HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL - 2009 HAS TO BE BETTER

For Christmas Eve we had dinner ready for Kim, Danny and Miss Madison for when they got home from Danny's sisters house. After eating we opened presents because Kim was working Christmas Day.
Christmas morning we drove down to David Jr.'s house for breakfast and to open presents for the grand kids. Miss Madison was good the whole time and we got pictures of all the grand-daughters together. After that we drove back to Bakersfield to set Madison up so she could play with her new toys, Danny could watch the Laker's game and Dave could fix dinner.
Friday the 26th, was Danny's birthday so he, Emerson and Hector left for Las Vegas, Kim had to work so we babysat.
It was also my nephew Jimmy's birthday too on the 26th so Happy Belated Birthday to both Jimmy and Danny.
Saturday, Kim was off work so we drove down to Orange County to visit with Mike, Trini and Spanky. Miss Madison was great, as always, she loved Mike's big nose, and I think he was the 1st guy to hold her and she didn't start crying. Mike and Trini kept passing her around, but her second cousin, Spanky, wouldn't even hold her, he says he doesn't hold babies. We had a great visit with them, Mike fixed up some great left overs from Christmas dinner, and I was a happy camper with the prime rib bones. The jokes were flying back and forth as usual, Mike never misses a beat. We got back on the road at 4 and were home by 6pm, we got so lucky driving down and back, there really wasn't any traffic to speak of and that's unheard of.
Sunday we went by Kim's to put up all the Christmas decorations in the garage, she had just about gotten everything put away.
Monday I had a doctor appointment, the female kind, and I also had a bone density test done, since I've been post-meno for the last 4 years. You get the results right away, and my bones are very strong, they said I have no problems so that was good to hear. They said all the walking I do is what really helps. In the afternoon Dave had a cardiologists appointment, in his check up with the regular doctor they discovered he was missing a heart beat. The cardio doc said he isn't missing a beat but he has an xtra beat, so now he has to go for a stress test and have another blood test. so will let you all know when we get the test results back. For New Years we are just staying here in the RV Park they are having Gumbo for dinner and having a band, just stay safe and sound near the coach. That's about it for now.
New Pictures are posted
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

New Photos posted on Kim's blog but no update, yet

Kim ended up working today and when we got over to the house Danny was posting new pics of Miss Madison. It shows a date of Nov 27th but it was really posted today, take a look see.
Kim is working Christmas and my brother is still making a Christmas dinner so now it depends on the weather. If the grapevine doesn't close down on xmas night then Dave and I just might still drive to Mike's for dinner, but the weather says rain so we will just have to wait and see.
I have to be in Bakersfield on Friday because Danny is going to Vegas for his birthday and Kim has to work, so will make the call on xmas I guess.

I thought I had stuff to update on the blog, but I was wrong. It is still freezing here in Bakersfield, I know Marisa, nothing like where you are in Colorado. I do check the weather in Littleton, that's what pops up when I put in your zip code, and I'm really glad I'm not there right now. Hope your mom brought lots of warm clothes. This week we are suppose to have rain but at least the temps are saying in the 50's, lately it's been in the 30's and 40's and that's freezing to me.

Danny is out of school for a month so now on Thursdays I don't have to start babysitting until 11am instead of 6:30am, which now makes Thursday and Friday about only 9 hour days. Danny had A's and B's, but Kim will post it on her blog.

It's been so foggy, wet and cold that we haven't been able to play pickle ball for a couple weeks now, bummer. Dave and I did join a bowling league, Wednesdays at 6:15pm, 4 man teams. I started with a 153 average, Dave had a 160. I bowled pretty good last week so I know mine is going up, Dave's is going down.

Our electric heaters haven't been working in the RV so we are having to use the propane heater. It's a lot quieter then the electric heater but then we use up the propane, oh well, luckily this RV Park has propane that we can drive over to and fill up.

That's about it, very depressing holiday season this year. Kim has to work xmas, not going to my brother's for dinner, watching the spending with this damn market. God lets hope that 2009 is a much better year. For Danny and my birthday dinners, we are going to Red Robin because Danny and I get to have a FREE Hamburger, I got the coupons in my email. So if any of you want a free hamburger on your birthday just go to Red Robin and sign up.

