A hospital is no place for sick people!

WHO pulls out their camera in the ER and makes a photo of the patient?  Well this patient had gotten an IV drip of “HAPPY MEDS” and he was feeling no pain!

Dan came home last Wednesday night complaining of horrible pains in his abdomen. He hadn’t felt well for about a week. He called the doctor and due to the symptoms he was having, he suggested we go to the ER. It was Wednesday night about seven o’clock when we arrived at Douglas General ER. We sat in the ER waiting room for less than two hours til they called him back. I was sitting there trying so hard not to breathe and getting out my anti bacterial spray every few minutes and spraying it on both of us. Finally got back in a room, they assessed Dan, gave him an IV drug for pain and I honestly could see his eyes glaze over. He started to tell me tales that had absolutely no merit so I just told him to close his eyes and sleep. He was somewhat stoned at that time and I was just sitting in the room with him working on my Bible Study. Later they came and said that they would keep him overnight (tuned into three nights, but who is counting?) I set my Bible and study books on the counter, gathered up the things I planned to take home, and made a list of what I was bringing back. Came home, packed his bag, let Frizzy out to do his thing, and proceeded to head back to the hospital. Frizzy went MIA on me but I figured he’d only be out a while before I returned home. It was at least ten or ten thirty by this time. I had not had dinner and was starting to feel the effects of that. Got back to the hospital and realized I could not find my Bible. OMG, it had fallen into the trash can in the ER exam room. I donned a pair of those gloves, reached down deep in the trash can (don’t even want to think about what all was in there!!!), pulled out my Bible. Once again, I got out the anitbacterial spray and was wiping it down from cover to cover. Left when I saw that Dan was going to live thru the night. Pulled up in my driveway at almost midnight and saw that Frizzy had gone thru the neighbor’s recycling bin and had a hayday in their front yard. There was trash strewn all over their yard. I debated going over and cleaning it up, decided that was a good way to get shot, berated the day we decided to get a dog, ate something, and went to bed. But not before spraying my Bible thoroughly with Lysol!! Dan spent two more glorious nights in the hospital. He had a thorough colon cleansing and a colonoscopy. They drew enough blood to stock a vampire’s cave, poked, and prodded, and finally dismissed him around noon on Saturday. Our plans were to leave on Sunday for our family vacation to Charleston. In God’s perfect timing for us, that fell at exactly the right time. It wa great to get him away from work and have a week to R & R at the beach! The fianl diagnosis is some type of colitis. We are praying its the kind that heals quickly!

A big thank you to all the friends and family who called, prayed for us, and continue to be supportive of our family.

Dan and I feel like we have used up our “hospital vouchers” for the year.  Neither of us have ever been in the hospital (exclusive of delivering babies and outpatient procedures.)  AND within two months, we both logged some hospital time….Hopefully we have had all that fun we can stand!

Dan is stepping out on me

I was all bummed last Thursday night because it was the Atlanta Board of Realtors Million Dollar Banquet and I just didn’t feel like going.  My handsome husband went solo but I have seen evidence all over the internet that he was “stepping out on me!”

I actually copied these photo from a friend’s facebook page so I think I am “cutting some people’s heads off.”  

He said his face was exhausted from smiling into the camera all night.  But he did it so well!!!

I’ll post more pics later and maybe “photo-shop” myself in!!!

For such a time as this

I have just finished up the Beth Moore Esther Bible Study and it was awesome.  It, like all of her studies, is of course, geared to us women.  But there are truths therein that are applicable for any one, male or female because its Biblical.

To me the focal point of the whole study was this one scripture 
Esther 4:14

……And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this? NIV

Well, I have watched my husband go through such incredible stress lately as he is at the helm of two fabulous companies, Jenny Pruitt and Associates and Harry Norman Realtors.  This is the darkest time in the economy of our country since the Great Depression.  And since none of our peers were alive then, its the darkest time in our history.

When Dan first became president/CEO of Jenny Pruitt and Associates almost two years ago (Gosh, has it been that long??) his goal was to protect every person and every job.  A lofty goal but unfortunately not attainable during this economy downturn.  I have laid beside him at night when he tosses and turns.  I have seen tears in his eyes when he tells me about another person that they have had to terminate.  I have seen him
“go nuclear” over something that would not have bothered him at all in “another life.”  BUT through it all, he maintains his integrity that has been characteristic of his whole career.

