30 minutes at the beach

30 minutes at the beach

Last Saturday we tried to take Adrie to the beach and she hated every minute of it. It could have been because I insisted she wear her bathing suit. She looked so cute in it. She scrame the whole time and after about 30 minutes we gave up. Although it was a beautiful sunny day it was still too cold for her. Maybe in another couple of months when it is warmer and she is older we'll try it again.

The Next Doodlebop!

Lookout Doodlebop fans Adrie is the newest and coolest Doodlebop. Are these pics not hilarious. My mom and I couldn't get enough of this hat. Too funny!

Pics from home

Here's a slide of my friends and fam from home. It was a good trip though the circumstances weren't the best. Adrie got spoiled by everyone and I even got spoiled with everyone taking care of her. It's so nice to be close to family. Grandparents are the best. You can basically just drop your kid off and say see you later. Adrie loved spending time with her grandparents on both sides. Unfortunately I didn't take pics of her with Conan's parents or grandma, but his mom did and hopefully I'll have copies of those to blog soon. Thanks to everyone back home for all of your help with Adrie even if she did scream at you the whole time. Hee hee!

My Very First Giggle...

Conan and I were sitting in the living room together with Adrie this afternoon and I simply stated that I thought she would be giggling soon. She was laying on my lap and just after I said that I pretended like I was eating her feet and she totally giggled. I then started tickling her feet and she continued to giggle. She's ticklish. Too cute.

I love you Papa!!!

Albert Russell Zander aka Albert Russ Pus Gut was a wonderful man. He worked hard while he could and played hard every day. I'll remember him forever and miss him always. Here are some things I hold dear to my heart about my papa.
I remember when Papa used to...
Ask my sister and I for a kiss and as soon as we got close he would pop out his false teeth in our faces and send us screaming away.
Pretend that his puppet skunk was real and when we got close to pet it he would lift the skunks tail. He really could make that thing look real.
Watch The Price is Right with us on summer mornings.
Tease me and tell me he had a twin named Russell Albert and would proove it with two pieces of his own picture ID. I believed anything this man told me.
Make us pancakes in the morning whatever size we wanted. Dollar or saddle blanket sized.
Hang on the fence at the pool while my best friend Hannah and I swam and call us mermaids.
Push us on the tire swing.
Make his "Papa face".
Give us rides on the riding lawn mower.
Let the grandkids play in his semi truck. We got to honk the horn and everything.
Tell me everytime he saw me of the story when I was two years old. He had me on his shoulders and his good friend Jack said, "Your Grandpa's no good" and I cried and said, "Yes he is". He loved that story.
Play rummy with Gram and pick fights with her just to watch me smile and hear me giggle.
Tell me that greasy bacon was good for me because it would put hair on my chest.

There are so many memories of my papa, but perhaps my most treasured memory will be that he waited to go be with the Lord until Adrie and I got to say good bye. As he struggled to breath he opened his eyes and nodded his head at me as I said my good byes. He then reached up and held Adrie's hand to say hello and good bye at the same time. I am happy that he got to meet Adrie before he left us, but even happier that Adrie got to meet him. Though she will not remember, I will treasure that moment forever. I love you Papa.