Great-Grandbabies!

Our grandson Justin and his wife Shannon presented us with a great-grandson, Connor Ray Arment, on August 19, 2010. We feel so blessed to be great-grandparents!

Imagine our surprise when yesterday we got a call and learned another great-grandbaby is on the way! Shannon had to go to a special doctor to be able to have Connor so was greatly surprised to learn she is six weeks pregnant! After the initial shock they are as happy as they can be that they will soon have another addition to the family. :)

Connor and the new baby will be only 11 months apart, which will be hard on Mommy but will be great for the children as they are growing up.

I am in love with the word "progeny" which means "descendants". As we are the product of our ancestors, Connor and the new baby will carry on our genes to other generations. Ahh, "the circle of life"!

We're going to be great-grandparents!

Our eldest grandson, Justin Arment, is going to be a daddy! He and his beautiful (inside and outside) wife Shannon are having a baby boy in September. I feel blessedly young to be a great-grandma and am thankful I'll be able to see a great-grandchild. The sad part is they live in San Diego, California, so it's a long way away from this grandma who has been very fortunate to live around all her grandchildren to see whenever and wherever. But if and when Justin gets out of the Marines, they plan to live in the Wyandotte, Oklahoma area, where Justin grew up and which is only an hour's drive away from us. :-)

We're happy almost-great-grandparents!

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Our oldest grandson is engaged!

Justin, our almost 20-year old grandson has asked his girlfriend Ally to be his wife!  She went out to California to be with him over the Christmas holidays.  So, Alexandra Dawn Burnett will be Mrs. Justin Arment before 2009 has ended.  They haven't set an exact wedding date yet.  

Of course, now my mind is going to GREAT-grandchildren!  Mercy me...I won't even be 60 years old for another 3 1/2 years!  But, we'll love them as they arrive anyway.  

A new 7 year-old grandson...

Our daughter Brenda's husband found out this year he has a 7 year-old son (a few weeks older than his and Brenda's son J.D.).  The mother was a "one night stand" and he never knew about the baby until now.  He has begun sending child support and he and Brenda and their other sons are getting to know Bradley.  It's fun to watch him and J.D. play together--they look a lot alike and it's like watching twins play.  He's now begun to spend weekends with Brenda and Jack and we've decided to count him as another one of our grandchildren.  We already count Hayley, Jack's 14 year-old daughter from his first marriage, as our own -- we've had her since she was 5 years old.  

When the twins are born it will make 11 grandchildren for us.  

Oh my -- TWINS!!

Our new grandbabies has turned out to be grandbabieS.  Yes, our son's girlfriend found out at her first ultrasound she is having twins.  

At her first ultrasound in October, they couldn't tell the gender of both babies--they could tell Baby B is a girl but couldn't see Baby A well enough.  Then on her second ultrasound in November, they could tell Baby A is also a girl.  Not sure yet if they are identical -- I'm learning all kinds of stuff about twins -- they each have their own placenta, which I had always thought meant they would be fraternal twins, but the ultrasound technician told Katherine it doesn't necessarily mean they aren't identical.  Not sure I understand the whys and why nots, but guess we'll wait and see.  

Planned names for the girls are Hope Ellinia for the older one and Faith Elizabeth for the younger baby.  Since she's having a caesarean birth, we don't know which twin will be born Baby A (usually the baby who is closest to the birth canal in an ultrasound because they know it will be the first born in a normal vaginal delivery) because Baby A will be whichever baby the doctor reaches and pulls out first.  

It is exciting to be having twins--a new experience for us.  I've already purchased several "preemie" look-alike outfits for them, Katherine's mother has already purchased 2 bassinets -- we're two excited grandmas.  

A new grandchild is coming!

We've been informed that our son and his *new* girlfriend are having a baby. Yes, I know, that arrangement is sad, and we're pretty sad about it, but I can't blame the tiny little baby so will welcome it with open arms as we have all our grandchildren. I am especially sad for our sweet daughter-in-law Spring who has only heard about this herself within the last 2 weeks. We're all trying to deal with it. It's a long story and very boring so I won't go into detail. The baby's due date right now is Dec 23rd...yes I know that's very soon. Anyway, pray for them all as they certainly need it, and I need prayer to cope with the situation because I like my daughter-in-law very much and don't want to lose her. Only God can help us now.

Renewed interest

Well, my sweet sister-in-law Sherry Dickinson in Phoenix has inspired me to begin anew on my blogging. I'm so proud of her that she has learned and gained such good computer skills!

Not that there's anything interesting and wonderful happening in our lives at this time, but, the beautiful Ozarks are still beautiful...and getting more so with the fall season fast approaching. In fact, yesterday and today it's actually been cool enough for sweaters; due in most part to the horrendous rains Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike have left us...with tropical storm Josie close behind them. What a season the Gulf and East Coast has had with the coming of September this year! I'm so happy for New Orleans that Gustav wasn't as bad as predicted -- even though there are still areas without electricity as of this date, at least flooding wasn't as big an issue as it was a year ago with Hurricane Katrina.

Hopefully I'll be inspired still when the leaves start turning colors to post a couple of (hopefully) gorgeous fall colored landscapes.

Well, my sweet hubby just came in and has dictated that it's now bedtime (10:56 p.m., which of course, it is bedtime), guess I'll get off this laptop computer I seem to be attached to the hip with and get some much needed shuteye. Love to all! Ellen