PS: I posted a few more pictures of Madison under Jeri's photos

Happy Birthday to me

51 boy am I getting old. Haven't updated for a while and it's too late tonight to do it now, so just a quick note that I will update sometime this weekend.
Dave and I did babysit Miss Madison today and took her down to Memorial Hospital, where Kim works, because Santa was showing up today.
Thank you for the notes or phone calls that I received today to wish me a happy birthday.

IT IS FREEZING HERE IN BAKERSFIELD

Haven't written for awhile, what's that tell you, nothing much going on.

1st of all let me say "Happy Belated Birthday" to Trini Tomaselli, my sister-in-law, which was on December 1st. Sorry, I should have done an update then but that was the day I was going for a blood test and a mammogram and birthdays were not on my mind, sorry Trini. I'll say it now "Happy 64th B/Day"

On December 2nd our friend Linda Tibbitts, from St. George Utah, came by for a 2 day visit. She is the one we just went and saw in St. George for her husbands funeral. I give her so much credit for travelling around in her 40 foot motor home towing her vehicle by herself. She and Larry had planned on being gone for the Christmas Holidays once they purchased the house in St. George, so she didn't change any of the plans. She will be back in Bakersfield sometime in January before she heads back to St. George, she is one hell of a woman. While she was here we went over to Kim's for dinner so she could see Kim and Miss Madison again. Danny had school stuff that night so she didn't get to see him.

Linda got back on the road on Thursday, December 4th, and made it to Chico in just under 8 hours, she did very well. Oh, forgot to mention, while she was here we went to the movies. We saw "Australia" really good movie, the little boy is the hit of the show, what a doll.

I even managed to go to the dentist on Thursday, everything OK, so getting all the doctors appointments taken care of, all except one, maybe one day.

That's about it for an update, except it is freezing here in Bakersfield. What the hell is this 40 and 50 degree shit? I swear if it rains we are going to have snow, I need the sun. :)

Day after Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving, hope you did too. Just wanted to let you know I've uploaded some pictures from 11/3 to 11/20, my camera has quit working for some reason so I have no pictures from Thanksgiving, because that's when I discovered my camera quit working.
David Jr, Jodi and Riley came up to Kim's and spent the night, on their way up they, plus, tons of other traffic were escorted by the highway patrol down the grapevine because of the fog. We had a nice visit and a good dinner, mainly, cooked by Dave but David was able to assist when he got there, Jodi and I aren't allowed to cook anymore, or darn it!
Kim got home around 7:15pm then the pictures were taken by David and Jodi. Kim wants pics for Xmas and David brought some of his equipment and Madison was very good, even though we had to wake her from her sleep, I'm telling you she is false advertisement for the next one.

Today, after the gym but no time for pickle ball, was another babysitting day, we got over to Kim's about 8am. David, Jodi, Riley, and Danny all left about 8:30am. Dave cleaned up in the backyard and side yard, at Kim's, then took everything to the dump, I made turkey enchiladas for dinner, oh my god, I got to cook something and it came out pretty good. Kim might be on call tomorrow, work is a little slow for her because of the holidays, but if not Danny has a big test on Monday so I might have to watch Miss Madison for a couple hours tomorrow so he can study.
That's about it for now.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL don't look at the posting date

Happy Thanksgiving to all, I believe it is late enough now that no one will read the blog until tomorrow, which really will be Thanksgiving day.

Last week Dave went to the doctor's, we found a new one here in Bakersfield instead of driving down to Simi for our physicals. Dave had an EKG and he is missing a heart beat, he went last Friday for some other kind of test and will get the results along with the blood work on his next appointment, which isn't till Dec. 17th, I'm sure if there were something to really worry about the doctor would call him in sooner. I went to the doctors on Tuesday, now I have to go for blood work and a mamo on Monday, Dec. 1st, on Trini's B/day. (that's my sister-in-law) Pap on 12/29 and as I was leaving the doctor's he gave me a number to call to arrange for a colonoscopy, he said that is the passage into the 50's. I told him that was dangerous for me to have to make the appointment, since we are 5 months behind in our physicals as it is. Maybe I'll call next week sometime and make an appointment??? This doctor isn't as good as the one in Simi but he will do for now, I hope.
Enough about Dave and I.

