a shower, spent a couple of minutes on the 'puter, then headed out.

Stopped by Chick-fil-a to get some lemonade. Man, I love that stuff.

Dictionary.com word of the day: solace- comfort in grief.

Headed to the church to conduct my first meeting as Stake Seminary Supervisor. I did okay. Didn't forget anything like I did in Relief Society.

It was a good meeting. I heard a good quote: (don't know the source, but it was said about the Latter-day Saints.)
"We Remember the Past, and Anticipate the Future."

Next, we had a dinner with over 250 women. We were served ham, green beans, baked potato and a brownie for dessert. Then we went into the chapel for the broadcast from SLC. It was great.

Bryan is home for the weekend, but I haven't really even seen him. He's still not home for the night even as I type this after midnight. He's catching up with old friends. But I'm a good mom and went to the store after the broadcast and bought him some goodies. Hope he appreciates me. I realized I forgot the granola bars... which is ironic because that's really what I went in to get him in the first place!Guilty pleasure of the day: Malted Milk Balls. Eating these reminds me of my mom. She loved them. I love them. It was good to think about her and miss her. My mom would have turned 80 years old last month if she were still alive.

22nd of Sept

Breaking News: Rebecca called today and said she broke down and set up an inducement on her due date. She was going to wait it out, but decided what the heck... Why not make it convenient? (She also wanted her baby born in the month of September.) So, unless Baby decides to come before next Wednesday, I will be a Grandma on the 27th!

Today I had lunch with my friend (and roomie in Italy) Susan. It's great to have girlfriend time. We went to Moe's, which is a great and fun place to eat. I had a chicken quesadilla. Yum! Of course that meant I wouldn't be fixing dinner. I'm always too full after eating lunch out. Besides, nobody would be home for dinner. Home Alone tonight!

Bryan called and said he was going to go directly to the high school football game since that's the only time he will probably have to see a game. Hubbie was going on a scout campout. And Josh was going to be gone for the evening too. So... after I dropped Josh off at the church, I stopped by the library. I picked up 8 paperback novels from the Friends of the Library bookstore. Can't beat .25 a piece! I was ready for some free time in an empty house.

Today's Gas Price: $2.16 a gallon
I filled up the car with gas, and the price was great! It only took $40 to fill up this time.


When I came home, I found out there were severe weather warnings. So Marc's overnighter was cancelled. Now I feel guilty with all these books. So I only pulled out one. This one: Lady Sarah's Charade. When I have some spare time, and I'm feeling the need to be entertained without too much thinking, I read a Regency Romance novel. They are from the "Jane Austen" time period, and they are tame. An easy, quick read.

We decided to watch a little tv, and after flipping through the channels and not really seeing anything I wanted to watch, I tossed the remote to Marc, and opened my book. He found "Deal or No Deal" and watched until she was down to two briefcases... $500,000 or $1,000,000. And then the local channel interupted with a tornado warning. Ahhh! I know it's important to warn people, but show where the danger is, and then get back to the show! I'm not usually this interested in prime time tv, (okay, I admit I did watch the Gray's Anatomy premiere last night to see what the fuss was about), but I just want to know if she won the million dollars or not! So if anybody else watched it and knows, let us know!

Movie of the Day: Phantom of the Opera. The music in that is just amazing, especially at the end with the singing of three different songs at the same time. I cranked it up loud on our home theater system and it was wonderful!

Do You Remember, The 21st Night of September?

Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Earth, Wind and Fire. I loved that group when I was in college. I remember I had the album this song was on on an eight track tape. Yes, an eight track. My roommates and I would crank the stereo up really loud and clean our apartment to the music of Earth, Wind and Fire. Those were the days.

Today was a day I could have used some really loud music. It was a down day. I wasn't feeling well.

But it was a beautiful day. I think September is my new favorite month. The blue skies, the mild days. Absolutely perfect days. Weather-wise, at least!

And I spent my hour walking inside a gym, thinking the whole time I should be outside in the great outdoors. But it felt good to be back at the gym. I haven't been back since I finished the fitness challenge. The motivation was gone. But hey, I got my free tee-shirt! And I did go back today!

Today, I was proud of my son. He took part in a school service project, passing out gatorade to the kids who participated in the Autumn Chase. It makes me happy to know that my kids like to serve others.

Great photo of the day:

This was taken by Joshua. On the way to the fun run he looked up in the sky and said: "hey, there's a question mark in the sky!" I had no idea what he was talking about, and when I came to a stop I looked up and sure enough! A question mark in the sky. It sort of reflected my mood for the day.

Today is the International Day of Peace.
So, peace out.