Nosey neighbor from next door.......

I never had much of an opinion about neighbors until we bought our house.  It started when we were looking at our house to buy and the next door neighbor came by to talk with us.  She introduced herself as the nosey neighbor from the TV show Bewitched.....MRS. Kravits ( I think that is how you spell the name)  She told us everything there was to know about the house we were looking at and the home owners and everything about the neighborhood.  She would know........She has a pair of binoculars, that she would use to spy on the neighbors!  The day we were moving in she offered to help us. " Anything you need, it's yours"  That was her motto.  I was bugged at first.  Always checking up on us, sharing info on neighbors I didn't know.  Telling me about her family as I knew them.  Anytime we were outside, she'd run up to us and started talking and I mean TALKING.  She could talk FOREVER!  I finally started turning around when we ended up borrowing a rake to clean our yard.  I told her I didn't have one and I asked if I could borrow her rake.  " Anything you need, it's yours" There came the saying I'll never forget. The next day I came home from work and there was new rake standing up against the back door with a big red bow on it.   I one time asked her why she was always so nice and letting us borrow every known yard tool in the world.   She said when she first moved into her house, she had no yard tools to use and her neighbor let her borrow her things.  The only way she could think to repay her neighbor was to be nice to all of the neighbors that came and went.  That was the moment I started changing my mind about being bugged to enjoying seeing my neighbor every chance she got!  We became very good friends, switching keys to each other's homes, taking care of each other's dogs, sharing plants in our yards, keep up with the neighbor's lives, getting to know each other.  I one time needed a tray to use in the oven and my neighbor wasn't home....I just let myself in her house, went into the kitchen and got it myself.  Daris told me I was spending to much time over there if I knew where the baking trays where.  I call my neighbor to let her know what I did and she just laughed and said "Anything you need, it's yours".  We shared a love for Department 56 Christmas houses and we shared our religious views often.  She just loved when the missionaries would come to her house.  She would give them such a had time tell them the most outrageous things.  Onetime she told them that the world was going to end in two hours!!  We would laugh about it later and she asked if the missionaries believed her or not!  She was the most loving Christan women I had ever known.  She loved everyone and help anyone in need.  She has helped me in more ways than one.  She was my best friend.  I could ALWAYS run to her house to chat or to work out a problem.  She was the best cook.  I can't tell you how many times she made me dinner when Daris was working.  She always checked on me......more so now that I have Robyn.  She was such a mother hen.  Making sure Robyn was eating and growing.  Yelled at me once because I forgot to put suntan lotion on her!  Making sure we had enough food and that everything was going good in our lives.  She would help kill the spiders at my house and I would clean up the birds and rats her cats brought home.  We were the perfect pair of neighbors.  Everyone should have one like her! 
     I'll miss you terribly nosey neighbor!  I'll miss you talking about strangers as if I know them.  Miss talking about our neighborhood. Miss talking about different plants and our pets.  Miss talking about your favorite TV shows and how one day your kitchen table will be cleaned off.  Miss talking about your new craft your doing.  Miss you coming over and not caring if I'm in my pj's or if my house was a mess.  You brought a comfort to my life and my families.  I'll tell Robyn about you often and how you taught me all about my plants in my yard and how to treat strangers, neighbors and loved ones.  How to be a great mother, grandmother, sister, daughter and wife.  Thank you Judy Newcomer!  Now that you are gone from this world remember that we love you and will think of you often.  I'll see you again some day, my nosey neighbor and then we can talk and talk and talk and talk............Judith Newcomer died May 30th 2011

Baby came back!

I did it!!!!!
I must be a typical mom, Robyn came home and started to whine because she didn't have a very good nap in the afternoon and I wanted to send her back!  I missed her but I wanted to send her back!  Then I remembered why I missed her so much.......
Her laugh
Her smile
Watching her try to crawl
Watching her eat a sour blueberry
Seeing her try and pet West when she walks by
Giving hugs and kisses
Hearing her say Mama or Dada
Wave bye bye
Her cute naked butt!
Splashing in the tub
Cuddling before bed
The sound when she sucks on her uh oh
Can't forget the snorts in her sleep
I was unpacking her things and set her down to play on the floor and before I knew it, she had tipped over the sock basket and was throwing socks everywhere and laughing about it!  I just love her so much.  I also can't wait until she spends the night at her Grandma's again! ;)