Kim and Danny have added another new addition to their family, they had added the 3rd addition, what last Oct. or Nov. after the wedding, now again another addition at the end of November, but I'll let her cover it in her blog, you just might have to wait awhile before she updates her blog. They have recently posted new videos of Miss Madison, boy is she a doll. She is getting more and more active, just a few weeks ago, when Kim 1st got these bouncy toys, she could barely lift her arms out now she is jumping and grabbing things like crazy. I'm really going to have my work cut out for me in a few months, I better start losing some weight or she is going to kill me. Although all the dancing and playing around with her, pickle ball, and the gym here in the RV Park, something has to kick in soon, let's hope.
We have had rain the last 2 days but I think it will be gone by tomorrow and start warming up again.
David Jr., Jodi, and Riley will be here for Turkey Day, so here is wishing you all a happy turkey day.

Update Time

Sorry, it's been awhile since I've updated the blog, but been busy, bummed and just not in the mood.

Bummed because of the Prop. 8 thing, when Dave and I 1st got married and would talk about the voting stuff he would tell me I had no right to make a comment unless I registered to vote. I did get registered many years ago and the thing that upsets me is why do we vote for or against a proposition if the courts can turn around and change what the majority of the people voted for, no matter which way. I believe what most people fight about is the word "marriage" who the hell cares, if you want to protest just find another word instead of "marriage" that everyone will go for. If the protesters would come up with something and work on the people that fight the word "marriage", and that means talking not attacking, that's what hurts them most. The USA needs to still work on things , look we have the 1st African American as President Elect, next is the gay community, but talk don't fight please! "Can't we all get along?"



OK I feel better getting that off my chest, but I do hope it all works out in the end for everyone.



Miss Madison is punishing me for taking off a week, she hasn't been the sweet little thing like she was before we left for St. George Utah. When you have those days where she is grumpy boy am I exhausted when my duties are over. When I had to do this full time before I was 25/26 and I know it was a lot easier then, at 50 it's a little harder. Although, Danny does give me credit for being able to hold Madison in my right arm and feed her a bottle, while standing, because she is so long and getting pretty heavy, but that's probably why my shoulders are killing me. She is now sleeping in her crib all night, I believe Kim and Danny started it a week ago and she is doing good. Kim isn't doing so good because she keeps waking up to look at the monitor, it will become easier, sweety, I promise.

On the Friday after we got back, Nov. 14th, Dave went down to Simi and got to visit with Alex, a friend of ours, then went and spent the night with David Jr. Saturday they drove up to Phoenix to pick up a few things and visit with Jeff. It was just a short trip and Dave was back in Bakersfield on Sunday by 4pm. Luckily Kim fixed dinner that night for all of us because Dave was exhausted from the long drive and short visit, things you do for your kids, as we all know.

Dave and I have still managed to get in the Pickle Ball thing, when I'm not baby sitting, and he is now beating me, every once in a while, don't want his head to swell.



One thing I thought was funny, I was looking thru my blogs and last June is when Valley went to the vets and they wanted to do an MRI and we said NO WAY can't afford 2K so I said she would be put down in a couple weeks, well guess what, Valley is still with us. Dave took her to the vet the other day to have a check up and they said they still want to do an MRI to see if she has a tumor in her nose and we still said NO WAY. Love the dog to death, she turned 12 last week, but it is getting harder and harder to live with her, luckily she stays with Kim and Danny more now, Thank You for that.



That's the update for now, Christmas this year is Kids only, the stock market is killing us, plus, it should be only for kids anyway.

Kim works Thanksgiving and Christmas so this year is really going to be an eye opener for this family clan, Marisa gone, Kim working, Trini in Colorado for xmas, families move on and make new traditions, sad but true, it will all work out.