Dan is NOT in a royal position.  I am not his QUEEN in a royal position.  BUT I did read him that verse the other morning and told him I thinks its applicable to all of us.  Not many of us are royalty, high priests, even famous.  BUT who knows, God may have put us here at THIS time in his KINGDOM CALENDAR for such a time as this…..

I keep telling Dan that he’s where he is for such a time as this.  He’s there to have integrity, to lead the best he knows how, and to take care of the employees and agents in the best way he knows how. 

We have a family saying, one of Matt’s favorites that he reminds us of over and over…

“That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

Well, if the stress of this job doesn’t kill Dan then he is going to be SUPERMAN! 

If you take the time to read this, I ask you to pray for every leader, every “boss”, every manager, our president, our ministers,  everyone in leadership positions right now. 

Perhaps, maybe????
God has put them right smack where they are at such a time as this to make a difference…

To the masses, a personal relationship with God is unseen.  Because personal means personal.  What they see is the reflection of that personal relationship in our lives.  Sort of “Jesus with skin on…”

My prayer for today….Let me be more reflective of He who holds me.

That would probably involve not glaring at the person who cuts in front of me, not judging the guy walking down the street with his pants at his knees, not worrying about trivial things I cannot control, etc. etc.  AND the list goes on….

 

http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1esther_p1mw.htm

a synopsis of the book of Esther

A Jerry Springer moment, I wish I could push rewind!

I am writing this on Dan’s blog because……I don’t really know why except that the whole experience was sort of surreal and if I write it here, maybe I can write about it and just forget it.   I am also writing it here because my husband is the one that pulled me through the moment and held it all together. I also think that if I write it here, surely no one will really see it, I will be absolved of my sins………and on and on!!!!  Dan also keeps saying, “You know Karen, you don’t have to tell everything.”  Sure I do, I am a woman.  We hash stuff to death!!!

We left last Monday to go to Nashville for my throat surgery.  This has been an issue I (and when you are married and close to your spouse, the word “I” when it involves your health is really a “WE.”) have been dealing with it since early summer. Anyway about half-way to Nashville, I realized I didn’t have my wallet.  At first I thought surely it was somewhere in the car.  We were, after all, in our usual manner, taking everything we owned for what was going to be a two night stay!  Several frantic searches thru the car, some tense calls home, etc. left me with no other conclusion than IT WAS LOST. 

Well, I was driving so that Dan could work on the computer, have conference calls, attend to business, etc. etc. Also if you have ever tried to use a laptop traveling down the freeway in the bright sun, you realize how fruitless some of those efforts can be.  Now Dan is CONNECTED.  The poor man works 18 hours a day and is always on the phone, on the computer, on a conference call, working so hard to manage two fabulous companies in what is the worst economy in anyone’s memory!  Well, I am driving, and suddenly whatever conference call he is on, seems to sound like dah, dah, blip, dah, blah,blop, and I could feel my heart rate going out of my chest. I thought I was going to scream.  So 20 minutes outside of  Nashville, I yank the car off the expressway ramp, jump out of the car, and start tearing up the car for the illusive wallet.  (I just knew that without a photo ID, insurance card, etc, that we were going to have problems.)  When I didn’t find the wallet, I jumped back  into the driver’s seat and started banging my head on the steering wheel.  Everytime I banged it, of course, the horn blared.  Then I started screaming at the horn.  Well, dear diplomatic Dan calmly tells the other callers on his conference call that he better get off because there is a problem.  That is sort of like saying there’s a leak on the Titanic!!!

I proceeded to tell Dan that I think I am going to scream.  He once again, very calmly says, “Then scream.”   So with that validation, I jumped out of the car and started screaming at the top of my lungs.  No bad words, no anger at anyone but myself, but boy was I letting loose of some screams.  (All of this is happening next to a Steak and Shake, Target, mini strip center.  I am sure I must have looked like some deranged idiot, screaming at the top of my lungs, and just running around the car. ) Then in a final search effort, I go back to the trunk, pop it open, start searching AGAIN thru the crap back there.   Finally I fell down on my knees behind the trunk still sobbing.  Dan was trying to get me up off the ground and hug me and I was still like a feral child.  Something raised by the wolves and let loose in surburbia!!!  I also have some memory of him trying to put a coat on me because it was cold!

