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Heres our chubby cheeked Ella

WAY to cute!!! I can't believe how big she is!!!!

Thanks Barbe,  she has got the baby chubs for sure,  and she's not 2/Mo's until 2/11.  We noticed something about her ear that is deformed,  it is shaped like a heart on the lobe,  kinda hard to explain,  but Amanda pointed it out, and sure enough it does,  a heart on her ear and she see angels. She is here now (sleeping) and after I finished feeding her I was holding her on my lap out in front of me,  oh my how she was staring at me and above my head and smiling so,  and she trys to talk so much when I do that - I just know she see's something, I have actually got a little obsessed with the whole thing Googling -  pretty interesting stuff about infants seeing angels and auras. 

Well hope all you snow bunnies are safe,  no snow here but windy,  damp,  cold,  a nasty winter day for sunny Florida.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Hell Barbe yeah can google anything.  I know I am crazy,  but she see's so diffrent then my 2 girls or any other babies I have been around and there have been many.  Oh well it brightens my day to elieve so so be it.

HAPPY SUPERBOWL SUNDAY.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXXO

Oh Sheila, I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandma. I'm so glad it was peaceful for her though. It's those who are left behind who will be feeling the pain. Thinking of you and praying for your whole family. ((((((((())))))))))

Nancy, hope you are feeling not too sore and are healing well. I'm sure that when the swelling goes down you will be thrilled with how you look.

Cathi - Ella is so cute! 

Nettie - how's Whisper?

Love to everyone,

Jane oxoxoxo

Shiela honey,

What can I say? You certainly have not had troubles to seek recently. I would be a basket case if I had so many blows in such quick succession. By the sound if it your gran's demise was swift and peaceful and that is something we all hope for. My dads passing was beautiful (I know how strange that might sound) We were all there and a priest administered the last rites. It was just the death he prayed for. So different from my brother's ... But your wee heart will be sore and there's just no getting round that, gotta go through it. Good luck and hugs and warmest best wishes to you all.

Nanci - wee Ella looks like a REAL baby. Like she's got a HUGE set of lungs. She looked like a wee fragile doll at Christmas. Beautiful but so very fragile Now she looks older than 2 months, doesn't she?? All that worry and she has emerged a wee warrior. Well done Ella.

Well done too Ezsribe for taking a stand about - of  what I can only describe as abuse - of your medical care. As a teenager, I loved Robin Cook (still do) and remember the horror of malpractice in the hospial system. Fiction, but where is scope for abuse there will be abuse. i am outraged that Nancy DOESNT EVEN KNOW what she is going to be hit with. Ask yourselves, you wouldnt put a car in for repair withoutknowing how much the final bill wold be. And you have already PAID for your treatment. Your lives and deaths are too important for scams like "report writing" by an observer to be at YOUR expense. Be as outraged as I am girls - no other country would allow that to happen. Am I right Barbe?

Hi Jane! Big Whisper is clumping around with a stookie (plaster cast) Boy is he clumsy! He always was - great big clown feet. He a bit sulky and feeling sorry for himself. He definitly went into a huff for me leaving him overnight at the vet's Must learn how to post photos - he really looks funny. Vet was great, while he was under he scaled his teeth etc. And the whole thing cost less than £100. He's registered there now. A bit of travelling but WTH.

Had a great weekend,  we decided on an Egyptian meal(with belly dancing) then a wee pub crawl finishing at O'Neills for live Irish music. Did the whole day without throwing uo too!! I was afraid of that as I still throwing up an awful lot. I don't think anyone would have through we had all just been fighting cancer - everyone looked insanely healthy, including me. I have looked healthy all through this apparently. At least that what the docs, nurses tell me.

It's just the most lovely Winter's day. Very cold but no wind, a blinding while sun in a clear blue sky. Just beautiful! No more snow please. Had enough for a lifetime. I can see signs of Spring all over the place, wee crocus and snowdrops beginning to push their lovely wee heads through the grass.

Have a lovely Monday chappies

With love

Annie xxxx

Thanks Barbe, the CNA was gone for about 10 minutes. The home is staffed according to regulations but does not have enough staff to stay in every room 24-7. They were getting the residents up for the day and when she left the room she said, 'Ms Coral, I have to hand out the breakfast trays, I will be back in a few minutes with your breakfast tray and feed you'. Grandma had lost strength in her left side due to a stroke a couple of months ago and they were taking good care of her. She could move some by herself in her chair but because of the oxygen she was on, couldn't leave the room. The women who was grandma's room mate in the room she was moved from a month ago told mom that she cried when they moved Ms Coral to the other hall. Mom went over to tell her that grandma wasn't doing well and she wanted to come over to that hall and see her. Ms Willemena offered the most beautiful prayer for Grandma and the family. Several people (residents and staff) made comments that when Ms Coral came in the room, her smile brightened up the room. That is what I am going to miss is her smile.

thanks Cathi, there are 2 different routes we can take eastern through Virginia and West Virginia and western through Tennessee and Kentucky (but with a 60 mile detour due to rock slide on I-40). His friend was on the Eastern route yesterday and sent a picture of I-77 single lane open due to snow. We tried to talk mom into going up the Western route but she likes going up the Eastern route, I guess we will be fighting snow all day today.

Sheila

Sheila, just popping on with condolences for your Grandmother. Have a safe journey.

Sheila, condolences to you and your family. Thank you for sharing your grandmother. Through your words, it is clear what a lovely woman she was. She was blessed to have you for a granddaughter, and blessed with a peaceful leavetaking. Despite the goodness of it all, she will be greatly missed. Even when "it is time" and all for the best, someone so well-loved is hard to release.

Warm hugs,

Judie

Oh Nettie you make me chuckle,  she goes to the DR Thursday we shall know how much she weighs then, it's all in her cheeks - so big and plump,  can't help but want to squeeze them.

Sheila,

I'm sorry to hear about your grandma. Please be safe driving in that snow! It looks really bad from what I see on the news.

Cathi, Ella is such a doll! Thanks for sharing her with us.

Oh, Cathi! What a sweet set of cheeks! I'm sure there's a wonderful little sweetheart behind them.

Sheila, you must check in as soon as you can. The weather is amazing...and not in a wonderful way.

Karen, I can hardly believe it. We've endured the long, hard path with you and here it is, nearing the end. Congratulations!

Nettie, it seems that you will be seeing my wee bairn next week if all goes well. I hope there's not four feet of snow or something! He's found a traveling companion to share the experience with. I hope it all goes well. He saw "Waiting For Godot" with  Sir Ian McKellen last night...front row center. He was walking on air.

All is well here. I have to come up with a dinosaur cake for my granddaughter's 17th birthday party. ??? Oh, well, it's what she wants...LOL. The party is a costume party, come as your favorite video game character. Think the kids would recognize me if I dressed as the white ball from Pong? That's about as retro as it gets!

Love to all,

Judie