Gorgeous!
These pics are from a gorgeous day when I took a walk – just a little snow and a big beautiful sky.
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Happy birthday to……..
ME!!!! Yes, Happy Birthday to me – even though my birthday was December 22. My parents had Mark and I over for dinner. Corey and Danielle came too. I thought we were there just for dinner and dessert but then my parents disappeared and came back out with this beautiful pumpkin bread. Dad made the pumpkin bread (topped with pecans – yummy). He then cut it and arranged it beautifully and Mom topped it with the candle (zero years – I’ll take it).
Why a birthday party on February 27 when my birthday was December 22? My parents got me Amazon gift cards for my birthday and Christmas and they got misplaced so I didn’t get them for my birthday and Christmas. I told Mom “no big deal” – I don’t need gifts anyway. She found them and my parents did this little surprise party to give me my gift cards. Awwwww. And then here’s the double awwwwww – Sammy – not great pics because it was dark and I was using my iPhone – but this is me holding my cake and Sammy on the floor wishing he could have a piece. He’s adorable.
It was a great surprise – I couldn’t figure out whose birthday we were celebrating when everybody starting singing “Happy Birthday”. Thanks Mom and Dad!!!!
Posted March 2, 2010 ago at 5:59 pm.
I Heart Thorpe!
Thorpe – what’s not to love? I love this pattern and I love this yarn. This is my second Thorpe – this one is for Justin for his birthday. He picked out the yarn at Joann’s (on sale 2/$5.00 – nice!). The yarn is Deborah Norville Serenity Chunky and the color is Seven Seas. Gorgeous. The pattern doesn’t call for a ball on the top but we all decided we like the ball. I added a ball to mine also. Danielle is getting a Thorpe for her birthday too – hers is nearly done.
This is a little of what we did on Justin’s birthday party weekend. We all went shopping and ended up in the baby clothes department at Meijer. Fun fun. Here’s Keith and Corey looking for baby clothes for Zachary.
And here are Corey and Danielle picking out some outfits.
Posted ago at 5:33 pm.
That’s my boy!
Here is a pic of Keith jogging around the pond in his back yard. He has lost over thirty pounds with a few changes in his diet but mainly with his running. He uses Nike+. He also signed up for a 5k run at Purdue in April.
That’s my boy!
Posted February 19, 2010 ago at 11:23 pm.
Zachary Alan McDermott
Grandma and Grandpa can’t wait to meet this little guy……
Posted January 22, 2010 ago at 9:23 pm.
It’s a…………………..
Last night, Danielle had an ultrasound. Here’s the excited couple in the waiting room before the ultrasound.
HE is a beautiful baby boy (no more wondering what to call “it”). He has a skull and a brain – we saw that.
He currently weighs 12 oz. and Danielle is twenty weeks along – same as the original estimate. Sue (Danielle’s mom) and I both got to go in with Corey and Danielle during the ultrasound. It was very special. Neither of us had ultrasounds for our babies so it was nice to see our grandson.
Here’s a picture of the happy family…Mommy, Daddy and their son…..
Click here Baby’s heartbeat – 12_15_09 for audio of his heartbeat at Danielle’s doctor appointment in December.
Posted January 13, 2010 ago at 8:32 pm.
Happy New Year!!!!
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…….Corey’s sleeping….and so is Chloe. This was a beautiful New Year’s Eve. Corey and Danielle came and we had pizza and Corey and I made chocolate crinkle cookies (Keith’s favorite – sorry you missed it Keith). Corey fell asleep pretty early but Mark, Danielle and I stayed up till 12:30 or 1:00 and then they spent the night. This picture of our sleepy boy was taken at 11:56 p.m.
Danielle and I knitted and crocheted. Danielle finished her first baby afghan at 11:58 p.m. I told her to hurry and weave the ends in before midnight so she could say she made three scarves and one baby blanket in 2009. She did with Mark supplying a little pressure while she weaved in the ends. Here’s the blanket – I think it’s Bernat boucle. We’ve since decided that in order to fix one of the wonky corners and make the blanket a little bigger, Danielle is going to learn how to make a border. So technically, it’s not finished but here it is……..
Posted January 7, 2010 ago at 11:45 am.
Mmmmmmmmmmm….chicken noodle soup
Mom got sick on Christmas Day. She’s still trying to feel better – bronchitis kicked her butt. I made her this pot of homemade chicken and noodles with dumplings on top. Yummers. We all enjoyed it (Roger………if I knew you were going to be there, I would have made some bigger chunks!!!). Mom was too sick to enjoy it but Dad, Mark, Roger and myself LOVED it.
Posted ago at 11:16 am.
Corey……you are talented, my son
This is the picture from a book that we sent to Corey of a bench we wanted built as a Christmas gift for us.
This is his finished project!
He even finished the inside – he made an insert and covered it with fabric and it has a handle on it to pull it out for cleaning. He put felt around the lid to cushion when the lid closes.
Posted ago at 11:03 am.
Pinocchio
Corey made this in high school. Yes, he’s now twenty-four. I have had it hanging but finally got around to framing it. I took him to my craft room to show him and can you guess what happened next? He said “oh……..I want that”. I gave it to him. He wants to hang it in the baby’s room – who could resist that?