All the frustration of the past eight/nine months, all the days I have walked around with my cell phone tied to my body so as not to miss a doctor’s call that never came, all the fright, the middle of the night internet searches, the doctors that shook their head and said “WE AIN”T NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE!” it all came to head right then and there in the Steak and Shake parking lot!!!!  And the sounds coming out of my mouth were not cries, they were sobs.  I think they were coming from my soul~
I finally calmed down.  Dan is all the while making phone calls (very calmly) and telling the hospital, pre-0p people, etc my situation. (Well, he is telling them about the lost wallet, not the deranged idiot that he is about to present for them to “fix.”) Had he exposed that bit of trivia, they might have said keep driving till you get to the NUT HOUSE!

Meanwhile back at home, Matt has torn up the house looking for it.  He even went thru the trash can with poopy diapers in it.  Dolly and Katie have searched their cars. The last time I remembered having the wallet was the night before when we were at Texas Roadhouse.  Finally after several calls to them (they don’t open until three in the pm) we found out that it had been found under the booth where we had eaten the night before.  It was in the safe, put there safely by the manager the night before. Matt went to the restaurant to pick it up for me.  I got a beautiful text message  that said, “wallet is in my hands.” 

The lost wallet wasn’t really the issue.  It was just the straw that broke the camel’s back, as the old phrase goes.  I was concerned about not having my identification but Dan had gotten that all checked out and approved.  I was worried about having to cancel all the credit cards, my license, etc.  BUT the wallet was just a thing and all those things inside were just things…….I just let too many things pile up on me without really realizing it. Also I have to comment on what a spiritual high I had been on just hours before.  Because Dan was working, I had my Ipod going with the best of my praise and worship music, I had listened to an inspiring sermon by Andy Stanley.  I felt safe and secure in His arms.  I felt like I was doing just exactly what I had heard God tell me to do.  I was, in fact, prayed up.  I had felt the prayers of so manypeople, had gotten strength from them, been encouraged.

Just a flick of the armour melts away, and you are so vulnerable.  Maybe that’s it.  Maybe I would tell you in 55 years, I have never had a fit like that before.  I wish I knew some theology that would save me from that again.  Maybe its that Satan doesn’t just want to steal our joy, he wants to steal our security, our hope, our everything.  Because he cannot get to me from the inside out, he sure knows ways to get me from the outside in…….

I had sobbed so hard that I had a killer headache when we arrived at pre-0p.  I was way past any makeup redos.  To say I had bloodshot eyes, well, a bit of an understatement!!!!  When we went to the first pre-op desk and signed in, I know the lady probably thought I was coming in to be “put to sleep” like an old dog. But we had promised Charlie to chronicle the adventures of “Lovey” on the road so it was a the first of many photo ops!  Is Lovey smiling?  I think he’s glad I am just not behind the wheel anymore~~~~

Well the preop business didn’t take too long.  I was still so dazed and confused.  (I think I “blew out” some much needed gray matter having my hissy fit.)  Dan had to take my hand and lead me around like an invalid.  (I couldn’t find my way back to the hospital right now if my life depended on it!!!!  ) We rode over to a nice Holiday Inn and as we were checking in, they were having wine and cheese. (Dan wasn’t real happy about my choice of the Holiday Inn.  He wanted to stay at the Marriott or somewhere nicer.) BUT when he saw the “happy hour” venue, I think he softened a bit about the Holiday Inn!!!

 

 I am not one to imbibe too much the night prior to “”goin’ under the knife.”  But said oh well, what the heck, I need something to calm me down.  We sat down, had a few glasses of vine, some crackers, and left for our PF Changs dinner. (Because of the melt-down in the car in the Pkg. Lot, we had no lunch, so hadn’t eaten all day!)  So all in all, a day that had a full blown four alarm fit over nothing, turned out to be a nice Monday Nashville evening.  I pretended at dinner that we were just on a business trip and sat as close to Dan in the restaurant as was socially permissible.  After a nice dinner, a shower, we packed our early morning bags and the ordeal of the day was done!   Dan would never mention it again.  BUT I felt for a few brief moments, this is what “losing it”, “going crazy” feels like.

What a day and what a man! So hopefully some yahoo having a milkshake in Steak and Shake had a cameraphone  and we’ll at least end up on youtube. Make you so proud…I just hope his cameraphone had sound!!!

Happy 89th Birthday to Mr. Parmer

Dan’s dad celebrated his 89th birthday this weekend.  Charlie sang Happy Birthday to him.  He sort of does a Ray Charles version.  He closes his eyes and sort of moves his head right to left.  This video doesn’t really capture his singing talent but it sure had made us smile!!!

