My granddaughter is just about 15 months old and, although she isn’t talking, she’s finding pretty effective ways to communicate. Her mother and I just need to learn her language. Several days ago she surprised us by shaking her head “no” when we asked if she wanted a drink. She hung her head slightly and …
Category Archives: Family
How it’s going
In another few weeks, my grand daughter will be a year old. A few weeks after that I’ll have been her caregiver for a year. It’s been and continues to be great. As an update to anyone curious about how I spend my time, I’ll say that I’ve stopped any pretense of free-lance. I also …
heading home
She has been asleep every time I’ve seen her, but in the car seat heading home, she looks fully alert. It’s a pretty exciting day.
Tube free
The last of the tubes was removed. If she continues to do as well as she has, they may spring her this weekend. (Thanks to my daughter for all of these baby photos.)
redhead?
close up
Her lungs seem good now. Digestive track still in process, though, and requiring this tube that looks very much like a lollipop stick….
no words
new arrival
At 4:18 AM after 35 weeks. Four pounds, nine ounces, eighteen and a half inches long, she was induced on the second trip to Geisinger with the addition through the cervix of two clementine sized water balloons. My daughter and her husband did really well, my granddaughter was a bit of a tough cookie. Understandable. …