Sunday, June 28, 2009

Bath time for Mason

Funny how
the simple
things in life
bring you
such joy......

We called Michael and Joanne today and offered to keep Mason while they went to the movies. It is hard for them to get the time and the day off together to go. Not to mention, it gives us time to spend with our little man!




They brought him over around 5:00 p.m., so we spent some time playing with toys on the floor, keeping Dixie (our basset hound) from licking him in the face, went for a walk and pulled Mason in the wagon, ate supper, played a little more, had bath time, read some books and fell asleep! Ahh..... a perfect afternoon!







After getting in his PJ's, I put him in a walker while I mopped up the floor. He was happy and immediately started blowing bubbles (or spitting), whichever way you see it...... Either way, he is too darn cute!








I tried very hard to keep him awake until they got home. But, it just wasn't happening. Hopefully, he wasn't wide awake by the time he got home. I hope that he had half as much fun as Pop Pop and Mimi had!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Father's Day 2009




Fathers are the biggest source of strength for a child. The innocent eyes of a child perceive their father as the all-powerful, most knowledge, truly affectionate and the most important person in the family. Don't you remember being told, Wait til your father gets home?

For daughters, fathers are the first men they adore and fall in love with. While for sons their fathers are the strongest person they know and someone they aspire to emulate. Of course this is pre-teen years......


Even for the grownups, fathers are someone whom they look up to for the most experienced and honest advice. And you know that the advice is always with our best interest in mind. For this great figure in our life that we know as father - it becomes our utmost duty to pay our humblest tribute on the occasion of Father's Day.

This is the first father's day that both of our boys are father's themselves. It really makes me so proud to see both of them taking on the role of "daddy". It is plain to see that they would do anything for their children.





But, I would not expect any less of them. After all, they learned from the best! No, I am not talking about me, although, I helped! I am talking about their own father, my husband. I so appreciate the kind of man he was and is, as a father and as a husband. I love you, Gary!

In the early years, when our children were growing up, he did a lot of out of town work in South Florida. Most men would take advantage of being away from the family and go to the bars to drink. Not him, he has always been a family man and put his family first. Each night he would call from the motel room and talk to us on the phone. A few times, when school was out, Michael got to go with him. Gary carried around a little cassette recorder with him from job to job and I remember one time when Mitch was around 2 years old, Gary was playing with him over the weekend and asked him what he had done while he was away. Mitch told his daddy that he had gone to the doctor and had gotten a shot in his ear and in his mouth. Gary taped this and we have the tape still today and laugh as we hear his little voice. Mitch has always been so passionate and continues to show that passion to both of his girls and his wife, Amy.

Michael has always had a zest for life and he gets anything that he sets his mind to. I still see him using that zest for life as he works side by side with his wife, Joanne. He has never been real sentimental as that was not the "manly" thing to do. However, he surprised Gary this Father's Day with a typed letter, instead of a card. I will not type the whole letter but, I really feel that this sums Gary up in a nutshell!

He said that as he was a father himself now, he had been thinking about all the life lessons that he was taught over the years by Gary. These are a list of values that you taught me, in addition to some that I plan to teach my children, along with your values.


Yours: (Gary's values)

1. You can accomplish anything you put your mind too.
2. Nothing comes easy.
3. Your family always comes first.
4. Lead by example.
5. There is a time and place for everything.
6. You must earn trust.
7. Work smart, not hard.
8. Hard work pays off.
9. Don't be in a hurry to grow up.
10. If you get arrested, don't waste your only phone call on me.


Mine: (Michael's values)
1. You can always come to me with any problems that you have.
2. Your job is to make mistakes and mine is to help you figure out how to fix it an learn from it.
3. Always show respect to your mother and myself.
4. Live life to the fullest.
5. You get out of life what you put into it.
6. Find your passion in life.
7. Set your goals high and always move towards them.
8. My job is to work hard and provide you with everything you need to get a good education; your job is to put that education to work for your future.
9. Enjoy your childhood but stay young at heart as your age.
10. Always think before you speak, trust me, this is the hardest item on the list!
I am so proud of all the "Robertson Men", for who they use to be and the men that they are today. Happy Father's Day!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Haylee's first visit to the hospital!




Hooray............. hopefully, we can say goodbye to ear problems.

Since birth, Haylee has had one ear infection after another. To be honest, she never has been a very happy baby. She did not cry all the time, but, she was not eager to go to anyone and play. It was probably because she was in pain all along. Imagine....... almost 8 months of not feeling good!
Well, today Mitch, Amy and myself took her in for out patient surgery where they put tubes in her ears for drainage. We all thought that she would be hard to deal with in the morning because she could not eat or drink after midnight. So, Amy nursed her just before midnight and she fell asleep. She was still sleeping when they arrived at the hospital and fortunately, due to her age, she was the first scheduled surgery for the day. They came and carried her out and said that they would bring her back into the room for Amy to nurse her as soon as she woke up in recovery. In no time, she was alert and back in the room.


