Olivia's First Visit to Lenoir

Grandma didn't get very much time to spend with me, but she did get a few cute pictures. She won't get to see me again for over a month and she says I'm going to change so much in that time. She told me that she loves me and misses me (and Mommy and Daddy, too)

Grandpa and I were having a great conversation just before I had to leave for Montgomery with Mommy and Daddy.

What a sweetheart!

Another visit to Charleston

Unfortunately I didn't get to help Stephanie and Andy with laundry, meals, etc., but 3 1/2 days instead of the week I had planned. Thursday evening I was going up to bed and accidentally fell down the bottom 3 steps of their stairs and ended up in the emergency room with 4 stitches in my head, 2 stressed herniated discs and a compression fracture of my T-12 vertebrae. I spent all day Friday and Saturday in Andy's recliner and headed home on Sunday. I did get to kiss Olivia good-bye on her way out the door for her first plane trip to Indiana on Sunday morning.

I have been in Charleston with Andy, Stephanie and Olivia since Monday trying to help out a little, and of course, getting to hold my sweet granddaughter. What fun. I just love this little smile she gave me as I was holding her.

Father's Day weekend

We spent father's day weekend in Charleston with Andy, Stephanie, Cay and Olivia Grace. On Sunday we went with them to church for the service which included the blessings of the babies born this year. Olivia was the youngest by about 5 days. She behaved like a trooper. She barely made a peep from the time we left the house until we returned. The picture says it all about Andy's first father's day with his daughter.

A few more pics of Olivia

My grandma Allen knitted this silly hat for me!!

Meet Olivia Grace Allen 6/14/09 9lbs. 8 oz.

Daddy, I can't see the computer from this angle. How am I ever going to learn to surf the net?

I'm just a few minutes old in these pictures. Can you tell?

My mommy and my daddy love to look at me 'cause I'm so cute!

Daddy likes me to hold his hand. Actually I have him wrapped around my little finger, already!

And of course, Grandma and Grandpa Allen love me already, too!

I thought that while all of us are awaiting the arrival of baby girl Allen, you might like to kill some time looking at some of my flowers that have made such a nice difference in my front flower garden. Each day I go out and look to see what has changed, bloomed and grown. Every day it is something different. Then each evening I go out on the front porch and rock in my rocker and enjoy the view.

WAITING PATIENTLY!