Grandparents are truly grand

So you always hear about my parents & see pictures of my mom and dad with Delilah. But you never hear about John's parents. Not because we don't love them but usually because I don't really have any stories about them. Monday we went to John's parents for a visit- usually we go Saturdays but with John's mom's work schedule we usually only get to go for 2 hours until we have to leave to put Delilah to bed. Like usual she gave PapPap the lip and cried a bit. I think as far as the crying, she was just tired. Little munch has been giving us problems with naptime. For some reason she always gives PapPap the lip and we just can't figure it out. Mary picked up John's niece, Khloe, and nephew, Trey, on the way home from work. Those two are so silly. Khloe has been giving big girl undies a go and as a result her pants don't stay up. The new fashion of the season is butt crack LoL I was sitting next to Trey on the couch & he says to me "You're not wearing any socks." I said "I never wear socks." and he says "Yes, you do." Actually I don't ever wear socks- not even in the winter. And until last winter I wore my Birkenstock sandals year round.

Tuesday my mom came over- she comes down Tuesday & we also see her and my dad on Sundays. I always feel like she doesn't get to hold Delilah enough on Tuesdays because she's a fuss bucket from lack of daytime naps. But I never fail to take some pics when she does get to hold her.

Also on Tuesday we went to lunch & to the mall with Auntie Ashley, Shawn & Landon. It was lots of fun until we were about to leave and realized Ash's coat was missing. Shawn was napping in this car cart thinger that you can rent for $5 and was super uncomfortable. I suggested Ashley prop her coat under his head & she did. Some time after he woke up & we made our way to the exit it was gone. We back tracked & checked out the stores it could possibly be in. We even went to the mall customer service area but alas no one had turned the coat in. Pray that someone found it & turned it in- I feel bad :-\

Today we did a whole lot of nothing. I stayed in dressed in my "bum" clothes while John went grocery shopping. That's right- John went grocery shopping. We've both agreed that since he seems to get a whole lot of stuff for little $ while I get a whole lot of stuff for a lot of $$ that he should probably just go from now on. As he was leaving I was trying to put Delilah down for a nap.. I say I tried to put her down but in fact we actually hold her & kind of rock her while she naps (I know, not a good idea- one we're trying to remedy). That nap lasted all of 30 minutes. Her 2nd nap of the day started out in her bedroom. We're trying to accustom her to her crib for when we transition her to her room. I wrapped her up, lay her down & went downstairs. It wasn't long later that she started crying. John went up, changed her diaper, wrapped her up & lay her down. Still a no go. I went back up & tried rocking her. Every time she would stop crying & close her eyes they'd snap back open & she would start wailing. Finally I just took her over to our room, wrapped her up again, lay her in the pack n play, turned the fan on & laid down on the bed. She cried. But this time she ended up going to sleep. I snuck out of the room & downstairs. This nap also lasted for about 30 minutes. ~Sigh~ Short naps= cranky baby. Fast forward to her 3rd nap of the day (unusual). I again took her up to her bedroom where I wrapped her up & rocked her. She's a fighter all the way- she even complains as she's drifting off to sleep. Anyway, I got her to sleep & I lay her down in the crib. Yay!! Her first nap in her crib :-D

And now some pictures to enjoy:

PapPap Williams


Grandma Williams







Making a funny smile face

Baby Love

Every Sunday we go to my parents' for a visit & dinner. This has been a ritual since I moved in with John 6 years ago (wow!). It's so great seeing my parents with Delilah and feeling the love radiate off of them. My mom & dad are just so in love. It's such a refreshing sight seeing these two wonderful people who raised me to be the woman I am today interacting with their first grandchild (from me, as my half-sister has 2 children) Today we captured some pictures of my dad (and a video or 2) as well as a few others.

Pappy n Me





Just woke up from a nap


Grammy, Delilah & Me

I am truly a blonde

Even though my hair is dyed black, my true blonde showed through today. I was supposed to take my friend Rebecca to Lock Haven today for a state civil service test. Now, I know I have to go through Lewisburg but since I was yapping instead of paying attention to my driving I went the wrong way. Instead of going 11/15 North I went 11/15 South. Ugh! So we missed the test since by the time I realized it we only had a 1/2 hour to get to Lock Haven. We've rescheduled for March 3rd and this time I ~will~ go the right way.

Yesterday we decided to put Delilah in her exersaucer... the age is 4 months & since she'll be 4 months next Tuesday we figured we'd go ahead. She didn't quite know what to think & soon after putting her in it I knew the tears were going to come (that's right, the lippy). Below are some pics for you all the enjoy of her first time in the exersaucer.

