I took the first night shift last night with Rebecca so my daughter could get some much needed rest. First let me tell you, my granddaughter can hang ! About 2:30, 3:00am she gave me a look that said, hey grams whats up, all wide eyed and bright. Then she decided to really kick it and stay awake till 5:00am this morning. At that time Bethany wanted to be up for a while so I handed her over and took my sorry self to bed for a while. I am with out a doubt feeling my age this morning.

BUT, oh my goodness is she the sweetest little thing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still too tired to really write but I uploaded a ton of photos to Flickr.

My granddaughter, Rebecca Lynn was born 12:15 this afternoon.

Both Rebecca and Mommy are doing well and should be able to leave the hospital tomorrow.

This grandma is too tired to write about the experince tonight. I have been up for over 40 hours straight and MUST go to bed.

We are headed your way! 

Yep, in April Gerry, Allison and I will be tagging along with my mom and step dad to visit some friends in London for a week.
I am pretty excited about it.

We will be staying with a good friend of my mom. Her and her husband have a very large house and have offered it up for the week. So that will cut any hotel and some of our meal cost. How nice is that! They are not only super nice but a very fun couple to spend time with, so I know it will be a great week. And from the emails I have read, they are just as excited to have us as we are to be going. Allison as been some what of pen pal with their granddaughter but I never really thought they would have a chance to ever meet. She is going to be so excited.

I took the girls to the pool for a few hours this morning.
We had such a good time. It felt so good to be out of the house and in the sun.

More photos on Flickr.

Our daughter Allison has always loved horses. About two years ago we signed her up for riding lessons and she did great. But I did not! Seeing my little girl, only six years old back then, way up on a full size horse totally freaked me out at the time. So we decided to wait until she got a little older.
Today was her second lesson. And as she did two years ago, she was awesome. She was very focused as she sat up on the horse and used her commands with full confidence. More then once the teacher called her a natural and said she will have no problem handling a horse that is a little more active next time. I am so proud of her.
Part of taking lessons is to learn how to fully take care of the horse and watching her walk him into his stable and help unsaddle and feed him was really sweet, her face was so filled with pride.
I came home this morning feeling really good. After trying to get her interested in a number of other sports, we finally found what is right for her.
I am so proud. Did I say that already?

I can’t remember where I found this but I have been meaning to share it.

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Ha, I love it !

By the way, I have Pownce invites if any one is looking for one.

Domains have not been my only weakness lately. I have been bring home candles like nobodies business.
These are my most recent favorites,

This one has real coffee beans in it but it smells more like a spice vanilla. I thought I was sick of the vanilla scent but this is one of the best smelling candles I have ever owned.

This one is an Appletini gel candle.
The tart apple scent smells so good. I can almost taste the cocktail while it sits on my desk.
And it looks so cute.

I just bought yet another domain.
I now have my two blogs going, this one and one for my dog and now two parked domains waiting in the wings.

I get an idea and I just can’t help myself.
Good thing my host allows 30 add on domains, I my just put them to the test.

People are still winning with Blingo.

Click it, use it and we could all win some cool stuff !

My daughter saw her doctor this afternoon and there has been no change from last weeks visit.
She is still dilated to two and the baby is still in the ready position.  And she has still been having mild contractions every so often but nothing steady.
The doctor said the same thing today as she did last week, you could have another week or the baby could come tomorrow so have your bags ready.

Okay, now I know for sure she is having a girl!
Stubborn even before birth.