Happy 2nd Anniv of engagement to Kim and Danny

Some things that the kids now a days keep track of, 2 years ago today Danny proposed to Kim and we all had an engagement dinner to celebrate. That dinner's cost was just the beginning of the wedding planning, most done by Kim. Thank goodness it's over now and they are doing just fine and the big costs are gone, now we can spoil the new Grand Baby, Miss Madison, which if we aren't careful can be just as costly. :)
Everything going fine here, went to dinner Sunday night with the kids, was on standby Monday but Kim never did get called in. Today, Tuesday, was an off day, so we played pickle ball, I walked Valley then went to the gym, and tomorrow I'm working from 11:30 to 5pm, Thursday and Friday, of course, are my normal working days. (6:30am to 7:45pm then 7:45am to 5:30pm) Madison is starting to stay awake longer and longer on some days so it should be getting more interesting trying to keep her entertained. Dave and I went the other day and marked off the tennis court, near Kim's, so we can play pickle ball and Miss Madison can watch and learn. Got to get her interested in sports, hopefully tennis, then she can make the big bucks and support us along with her parents. :)
That's it for now.

Scary Drive back to Bakersfield

We left Primm Nevada at 6:30am this morning. After the long hill climb we hit a sand storm, and I mean a sand storm. Haven't checked out the paint on the coach yet, because it is raining here in Bakersfield, will check it out later. This wind was throwing us everywhere, then when we hit the junction at highway 14 it must have been blowing 80mph. We pulled over for a potty break but the wind grabbed our awning from our slide and pulled it out. This was the awning we just had fixed in St. George. A big rig had pulled off the freeway with us and he managed to pull to where the wind was coming at him. We followed and managed to pull the slide out a little bit and when we pulled it back it in the awning rolled back up to the rig. When the wind slowed down a little bit we pulled along side of the big rig and checked to see if they were OK, they said yes, that were driving with an empty load and the wind had managed to lift up the back of the rig, scary. The rest of the drive was rain and not as strong wind and we managed to make it back to the RV Park. I called Kim and said we needed to rest and would be over in a few hours, hell of a day.

Primm Nevada / Rear Ended

Larry's service this morning was very nice, his step brother talked, his gay stepson (I only say that because he made it a point that he was gay and Larry didn't care, either did anyone else I think. Only his mom, Larry's second wife, who is dead now, seemed to care that he was gay.) Anyway, there were a few more people that got up and spoke then we all went to the restaurant, where Linda and Larry had bought their house and had a nice lunch. After that Dave and I decided to get back on the road and start to head back to Bakersfield. You know how traffic can be from the losers and winners leaving Vegas so we got a jump on things and are now in Primm Nevada. Tomorrows drive should only be about 4 hours. Can you believe when we were driving thru Vegas, bumper to bumper traffic, mainly stopped, and someone rear ends us. The signs say if you have an accident and there are no injuries wait before you pull over. I jumped out of the RV, because like I said the traffic wasn't moving, and it was a couple that rolled down their window and said "everything OK right?" I don't believe they could speak much English only Spanish. I looked at my car and didn't see anything and looked at their car and didn't see anything but I did take down their license plate number when they went around us, and on the back window of their car was a for sale sign. Once we got parked here in Primm Dave checked and didn't see anything either. It's bumper to bumper traffic how in the hell do you hit someone, it's beyond me. If anyone can't pay attention in something like that they shouldn't even be driving.
Bob and Jackie were going to go back to Linda's tonight, so they plan on getting back on the road Monday. Hopefully on their way back to Redding, CA they will stop by Bakersfield to say HI and visit with their son and family, they just weren't sure yet when they plan on going home. Although we forgot our jackets in the back of their car, since they drove today, so maybe they won't have any choice but to come by Bakersfield. We did tell them if they aren't coming to please give the jackets to Linda because she plans on coming by and staying a couple days in Bakersfield at the beginning of December.

Weekly Update

Today is Larry's service, not looking forward to that, a lot of friends and family were suppose to be arriving the last 2 days, will see today, we haven't seen Linda since Wednesday night.
This week we have done some hanging around St. George, looking at new houses the one we really liked was 2.9 million, I tried to trade 3 houses and a motor home for it but they didn't go for it, St. George is really beautiful. Dave and I had lunch with my Aunt Evelyn, stayed and visited for a few hours, which was a lot of fun. Thursday we drove to Zion National Park with Bob and Jackie, what a great place. They had a bunch of rock climbers, crazy people, I have no desire to climb a flat faced mountain.
That's about it for the week, Dave and I head out tomorrow back to Bakersfield, I have babysitting duty on Monday.
I've posted more pictures.