Day Two

I can do this, I can do this.......
Woke up this morning to my alarm clock and not to Robyn talking to herself or laughing at herself in her crib.  It was kinda weird.  I actually had time this morning to have breakfast, granted it was only a bowl of cereal and wasn't that hard to make.  Mom video chat with me before heading off to court.  Robyn just looked into the camera and wanted to get back to jumping in her johnny jump up.  It makes me so happy to know that she's having such a great time with her grandma and grandpa!  They kept updating me with pictures of her playing or napping!  I didn't realize how quite our life was BR!  Tonight was the night.  Daris and I went on our first date since Robyn was born.  Even though we were on a date, we still looked at baby girl clothes at the pumpkin patch!  We had a great time.  We went to the movies and dinner.  We were actually holding hands walking through the mall instead of pushing a stroller or trading off Robyn to each other.  I even forgot how good movie theater popcorn tasted!  We decided we shouldn't wait another nine months before we go on a date again!  Didn't do anything that I planned on doing, it was all about my marriage today.  It was needed very much and it did us wonders.  Tomorrow is the day to spring clean the house.  I think I can go another day without Robyn being around.  Daris asked if I wanted to go and pick her up early.  I said no.  Realizing we needed some time for us and ourselves.  Although, I think West is missing her highchair buddy!  Here is to another day of waking up to the alarm and cold cereal!

Day One

Today was the day.  We dropped off Robyn at my parent's house for three days.  We had to laugh on the way home. Daris was driving and he still would look in the rear view mirror to look at Robyn's empty car seat spot.  I just did the first check in with my Dad.  They survived with only one poopy diaper up the back.  My Mom rocked Robyn to sleep.........that is what I think I miss the most.  I love cuddling with Robyn at night.  I guess the dog will have to do or I can pull out my old stuffed bear named Papa Bear.  Walking in the door tonight I realized that Robyn's things are taking over the whole house.  She's not even crawling yet and there is still stuff everywhere.  She doesn't move anything, we move it for her.  I guess this would be a good time to "Spring clean" her room and maybe start changing out her clothes to larger sizes.  Well here is to a good night sleep and having time to have breakfast in the morning before court!!!

I still think I'll check her crib before I go to bed.

Robyn at 8 months old!

I love this picture of Robyn, even thought she'd been crying.  Her hair is getting so long and growing like a weed.  She still has baby blue eyes!

P.S.E.

Woke up this morning to a text from Daris saying PSE wanted to use or driveway to cut tree limbs down behind our house!  Well this is what it looks like.  The PSE guy is up and OVER or house.  Good thing our house is short!

Stuffy nose

Well apparently Robyn doesn't agree with the 9 to 5 work schedule.  She decided to get a cold to protest.  This hasn't happened in a long time but we were up with Robyn from 1 to 4 in the morning because of a stuffy nose and every time we went to put her back in her own bed, she started to cry again.  So we gave into our weak moment of sleepiness and let her stay in our bed.  Daris feel asleep and forgot Robyn was there between us and felt her kicking him and he thought it was ME kicking him.  Tonight we are going to stick to our guns........Robyn is sleeping in her own bed!................  We'll see how far we get with that! There is nothing worse than a baby with a stuffy nose.

Working 9 to 5

The next two weeks are going to be very interesting for our family.  Daris is going to a pump class for work and is working 9 to 5, Monday thur Friday!! I'm STILL doing jury duty, 8 to 4, Monday thur Thursday and working Saturdays at my normal job.  We are going to have normal work hours for the first time in our marriage. Also next week, Robyn is staying at my mother's house for three days! ..............

 Is our marriage going to survive this?!? Are we going to kill each other having to see one another every night?  Are we still going to eat at the dinner table? Am I going to miss my nightly breaks have the bed all to myself? Will Daris miss his "guy time" at work? Will we miss our little girl?  Will we enjoy sleeping in and staying up late?  Will our house be to quite with Robyn gone?  Will we find things to fill our time? Will we see a movie? Can Daris and I go back to our lives without Robyn for a couple of days or will we fail and have to pick her up early?  Will we miss our nightly "bath time" with Robyn?  Will we still check her crib at night?  Will we still rock back and forth, when holding an object?  Will we still look in the back of the car for the car seat?  Can we even enjoy the three days Robyn is gone?  I have all of these questions about going back to our lives before Robyn (BR)  All I can say is................... there is no going back to our lives BR.

I think the only one who is going to enjoy this is the dog!

Growing up!

Robyn is growing up way to fast!  One minute I'm feeding her with a spoon, the next she wants to feed herself!  Where does the time go?!?

Movin' and groovin'

The other night Daris and I went to check on Robyn before we went to bed and this is what we found!