Gentle Years

PB is our country music lover.  When she was young, she had a special fondness for Keith Whitley, so his song is particularly fitting with these photos and on her page.

PB and I have been getting together at least every other day-both for ourselves and for the boys, so that they will be buddies and not rivals.  Aidan is only four, but he is an active, rough and tumble kind of boy, especially while his language is limited (he is really smart, so this bothers him).  Next to him RB seems so mellow and little!

The day after we were scheduled to return home, our daughter had her second son-MB.  Here is a photo from my first visit with him.  GB and JC also came over with BB, and he has grown tremendously, but my camera chose that time to run out of battery life, so I only got this one.

PB and RB came over this afternoon so that we could have some time together before the big trip.

While waiting for GB and JC to get home this afternoon, RB played outside with the basketball hoop and the stone frog, which he thought was a ride-on toy.

That's right, my baby's car insurance will now go down with her next bill.
This is her at two or three days old.

RB didn't mind signing the card and picking stickers for the envelope, but he wasn't interested in frosting the cake.  So he watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer while waiting for me to finish so he could go outside-his favorite thing to do!  (Daddy took Mommy out for dinner, so the cake was for later)

Cookies are like a fifth food group to me.  I don't care for cake, ice cream, pie, or candy bars-I will occasionally eat them, but it's cookies for me.  RB seems to have inherited this food preference.

Here is RB the day of his party, hanging out with me while his Mommy gets everything ready.  Below that are pics of he and Mommy at another birthday party and just RB in the grass, having fun with my two brothers' dogs.

Both boys were tired this morning

Besides our daughter, her husband and RB, these pictures include our third grandson, who won't be joining us until late fall.

Bathtime is such fun!

At GB & JC's Baby Shower

Fourth of July-Can You Tell His Daddy is a Firefighter?

And there's Daddy (JM) now!