As promised....

Taylor and Shelly did put together the Gingerbread House...perfect!

Post Christmas Trip

We paid a post Christmas trip to Shelley, Taylor and Christopher this week to deliver Christmas presents and spend a little time. As you can see, it was a good visit. Taylor promised a picture of the completed Gingerbread House when it was finished.....can't wait! And you can see that Grandpa enjoyed the new Wi game as much as Christopher...something about hunting. And Taylor and I fixed Barbie's hair.
Thanks for the great day, Shelley!

Images from Christmas 09 in MN

Ami, Everleigh & Scott

Jesse, me and Baby Swenson

Ben & Jesse (and baby Swenson)

Everleigh's first Christmas

Everleigh with Great Grandma Mieska

All is calm.....

This is what 12" of snow looks like on Grandma's Street.....otherwise known as Washington

Here is what 12" of snow looks like on Grandma's house....



Here's what Grandma looks like standing in 12" of snow




And this is what happens when Grandpa Greg offers to lend a hand....

Merry Christmas to all my grandchildren....and children

no need to buy fancing etching kits......

Everleigh's Christmas giggle

Everleigh and her daddy share a Christmas giggle...not the best lighting but you get the idea....Merry 1st Christmas, Everleigh

Week 2

Now that we've spent a few more days together here are some new things I'm learning about Everleigh:

1. She is loving her fist or any part of her hand in her mouth, which then leads to lots of drool...time for a bib soon

2. She is cooing all the time...when she wakes up, when she's lying in her crib and when you talk to her. It's like she is trying to study your mouth so she can make the same sounds.

3. Today when she was having a feeding, there was a sound on TV that made her turn her head and look at it. I don't remember what the sound was, but she stopped eating, pulled the bottle away and turned her head towards the TV....time to switch to Sesame St!

4. She likes to hold onto her bottle. She can't hold it herself, but she definitely wants to feel it and touch it while she eats...so cute!

Just waking up.....

So bright in here.....but she's happy!

Dressed for the day....still happy

Happy 9th Birthday, Jonathan

For Tuesday, December 15, 2009

My favorite 9-year-old...Jonathan Caleb Ketcher! Have a great birthday. Love you lots....

Gma Bunny

Our First Week Together....

Everleigh and I have spent a few days together now and here are some things I have learned about her:

She rarely makes a fuss unless there is something wrong...hungry, burpy, tired or needs a diaper change.

She wakes up happy!

She can go from 0-60 with a hunger cry in seconds.

She loves the Christmas tree.

She knows her mommy and daddy's voices and always is glad to see them.

Snow Day-for my Florida grandsons.....

I'm sure Ami is as glad as I am that we don't have to go out today. It's a good old fashioned snow day....just so you guys in Florida can see what I mean! Time for snow angels and snowmen! Want to join me?

First day....

Everleigh wakes up happy!

Well, it's my first day on the job. Got here early in case Everleigh was awake and Ami needed to get ready for work. As it turned out, little Everleigh decided to "sleep in". Baby monitor alerted me to her movements.


Thought I would take a minute to explain the name of the blog....Grandma Bunny... I got the name from my darling oldest grandson, Matthew, who is now 11 already! I often visited them on my spring break from school and that would coincide with Easter. Easter usually includes a lot of stuff about bunnies and Matthew combined my name with the ideas of bunnies so he called me "Grandma Bunny" instead of Grandma Bonnie or Grandma Liebelt. It sort of stuck and I kept the name as the other boys joined their brother. So, thanks, Matthew....you will always be my first love and even though you're already 11 (!) you'll always be my baby. Love to you and your terrific brothers today!

Now...on to the day...

Daddy dropped by for a visit. It was good to see him!

I was a very good girl today.

Here's Grandma and Everleigh at the end of the day as daddy got home.