Hell of a storm in St. George

We had a skunk walking around the Elk's Lodge somewhere because you sure could smell it. We had one hell of a rain storm last night until early this morning, lots of rain and lighting. Late morning when we knew the rain was over we decided to bring the slides in a little bit to get all the rain water off of the awnings, but too late. The drivers side awning over the slide ripped, so Dave and Bob got the latters out and each took one end and managed to the the material awning off. Since it's Sunday in Utah nothing is open to go shopping for material to repair the awning. Will go tomorrow and either get material so Dave can sew a patch for the awning or will just get the iron on patches and fix it that way. We can see the back awning material is going to be tearing next so will repair it before it gets a chance to tear.
Around noon we went over to Linda's house, watched Nascar, football and had snacks. Later on we played cards then went into the jacuzzi. Linda and Larry picked out a really great house, too bad Larry didn't get to spend much time in it, it's a great community with lots to do so I'm sure Linda is going to be OK, anyway after dinner we came back to the coaches.

Saint George, Utah

We left the RV Park at 7:30am and arrived at the Elks Lodge in St. George Utah at 2:30pm. (3:30 their time) Nice long day driving but we split up the driving so it wasn't that bad. We only stopped 3 times, once for fuel, and the next 2 for changing drivers. We had one hell of a rain storm outside of Bakersfield but after that the weather was clear. Once here in St. George we got set up, with Bob and Jackie's help, Linda showed up and we had gossip time then we went to dinner at the Elks. Not to exciting of a day, but it was long for us.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN / BEST EMPLOYERS

Happy Halloween to everyone, Miss Madison has her outfit on which is a onesy that says" Baby's 1st Halloween", Kim said she has to wear it all day but Danny made me promise not to put the black bow on her head.

Dave has given up bike riding or until he either gets a 3 wheeler or a bike he can put his feet on the ground when he stops. Yes, you guessed it, he was riding over to Kim's yesterday and fell again. He went to Danny's doctors and he dislocated his thumb so now it is in a kind of cast thing. When he fell he landed on the peddles, I guess, because above his knee he has a line of holes, he doesn't know what part of the bike he landed on. Now he has both legs scabbed up because the last time he fell and still hasn't gone away was when we were in Colorado and he fell while we were out riding. (or else it's just a big scar now, not sure) I don't know what we are going to do on Thursday's now because I have to be at Kim's by 6am so he either drops me off, stays home until I get back at 8pm or takes the bus over to Kim's, we have a week to figure it out.

I mentioned that I have the best employers because I've only been back 3 weeks and they are letting me have a week off already. Dave and I are heading out to St. George Utah tomorrow for a week. I mentioned before in the blog that we had some friends, Linda and Larry, just move there and Bob, Jackie, Dave and I were going to try and visit them on the way back from the Balloon Fiesta, but no time for Dave and I because Kim was going back to work. It ends up Larry passed away 2 days after we got back to Bakersfield. Jackie and Bob are there now and visiting with Linda and keeping her company. The memorial service is on the 8th so Dave and I decided to drive to St. George and visit with Linda too before the service. We will drive back on the 9th because Kim has to work on Monday the 10th, unusual day but it happens. She will have a work class to go to on Wednesday so that week will be busy for me so maybe it is a good thing I take a week off ahead of time. Miss Madison is really easy to watch she is a very happy baby, today has been a little tough but you have to expect days like those, no big deal. I even got to show her off to the mail lady, who is dying for one of her kids to have kids. She said her husband said "their 1st two kids were false advertisement" which means the 3rd one was hell on wheels.

Miss Madison has just woken up again, I'm only getting 1/2 hour naps out of her today every 2 to 3 hours, tough day like I said, oh well.

Catch Up Time

Catch up time again.

