Long time, no type.

It's been much longer than I intended since my last post.  We've been pretty busy.  For one thing, it's now football season and trips to Lubbock tend take up our weekend time.  I've made a few trips to Denver -- one a road trip with my Mom that included a detour through Santa Fe.  There was lots of food and shopping done there.

Doc20 made a quick trip to Portland to visit CareBear and had a great time.

Lots of knitting has been done.  (Mostly for babies!)  Miss Bird is expecting the arrival of her new baby brother any day now.

Linz came to visit with both of our grandkids.  Toddler M and Miss Bird had a great time playing together.

We took a short day trip to Tyler to introduce the little sister to her Great Grandmother and to have lunch with her.

 And little sister tried on her new hat, hand knitted and given to her by one of my friends!  She loved it and can't wait for it to be cold enough to wear it out.
 

Toddlers

Taking pictures of toddlers is harder than you might think...

especially if your trying to get both of them to look at you at the same time.

I did get them to sit still for a few minutes though!

A Birthday and Snow

Last Saturday we went to a birthday party. There were presents and cake. I think Baby Bird is partial to chocolate cupcakes.

(One of my favorite parts of this video is the background music. The selection is....interesting.)

And then today, we have this...

Doc20 had to go out and shake the snow off of our camelias and azaleas before they broke in half.

One

We are going to a party today! It is Baby Bird's first birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

A couple of things

This.....

is a Peony.  Peonies don't usually grow in Texas.  I think it's not cold enough in the winter or too hot in the summer or something like that.  However, this one came from my back yard!  I have had this peony plant (bush?) for at least three years.  This is the first and only bloom it's ever had.  I was hoping for more, but I'll settle for this one.  I love it.  Maybe after producing this one this year, it will learn how it's done and have a lot more next year.

And this....

is Baby Bird.  She is almost 3 months old now and a real cutie.  Today was my day to keep her while her mom went to work.  We worked on learning multiple bubble blowing methods and had a great time.

Mid-Week Red Head

Well, other than Wednesday being Mid-Week Mexican (yummm), it's also the day I get to keep Baby B while her mom goes to work.  There's nothing like a sleeping red head!

Also, in knitting news, I've been working on a sweater for Care Bear using the February Lady Sweater pattern.  I showed it to her when we were there last weekend and had her try on what I had finished so far.  She liked it and picked out some buttons.  There is only one sleeve and a little bit of the other one to go.  I think it's turning out nice.  I may have to put one on my list for me, too!

This isn't a very good photo though.  I'll try to get a better one when it's done.  It's kind of a nice pattern to do since it's done all in one piece -- no seaming when it's done!

Baby Sitting

Yesterday was a fun day.  My niece went back to work for the first time since having Baby Bird and I got to baby sit.  She is just going to work one day a week, for now, and that works perfect for me as well.  We had a good day.

Doc 20, a huge Texas Tech fan, already has her working on "Getting her guns up!".  He's has a little way to go....   We still need some more practice.  But, its a start!

More stuff from the back yard.  This is a columbine, 

and Maidenhair Fern,

and Bog Lilies.

This afternoon we are flying to Portland to visit with Care Bear.  She has several fun things planned for us to do while we're there.  It should be a fun time.