We need to start planning his 90th celebration right away.  The man is amazing.  He goes to the nursing home two days a week to minister to the old people.  He is actually part of a gospel singing group.  He reminds me of something a visiting pastor said at church yesterday, you never retire from God’s work till the day you die.

Sing on GG Earl.  (Charlie’s name for Great Granddaddy Earl.)

 

Our Electronic New Years Greeting

We did not send Christmas cards this year.  It’s the first time ever for me.  But here’s an electronic Christmas/New Years card.  Probably only close friends and family will be able to endure it.  But here’s wishing you a wonderful 2009.

Karen and Dan

Twas the night before Christmas

Charlie can recite “The Night Before Christmas.”  He’s two, will be three in March.  The funniest thing is that after a few of the stanzas, he says, “I’m too tired to read that story.”  What a little ham he is!!!

We were lucky to have our kids here at Christmas.  (and Dan’s dad!)  We went to the Christmas Eve Service in LaGrange, picked up Mr. Parmer, came back home, and got ready for Santa.  We put out hot chocolate, gingerbread men, and carrots.  (I spilled some of the hot chocolate on the carpet, but that’s just part of the whole experience!!!)

Katie and Chad took Charlie back to our room to read to help him settle down for “his long winter’s nap.”  It’s hard to go to sleep when you know your home is going to be invaded by a strange man, wearing a red VELVET suit, probably smoking tobacco (so socially incorrect!!) and of all things, coming down the chimney!!! 

Somehow he managed to squeeze down the chimney, he polished off the hot chocolate, ate the gingerbread cookies that were hard enough to be used as hammers, and had time to feed his reindeer a few carrots in the whole process.  How can anyone not believe in miracles when that occurs billions of times in the course of one December night?? 

…but infinitely more believable that a rabbit wearing a vest and putting out Easter baskets…..

Weekend Musings

“Thank you God for giving us “THE WEEKEND.” 

Aren’t the following  just glorious words.  “It’s almost the weekend.”  “What are you doing this weekend?”  ”Did you have a good weekend?”  Those are sentences we hear repeatedly.  No one ever says, “Only two more days till Monday.”  Did you have a good Wednesday afternoon?”  “The weekend just drags by, it seems like Monday will never get here?”  

This past week had a lot of fun events in it.  Dan had two early morning breakfast meetings at the Cherokee.  He  had four office parties in three days.  All of the events are fun and things we enjoy doing. (ie, just another great thing about his job…)  But it was a little concentrated last week.  So we both were giddy about the upcoming weekend.  Well, here it is Sunday night and we had a nice restful (at times) “slowed down” weekend. But its over and reality hits Monday bright and early.

Katie, Chad, and Charlie came up Friday afternoon.  Charlie went to the mall to see Santa.  He wasn’t particularly overjoyed about it.  BUT he didn’t cry.  Of course, the whole experience is more about selling you the picture.  I am not even sure Santa asked Charlie what he wanted.  He had told Katie and Chad the day before that he wanted to ask Santa for sticks and rocks.  That request, I feel sure, will change.

 

 Who needs to purchase toys when you can have so much fun just looking at them in the toy store?

 Lifelong friends, Gail, Me, and Martha at the Christmas Vacation Party

 

Katie and Chad headed back home and left us their most precious possession, Charlie!! 

We had our “Christmas Vacation” party Saturday night.  We had a trivia pre-test, then watched it, some of us quoted it, and generally just belly-laughed at the insanity of it all.  I have yet to meet anyone who says they have NEVER seen Christmas Vacation.

Then all too soon, its Sunday night and tomorrow we have to return Charlie to his original owners.  I think there is a pretty severe late fee assessment if we don’t get him back to his parents!!  Plus the greatest part of being grandparents is that it is not 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!!!

 

Tomorrow-reality check.  It’ll be Monday again!  But tonight its Elmo Dominoes on the floor, watching the Lion King, hot chocolate with way too many marshmallows, and being  all cuddled up with NeeNee.  And before we know it, it will be the weekend again!!!

Congratulations Jim Alexander, New president of Atlanta Board of Realtors

We are so proud to have Jim Alexander represent Jenny Pruitt and Associates as he becomes the 2009 President of the Atlanta Board of Realtors.  Congratulations King Jim as we now call him.  Here are some photos made at the Cherokee Town Club last Wednesday when Jim and the other officers were installed.

Jim Alexander, Sandy Springs Co-Broker and newly installed President of ABR with Martha Hayhurst,

President of JPA and Harry Norman.

Dan, CEO of JPA and Harry Norman “swearing” Jim in.