Last Saturday we drove down to Simi went by Brad and Diane's and saw the remodelling they are doing on the house, then it was lunch time at El Patio. After that we went over to David and Jodi's house where we hung out until leaving for "9 to 5" the musical. We took the subway into L.A. then went to dinner before the play. The play was good but "Wicked" much better, after the play we got to go back stage and see the props and how everything moves around on stage. The fun part was walking back out to the street, where everyone is lined up to see the actors come out and get autographs. We come walking out and they are all looking like "who are these people" too funny. The play now is headed for Broadway for a 2 year run, but what is coming out here now is "Spring Awakening" which Spanky had told us about when we were in New York and we saw it "off Broadway", good musical. Remember if you want tickets to see it, David Jr. can get tickets, probably not free but real close to the stage. For 9 to 5 we were 12 rows back from the stage, great seats.
We drove back Sunday morning because Miss Madison was getting dedicated in there church. Kim had a great dress for her, she was all smiles until Kim took her from Danny and laid her down in her arms, she liked seating up looking at everyone. She is going to be a ham in front of crowds, she had her tongue out and was all smiles, even when the pastor held her.
Monday and Tuesday we were watching Madison from 3:30 to 7pm because Kim was working for Medcor, Danny's employer, giving out flu shots, but Kim was working at the K-Mart warehouse. Kim called while Dave and I were playing pickle ball and wanted us to come over early because her new thing is shopping for bargains on Craig's List, and she had found something she wanted for Miss Madison and needed to pick it up by 2. Dave went with her to pick it up which it is a bouncy chair with all kinds of things to keep Madison entertained. Then on Tuesday she found something else and so did Dave. Our couch in the RV is covered with towels because Valley lays on it so Dave decided to sew a new cover for the couch but we can't remember what happened to our sewing machine since moving so Dave got on line and found a sewing machine to buy. So on Tuesday, at 2 Kim picked up another play thing for Madison then they went and picked up the sewing machine. When Kim left for work Dave went to Joann's and picked out some fabric to make the cover for the couch.
Wednesday, after pickle ball, Dave got started on sewing. Let me tell you the cover came out great, damn this man is talented. In his second life he is going to make a wonderful wife for someone. He loves musicals, sews, cooks, cleans, knows electrical, can build things, repair things, ect. ect.very talented, I'm really lucky.
Thursday was another all day babysitting and yesterday Kim called at 6 and said she was on "stand by" which meant I was on stand by too. She ended up getting called in at 11:30, Dave and I were just going to leave and go shopping, but had to report for duty. I don't like stand by, now I can see why she doesn't like it either, it's hard to plan anything. Kim has talked to her boss about this but she might have to transfer to another department. She is only working 3 days a week and she sure doesn't what to be on stand by on any of those days. When you are on stand by you only make like $2 an hour, that sucks.

I think that has gotten me caught up, new pictures are posted of the dedication and others.

Miss Madison / Flu Shots

Today my time with Miss Madison started at 8:30am, although I was at the house about 7:20, so Danny could get ready for work, but low and behold Danny and Miss Madison were still sleeping. Danny was really awake but since Madison hadn't gotten up yet why should he? I sat in the living room and read my book until he was up changing Madison, he called me in so I could see you smiling and stretching, boy she is a happy baby, it must be the good genes she got from me. :)
Madison and I went into the living room and started playing and before Danny left he made her morning bottle. Yesterday she slept just about all day, it seemed, but today was different, no sleeping. She took 20 to 30 min. naps but that was it. When I put her in her crib at 10am for her 2 hour nap, I went in the other room and started working out. I was watching her on the monitor then the next thing I know the dogs were barking like crazy, which of course woke her up. It was a fellow student of Danny's dropping off some xtra credit work for school. Miss Madison had her little nap and wanted to go back to playing and me reading her nursery rhymes. Kim called and said if she didn't get her morning nap she will take a long one in the afternoon. (I should have asked her what time in the afternoon) Anyway, around 11:30 she fell asleep again, so I put her in her crib and set up the monitor. I'm in there working out and again at noon she woke up again, here we go back to playing and reading. When she gets a little fuzzy I give her a bottle then she is wide awake again, she really is a good baby, always smiles and can entertain herself with her moving her arms and legs, she loves doing that and talking the whole time. She's a good story telling as Great Nana Tomaselli would say, she just talks and talks.(just like great Nana)
Dave rode the bike over in the afternoon and hung out the rest of the day with us. At 2:30pm Miss Madison fell asleep again so back to her crib, which lasted almost an hour this time. I got her up changed her and just stood in the living room and rocked her in my arms and back to sleep she went. This time I didn't put her in the crib and just put her on the couch and that's where she still laid sound asleep when Dave and I left at 7pm. Danny had gotten home at 5:30pm, Dave had fixed dinner, we all talked and ate then Dave and I left at 7pm to go to Kim's work to get our Flu Shots.
It really has been fun the last 2 days, it's been 26 yrs and 3 months since I've done this and I'm sure back then it was a lot easier on the arms and back. :)