Shawn & The Little Blue House

Today Ashley, Shawn, Landon, Delilah & I went up to Williamsport for lunch & shopping. First we stopped at Red Lobster... I've never eaten there before & it was about time I tried it! It was ~so~ good- a little expensive but definitely worth it for the amount of food. After Red Lobster we went to Toys R Us where the promise of the purchase of a little blue house was soon to be granted. Shawn had seen this little blue little people house in the magazine that came yesterday. So adorably he kept asking last night "Blue house?" Luckily they had it in stock! Delilah also made out with two toys. It was buy 1 for $19.99 or higher and get 1 up to $19.99 for free... I couldn't pass up on that deal! I got her this little piano thing that plays two songs & had 3 instruments w/arms & faces that move when you push the corresponding piano keys. I also got her a little tea pot set that teaches numbers, abc's & manners and comes with a tea pot (of course), two tea cups, 3 little desserts (all in different shapes), and a little serving tray for the desserts. I can't wait until she can play tea party with daddy! Then we hit up the mall where we made a few stops: Burlington where I got 3 books (2 for her 1st birthday), a top (for me hehe), and a cute stuffed Zebra (Auntie Ashley had spotted it & was going to buy it but decided against it and since it was so cheap I got it for Delilah since her room is jungle themed). Game Stop where I bought a game for John (I had to bring him ~something~ home LoL). Old Navy where Auntie Ashley picked out some really cute outfits for Delilah while I nursed her in the dressing room. And that's it! Lots of great deals today, lots of yummy food, & lots of fun with my "adopted" sister ;-D and her children (Thank you again for driving Ash!).

Booga Booga Boo!!

Today John, Delilah & I all went over to Auntie Ashley's. We had lots of fun playing with Shawn & Landon and Ashley made a yummy supper for us (thanks again Ash!). Landon & Delilah had fun interacting together & exchanging some smooches. Our little ones are just the cutest together! We're going to arrange for them to be married one day & we can be in-laws LoL Of course, we won't be ~those~ types of in-laws some people have ;-)

The best part of the visit was when Auntie Ashley made Delilah laugh! Finally! She's been trying for forever and while she was taking pics, she got Delilah to giggle :-D

Well I did it- I sent in my letter telling my place of employment that I'm taking off until April 27th instead of March 23rd. With some help from my mom (ok, ok she wrote the whole letter) a letter was drafted, approved & printed out. We sent it off on Tuesday. Now I'll just be worried for a week or so that everytime the phone rings it's J calling me (the head fiscal guy). I'm hoping with the new addition to my supervisor's family he'll be more understanding. I must say that I feel a weight has been lifted (and my onset feelings of depression) knowing that it'll be 2 months again until I go back instead of 1 month & some odd days.

Here are some pics from the day that Auntie Ashley was generous to share...





Uncle John & Shawn

Hey there Delilah

Today is President's Day... so, my mom had off from work. John, my mom, Delilah & I all went up to Williamsport to partake in the yummy food at Olive Garden. And boy was it! Afterwards we went to check out the baby clothes selection at TJ Maxx (an upscale crappy rendition of Value City). They had absolutely nothing- a crappy selection in both the clothing & the toys. What a joke! From there we went to Kmart. I have to say that I thought our Kmart was crappy but this one takes the cake! Fortunately we found some nice clothes for Delilah (all 12 month+), a new toy (one Marta turned me on to that she got for Landon & Delilah seemed to really enjoy), a cute touch & feel animal book, and some new socks. All the clothes were on clearance that we got. One in particular was $7- it was a shirt & pant set. The pants however were missing so I took the opportunity to ask for a discount. I asked but the cashier said she 'd have to see if they could give a discount because sometimes they just say they'll do something or other (in other words, no discount). When the cashier rang up the shirt I was surprised to see it was only $4.99. After she was done ringing up our order, she asked the manager if I could get $ off. They gave me the shirt for only $2.50. Yay :-) Our last stop was Fashion Bug where I got a new shirt & new pair of capris. I was so excited to purchase the capris in a size smaller than I'd usually get :-D

Happy Valentine's Day- Munch needs a nap

Delilah Pants Head- Daddy was being silly


Uncle Roger

Let's go for a walk

The other day my friend, Ashley, invited me to go for a walk. I packed Delilah in to the car (yes, I was going to drive to Ash's instead of walking because I didn't want to walk home after our walk heh) and headed over to Ash's. After getting all the kids in to their respective strollers off we headed. It was soo beautiful that day & since it was Landon's first time in the "big boy" part of the stroller Ashley took some pics. We made our way to our usual route (from walks taken when Shawn was just a little newborn babe) but also ventured elsewhere. Down we went to Packer Street where Ashley soon spied a cemetary... and where we decided to go awalking. Some may think it's morbid to take the babes through a cemetary but truly it's a place of serene peace. Plus there's no cars, no hoardes of people, and it's quiet. It's nice to see when people come & decorate their loved ones tombs... the dead still have visitors.

Today Auntie Ashley came over so I could feed Delilah before we went out to dinner & back to her house to work on our Valentine's Day scrapbooking project (that last part didn't happen, but dinner did & boy was it yummy!! Thanks again Ash for dinner!!). I got some pics of her holding Delilah and it's about time to get some at my house with her face showing! LoL Other pics I took I didn't have angled the best & so Ashley's face was hidden.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day... Delilah's first. She got two very lovely cards in the mail from her Grandma & PapPap Williams and from my parents. Today Shawn & Landon gave Delilah Valentine's gifts from them. She got her first dolly & a TY poodle- very cute! Shawn made her a very nice card (nice job Shawn!) and she also got a card from the whole Rawlings Family. We got her a Valentine's Day card & daddy doesn't know it but she got him one as well.

As usual there are pics below for you to check out...

Pics from the walk (Auntie Ashley is an aspiring photographer- if you live in the area & are interested please let me know!)


Shawn

Landon



A visit from my favorite Auntie




Playing with my taggies Giraffe & the crinkle book Auntie Ashley gave me (which made me laugh yesterday!)


Today at Auntie Ashley's



That beautiful red haired boy


Shawn & his daddy, Jon