Saturday, August 12, 2017
Baby Pool
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm counting down the days until Smalls is born. Well, let me re-phrase that...I know that Brenda is counting each and every day, too!
The last time we were together, we had a small shower and came up with a baby pool. No, the winner doesn't get naming rights or anything like that, but it is fun to guess.
Brenda says that large babies run in her family and the majority of people where she works think she is carrying a girl. If she goes past September 23, she will be induced. Well, the time to find out if our grandbaby score goes to 6 boys and 1 girl, or if Brenda starts to even up the score to 5 boys and 2 girls is around the corner. The event that will answer all of our questions is coming quickly.
Here are the predictions for date the baby is born, the sex of the baby and the weight:
David: September 24, a boy, 7.9 lbs.
Marie: September 20, a girl, 7.13 lbs.
Tony Jr: September 18, a girl, 7.6 lbs.
Pops: September 22, a girl, 8.4 lbs.
Jan: September 12, a girl, 7.4 lbs.
Brenda: September 16, a boy, 8.2 lbs.
So baby pool fans, what will be? Who will be the winner?
Friday, August 11, 2017
Freaky Friday: Mama, Take Some Pretty PIctures of Me!!
OK, she's not as cute as Ellie, but she's our baby!!
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Carmen, Coleton and Charlotte
The days have gone quickly by and we are just hanging on to the flow. The early morning skies are beautiful and the end of the day sunsets are quiet and blue.
I feel like so much has happened in these days and yet, they have marched on relatively unnoticed. Is it our age? That days slip quickly into weeks and months...or is it that we aren't paying attention to the march of time?
Either way, we are still finding fun things to do, most recently, we went to the opera--we saw Carmen. Only in North Carolina will you see people going to the opera in shorts! People came in glitter and glam and others came in sandals and socks. But it was fun. We loved the music, the casting, however, left something to be desired. Carmen is the story of a lusty, free spirited gypsy and a strong military officer who fall passionately in love, but face obstacles and doubt at every turn. Our North Carolina Carmen was a middle aged, middle school teacher and her Don Jose was a short pudgy white haired local doctor. Their love scenes were limited to grasping each other's shoulders and looking into each other's eyes. The other thing that seemed off was that the songs were sung in French. Now, the last time I looked, bull fights and Seville were in Spain. So, here you have the story of two lovers in Spain, doing the dialogue in English and the music in French. Hmmmm. But, like I said, the music of Carmen is beautiful and haunting. We had a really good time. After the opera, we tried a new place in downtown Wilmington for drinks and people watching.
Our next big event was Coleton's 5th birthday! We got him something called Osmo and I absolutely love it. It's an Apple product that is basically a computer and a drawing pad. It comes with special markers and a goofy character called Mo who tells stories on the computer screen and asks the children to help him illustrate the details (a bed and lamp for his new bedroom or a space ship for his out of this world adventure!!) After they draw the object he requested, they hit the "OK" button on the screen and Mo bends down and "picks up" the drawing done by the child. The drawing becomes part of the story. It's amazing.
Coleton and Anthony are fun and beautiful children. Their "brother fights" remind me of David and Tony Jr when they were small, but they always manage to work past their fights and play together. They love Dixie and she is all about crawling all over them and barking at squirrels in their backyard.
David and Brenda are quietly moving into month 9 and I know Brenda will be happy to be finished being pregnant. Being pregnant in Florida in the summer has to be hard. Personally, I just can't wait for the baby!!
And, speaking of baby--we got a new surprise when we were in Charlotte. As we were leaving, Coleton came up to me and said, "Momo, we have a present for you." He proceeded to pull out a sonogram of Tony and Marie's new baby!! Number 3 is due in February. I continue to hope that "Smalls" in Tampa and "Charlotte" will be little pink bundles of femininity.
And so, we have Katie's wedding in September, Smalls, due in September, Charlotte due in February, Sarah's wedding (Fritz's daughter) in August and a whole lot of other stuff on the horizon. We continue to monitor our collective health issues and are taking care to ensure that we are around for all of the fun stuff life is sending us.
What did the North Carolinian say to the lusty gypsy? "So, Carmen, yaint, from cheer, air ya?"
Dixie loves to go, "bye bye in the car." We put her in the back seat this time...instead of me!
Dixie with her new haircut and scarf!
Daddy, always the object of her affection!!
Mr 5 and Papa!
There was some discussion on how the balloon got stuck on the ceiling...Coleton said Anthony let it go of the string and Anthony said that Coleton put it up there. Coleton got a bow and arrow for his birthday, I'm guessing the balloon will be on the ground soon.
Dixie was more interested in squirrels and rabbits than balloons!
Coleton, our big boy
My love, Anthony!
Coleton in his shark blanket
Anthony says, "I'm not going to smile, Momo!!"
But, he did!!
This is Coleton "shaving" like Daddy....Marie hates it when I take her picture, so I compromised and did a photo shoot of her foot!
Doesn't she look marvelous!
Sunday, July 23, 2017
We're Back!!
Well, it's been awhile, but we're back online!! I didn't realize how much we relied on our computer until we lost all of our important information and pictures.
Our last post was in March (I think) and much has happened since then. Our health is the main thing. Tony will be having a pace maker installed in the near future to regulate his heart beat. I am waiting until August to have more testing done on my shortness of breath and leg swelling. By having the tests done after my birthday, Medicare will pick up some of the cost. It stinks to have to wait, but I'm still paying off the echo cardiogram ($1700!!!) so I didn't want to incur more expense. I guess that's the good part of working in the Emergency Room, many of the doctors and nurses are aware of what's going on, so it's not unusual for them to check my pulse, heart rate or blood pressure.
Tourist season is in high gear in Wilmington and surrounding areas....so far, we have had 2 sting ray patients where the stinger had to be removed, several cases of cut feet from people jumping off of their boat onto broken oyster shells, a bunch of people with fire ant bites on their feet, multiple cases of heat exhaustion and heat stroke and the usual nut cases that we always get....most recently, a man who thinks he's Jesus and an involuntary commit who told me to get my fat ass out of his room. Just another day in paradise!
Two thirds of the kids came down for Father's Day. Unfortunately, Jenna, Jon and the kids didn't make it. We did a photo shoot of the family. My favorite picture is one of all of us and I am holding the picture that Tony painted of Jenna's family. I finally got all of the kids and grandkids in a picture!
David and Brenda have big news....they moved into their new house in Lakeland, Florida. It's just beautiful. A new build with 4 bedroom and a huge kitchen. We are patiently (well, not me....) waiting for the birth of "Smalls Swegle" sometime in September when we will see the baby and the house.
While the "kids" were here, Tony took a ride in a vintage (1930-40 era) WACO (rhymes with taco) bi-plane. Tony Jr., got him the gift of a ride for his retirement and time has just gotten away from us, so he finally went up in June, compliments of the Lakeland Swegles & Charlotte Swegles. He had a great time and took David up with him. Me in an open cockpit just wasn't going to happen. They had the pilot fly them up to Compass Pointe for a great view (from 1200')of the community and our home, a ride of about 50 minutes at 80 knots airspeed. While Tony was taking his ride, we saw some skydivers. That was cool.
My Boys!
Tony and Me
A Good Flight
Cloud Catching...oops, where are the clouds?
Oh, here they are!!
We had a blast and then headed for the beach. More later, I'm just glad to be back online!
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