1st Real Day of Babysitting Miss Madison

I say 1st real day only because Dave and I went over last night, Wednesday night, to watch Miss Madison because Kim started giving out flu shots last night. Danny was going to go somewhere for xtra credit for school but since he had a anatomy test, today, he stayed in the spare bedroom and studied until Kim got back. So even though we watched Miss Madison for 2 hours it didn't really count because Danny was in the next room. OK that's out of the way.
Oh, before I forget, Dave was helping me and going to make Miss Madison's bottle and as he was putting the water in he kept spilling. He did it again over the sink as Madison and I are watching and he spilled again, he said he couldn't see out of his glasses plus the bottle had a curve to it. Anyway, he poured again, and we both watched carefully and as he spilled again we realized the bottom of the bottle was missing. It was one of those curved bottles that both ends twist off, too funny, I'm sure you would have had to be there, but we sure got a good laugh.

Thursday:

Kim called me this morning at 5:30am, I asked her to, but of course I kept waking up every hour on the hour so I wouldn't miss my 1st day with Madison. Kim called, right when I was getting out of bed because Dave had just woke me up, the only hour on the hour I didn't wake up. The day did really go good, it was my 1st day so I have to get my own routine going. Kim called 4 times and texted once, Danny came by after school and before going to work then he called about 4 times too. 2 calls were because of Miss Madison's eye and he had called the doctor about it and called me back to let me know what the doctor had said. Her eye we just need to watch and keep putting the medicine in it that Kim and Danny already had. Dave rode the bike over to Kim's, because I took the car and the dog with me, and watched Madison sleep while I worked out a little bit. Dave had stayed at the RV to clean the carpets and couch, which turned out great, he said they were really dirty. With all the travels since we had the new carpet put in a year and a half ago I'm sure was really dirty.
Anyway, Miss Madison would eat some, play some, talk a lot, then sleep a lot, which made it for an easy time. As she gets older I know it is going to be more of a challenge, heck, it's a challenge trying to hold her in my arms anymore, she is getting bigger everyday, I can't wait until she can hold her head up by herself without moving, that way she won't look like a drunken sailor. :)
Tomorrow's a short day, 7:30am to 5:30pm unless Danny has to stay late at work.
Saturday we are driving down to Simi to go with David Jr. and Jodi to go see 9 to 5, this is the closing weekend, then on Sunday Miss Madison is being blessed here in Bakersfield. Another 2 days of long drives, I thought we were retired and suppose to take it easy??

New Pictures Posted

I don't know how but I now have my own picture album, so if you look to the left and click on Jeri's picture album (I think that's what it says) you can see all the pictures I was behind in on posting. They are pictures from the beginning of July until we got back on Oct. 10th, sorry I got so far behind.

Anyway, Miss Madison showed me a welcome home Nana surprise. On Kim's blog she has been reporting how she is having a hard time going poo poo. Kim went and got prune concentrate and started giving it to her on Friday night. She gave it to her 3 times on Saturday too and she was finally able to go. Sunday night Miss Madison woke up after we were done with dinner and I was walking her around the house. She started to get a little fussy, so Kim was getting the prune juice and bottle ready. When I held Miss Madison a little bit away from me, Kim points down to the front of Madison and it is a real dark mess. We went running to the changing table and she had poop everywhere, she had so much it came out the front of her diaper. Danny was in studying so we yelled for him to come and help. Kim ran to the bath tub and started the water. Danny striped Miss Madison and gave her to Kim who was waiting in the bath tub with the water running. Kim held Madison and Danny helped rinse her off, Madison wasn't happy at 1st but then loved the warm water. Too darn funny, I wish I had gotten a picture. I start my baby sitting duties this Thursday so I told Kim "NO MORE PRUNE JUICE" I sure hope I don't get a mess like that, but I'm sure I will.