Scott Bennett, Information Technology Specialist and OUR GOOD BUDDY, me, and Dan

(Scott is such a good friend and an excellent cook.  He even brought homemade lasagne out to Douglasville from his home in Sandy Springs when Charlie was born.  Delicious. ….and those cheesecakes he makes…..heavenly)

My handsome husband doing his thing….

The Cherokee is so beautiful at Christmas.  And this year was no exception. We had an excellent lunch.  We went back to Dan’s office.  I put on my “mall shoes”, Dan went back to work for a while, then later we met for dinner at Chequers.  Because we had two cars there, we even continued “our date” all the way home via cell phones and blue tooth devices!!!  Actually I was playing a little racing game and kept trying to pass him on the expressway!!!!  We play this little game about getting into the house first. BECAUSE if the dog has gotten sick, you DO NOT want to be the first one to see it…..That means you clean it up. So I never really try to beat him home:)

Christmas Vacation Trivia

Our family is a little “over the top” about National Lampoon’s CHRISTMAS VACATION.  It’s sort of an annual holiday tradition that we watch it on Thanksgiving night. Unfortunately we haven’t gotten around to watching it this year.   So here’s a little trivia game I made up several years ago regarding the holiday movie event of the year.  NOW WE HAVE GOT TO WATCH IT TO GET THE ANSWERS AGAIN!!!  I would love some help.  If you get a chance to watch it before I do, cut and paste the quiz and send me the answers!!!  (karenparmer@comast.net) First one to submit the correct answers will get a subscription to “Jelly of the Month” club!!!!

Just one of our favorite quotes from Christmas Vacation (minus the bad words!!)

“ Where do you think you’re going? Nobody’s leaving. Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We’re all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We’re gonna press on, and we’re gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny *****Kaye. And when Santa squeezes his fat white *****down that chimney tonight, he’s gonna find the jolliest bunch of ***** this side of the nuthouse. “

 

 

Christmas Vacation Trivia

 

1. What is the name of Audrey’s boyfriend?

 

2. What did Audrey’s grandpa tell her boyfriend that upset her?

 

3. How many strands of twinkling lights did Clark put on the house?

 

4.  What was the grand total of lights on the house?

 

5.  In front of what popular place did Clark’s sled land at the end of the slippery ride?

 

6.  What happens to Eddie when Kathryn “revs up the  microwave?

 

7.  What is the name of Clark’s friend at work?

 

8.  What is the name of Clark’s boss?

 

9.  What is on the bumper sticker of the redneck’s truck at the beginning of the movie?

 

10.  What team logo is on the hat Clark is wearing the day they go for the Christmas tree?

 

11.  What is Clark reading in bed the night that he has put up the Christmas tree? (The sappy night!)

 

12.  What is Ellen doing in bed the same night?

 

13.  What kind of vehicle does the Griswold family have when they go for the tree?

 

14.  What kind of coffee cup does Clark drink from at work?

 

15.  What is the name of the non-nutritive cereal varnish that Clark has developed?

 

16.  What is the lingerie girl’s name?

 

17. What is written on the sweatshirt that Rusty has on at the mall?

 

18.  When the doorbell rings, announcing the arrival of the grandparents, what is each member of the Griswold family doing?

 

19.  What is the first name of Clark’s in-laws?

 

20.  What is the name of Cousin Eddie’s children?

 

21.  What happened to Eddie’s daughter’s eyes that crossed and uncrossed them?

 

22.  What is the name of the street where Clark’s boss  lives?

 

23.  What would the policeman like to do to Clark’s boss because he didn’t give bonuses?

 

24.  What items do Eddie and Clark put into the buggy while shopping at Walmart?

 

25.  Why do Eddie and Kathryn’s older children not accompany their parents to the Griswold’s home?

 

26.  How many years has Eddie been out of work?

 

27.  Why, according to Kathryn has he not gotten a job?

 

28.  What is significant about the gift that Clark takes to his boss in his office?

 

29.  What kind of Christmas card did Clark receive from his company?

 

30.  When the grandparents are sleeping in the den, the parade is on.  What is the giant inflatable and what is not visible about it?