We noticed right away that her hearing was better, because as she started nursing, Mitch and I began to talk. She jerked her head around to look at us. Even though we were using low voices, they were loud to her.

Hay Hay, you are Mimi's little doll baby. You did such a great job!
Now, everyone comments on what a good baby she is. She smiles all the time and will even let Pop Pop and Grandpa play with her now! We cannot believe the change, it has been like Day and Night!
We are so glad that you are off to a whole new start!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Night out for Rylee, Mimi, PopPop

Here we come, Elmo.....

Rylee has always loved Elmo. For one of Rylee's birthday presents, I bought tickets to the King Center in Melbourne for the Sesame Street Lives performance of.........

I got off early from work and went and picked both girls up from daycare. Rylee was very excited to tell all of her friends at daycare that we were going to see Elmo. I don't think that she really understood that we were "really" going to see Elmo. We dropped Haylee off with Mitch and picked up Pop Pop from work. Our first stop was dinner at Cracker Barrel. She ate good and spent a little time rocking in the rockers on the front porch. Then, it was off to see Elmo.....
No cameras or camcorders were allowed. Darn it!!! What's the harm in taking a couple of pictures?
When we got inside, we had front row seats. Actually, they were second row, but, no one was sitting in the front row. So, our seats were great! The show had just started and Elmo was onstage with the other Sesame Street characters. Rylee could not believe her eyes, she told me the names of some of the characters as they came onstage. (PopPop and Mimi aren't up on all of that) It was fun to watch her, watch them. Pop Pop pointed out to me that she was doing the hand motions to the Itsy Bitsy Spider as they sang it. She loved it!






I did not know it, but, Elmo is only 3 years old and the performance was about what he wanted to be when he grew up. Maybe he would be a fireman....... (Like Uncle Michael, Oh wait, is that Uncle Michael driving the firetruck?)





At intermission, we did a "potty run" and of course had to hit the Sesame Street souvenir stand. Rylee picked out an Elmo hat that had Elmo's face on the front. The lines were long, so, we rushed back in just as they were about to take the stage again. Pop Pop said that he knew Mimi would come back with something...... Does he know me or what??? I did manage a couple of pictures at home with Rylee and the hat. Don't mind the oreo cookies, but it made it all the better!
After the show was over we stopped to buy her an Elmo mylar balloon. It was actually only the head of Elmo. On the way home, we had the radio off and playing with her. The traffic backed up and Gary and I were talking to one another. Then, we heard her saying something. I looked back to her car seat and she was holding Elmo's face up to her face and saying......

Elmo, look at me.........You are not listening........
Do you want to go to the corner?

Gary and I about died. I guess we know what her mommy and daddy say to her! Watch out Mitch and Amy, once you have kids...... anything you say can come back to bite you!

All in all, it was a terrific night out for us all. And here's to hoping that we are around for many more nights like that! It's great being a Mimi and Pop Pop!

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Our "little girl" is turning 2!

Can you believe it?? Our "little girl" is turning 2! It is so hard to imagine that two years have passed since the arrival of our first grandchild. And what is even harder to believe is how smart she has become during those two years!

Today, Rylee had her 2nd birthday party at a bounce house in Clermont. She loved going on all of the slides, eating pizza, popcorn & cake, having fun with her friends and really enjoyed opening all of her presents. At first, I think that she was a little "shy" (being the center of attention) while everyone sung Happy Birthday to her. But, she soon got over that!






It was exciting to see her open up each gift and show just as much excitement whether the present was a toy, shoes or a new dress! It was cute to see her hand the "special" gifts to her Pop Pop for safe keeping! For our present to her; we got her a few outfits and Pop Pop bought her some light up sandals where the heels light up when you stand on them. She calls them her "flashy" shoes.


Also, this week, we are taking her to have a night out with Mimi and Pop Pop. She loves Elmo, so we purchased tickets to see Sesame Street Live in Melbourne, Florida. The show is called "When Elmo Grows Up".

I can't imagine my life without our grandchildren! Here are Mason & Haylee about to turn 8 months old.



We had a great time at the bounce house and even Mimi went down the slide a few times. But, most of all it was fun to see how happy she was. At only 2 years old, she has experienced so many joys. And just think how many more are headed her way? When we asked her how old she was, She would say; "I, Five".

Slow down, my sweet little girl, before you know it, you will be 50 and wondering where the years went???

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