 

31.  What is the name of the Griswold’s neighbors?

 

 

32.  When Cousin Eddie traded the house for the RV,  what two assets was he able to keep?

 

33.  From whom did Clark learn all he knows about “external illumination”?

 

34.  How old is Aunt Bethany?

 

 

 

The Greatest Generation

On October 15, my dad had the  opportunity to go to Washington, DC to visit the WWII memorial.  He went as part of an organization called HonorFlight.  Its specifically for veterans of WWII.  They met early in the morning at a church in Fayetteville, had a police escort to the airport, arrived in DC, met Bob Dole, and were generally “given the royal treatment.”  They flew back to Atlanta the same day.  He didn’t get home until almost two a.m. and he was “flying high” with excitement over his big day.   My dad is 89 and he was in the 10th Mountain Division, stationed in Italy.  Bob Dole was also in the same division and company.  Dad wore a hat that said 10th Mountain Division which I think must have gotten Bob Dole’s attention.  Anyway, they spent some time talking and one of the volunteers on the trip made lots of pictures with a disposable camera.  The quality isn’t very good but they are priceless to our family.

A group photo of the Oct. 15th Honor Flight  to Washington

Dad and Bob Dole “telling war stories”

The men and women there were from all over the US, served in lots of different theaters of the war but they had one thing in common–they loved their country.  They respected her leaders and they sacrificed in a way future generations will never understand. 

All gave some and some gave all.  Thank you to the “greatest generation.”

from a quote by Earl Morse, the president & founder of HonorFlight.org

“…Now in the final chapter of their lives, most are trying to survive on tiny fixed incomes.  Their life savings are gone, wiped out by skyrocketing health care costs.  They have earned our undying gratitude, but often don’t get any acknowledgement.  They collectively and literally saved the world, but for 60 years, they had no national memorial to their service and the ultimate sacrifices of their friends.  In 2004 a WWII Memorial for our nation’s most senior heroes was dedicated; however, now in their 80’s and 90’s, they have no means to visit it.

The Honor Flight Network began as a small token of our appreciation to get WWII Veterans out to visit THEIR memorial, to visit America’s “Thank You” for their incredible accomplishments and the sacrifices of friends that never made it home.  The entire flight and subsequent bus tour are completely free to members of “The Greatest Generation.”  We work tirelessly to get every WWII Veteran in America out to their memorial; however, we simply can’t get to all of them before it’s too late.  That’s why I now take every opportunity to simply say “Thank you for what you’ve done” to everyone I encounter over the age of 80.  When I do, their faces light up and they walk away a little taller.  I would ask that every American take a second to acknowledge and say “Thank You” to every WWII Veteran they encounter.  They will treasure your comments for the rest of their lives….”

Ants on the ceiling and dinosaur bones in the terminal

NeeNee’s little man, Charlie

written by Karen

What a treat to surprise “NeeNee” at the Airport when he came in from the CEO conference in Edina, Minnesota.  Usually the “airport pickup person” just heads to the airport when we see the plane has landed.  But this was one of those infamous Atlanta airport nights when the plane taxied to multiple gates to finally allow the passengers to disembark.  We circled the airport several times before Charlie said he wanted to go in.  So we parked and went in to greet NeeNee at baggage.  It was Charlie’s first time into that huge terminal area and he was so excited.  He started shouting and pointing to the ceiling and showing me the giant ants that are all over the ceiling there. Then he was jumping up and down and pointing to the dinosaur bones.  Now I have been to the Atlanta airport so many times and I have never noticed the giant ants on the ceiling nor the dinosaur bones!!!  What fun to take the hand of a two year old and see things from their perspective.  You probably haven’t seen the giant ants on the ceiling in the baggage area unless you have been there with a child.  But I bet you will look up next time!!! 

Chilling with Charlie

Dan played golf yesterday and Charlie couldn’t wait for him to get home.  He wanted NeeNee to watch Tarzan with him.  Seems the movie scares Charlie but he feels brave enough to watch it when he sits in his granddaddy’s lap.  Actually seems like NeeNee is a superstar to Charlie.  No matter what breaks, malfunctions, doesn’t zing when its supposed to zing, or zap when its supposed to zap, Charlie says, “NeeNee fix it.”  As I was getting him out of his highchair at lunch yesterday, I spilled the remains of his lunch tray on the floor.  Yogurt, torilla soup, etc.  Not a pretty sight.  Charlie patted me on the shoulder and say, “It’s okay, NeeNee fix it.”  NOT!

Here’s some things they do well together…I love these guys!!!

Reading a story

Watching Tarzan

Teasing each other

Then Grandma is the “bad guy” that says the fun is over. “It’s bedtime.”  We got that little hat at the Disney store Saturday morning.  Just trying to do my part to keep the economy going!!!