A new addition to the family

[Thirsty Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Thirsty]

My wife, Peg, and I have become grandparents. We have a grandson named Sawyer John. He was borned 11-24-06 at 3:59 PM. He weighs 8 lbs and is 21 inches long. The baby and parents are doing very well.

We feel we have something extra special to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Congratulations!!!! And, welcome to the world Sawyer John. What a wonderful gift you all received this year.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

Congratulations on your Thanksgiving blessing! May Sawyer John have a life filled with love.

[Chap7 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Chap7]

Congratulations! That's great news. So what will the young Sawyer John be calling you? Will it be Grandpa, Pop-Pop, Pa-Pa...?

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What a wonderful holiday gift!

Welcome to our world Sawyer John.

Now for Baby's First Christmas!!!

I imagine gramps and grams would take a bit of getting used to though!

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

Congratuation! Another Timesharer - we really enjoy taking our grandchildren with and without their parents to various timeshares. That way they get to see a lot of the country and some really great memories of their Grandparents.

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Grandparents

Grandparents

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. ~Author Unknown

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change,
and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. ~Gene Perret

Grandmothers are just "antique" little girls. ~Author Unknown

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
~Welsh Proverb

A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead
of the television. ~Author Unknown

Never have children, only grandchildren. ~Gore Vidal

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just
a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown


Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because
Grandfathers have only so many horsey rides in them. ~Gene Perret

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
~Ogden Nash

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just
you all day and now the day was complete. ~ Marcy DeMaree

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. ~Author unknown

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our
hearts forever. ~Author Unknown

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren,
I'd have had them first. ~Lois Wyse

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after
two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. ~Gene Perret

If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should
advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is
no fun for old people like it! ~Hannah Whithall Smith

It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother - that's why the
world calls her grandmother. ~Author Unknown

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing
old. ~Mary H. Waldrip

You do not really understand something unless you can explain
it to your grandmother. ~Proverb

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again.
Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly. ~Gene Perret

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby's grandparents. You
feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long
periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida. ~Dave Barry

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for
self-defense. ~Gene Perret

Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas
are short on criticism and long on love. ~Author Unknown

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.
Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of
little children. ~Alex Haley

Grandmother - a wonderful mother with lots of
practice. ~Author Unknown

A grandparent is old on the outside but young on
the inside. ~Author Unknown

One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new
grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather. ~Joy Hargrove

It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you
become one. ~Author Unknown

If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses,
sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the
time," you're the grandma. ~Teresa Bloomingdale


Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have
around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their
grandchildren. ~Author Unknown

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say
that grandparents are God's gifts to children. And if they can
but see, hear and feel what these people have to give, they
can mature at a fast rate. ~Bill Cosby

Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge
that he's married to a grandmother. ~G. Norman Collie

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An Adventure With Grandma

AN ADVENTURE WITH GRANDMA

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!"

My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her world-famous cinnamon buns. I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so. It had to be true.

Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me. "No Santa Claus!" she snorted. "Ridiculous! Don't believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad. Now, put on your coat, and let's go."

"Go? Go where, Grandma?" I asked. I hadn't even finished my second world-famous, cinnamon bun. "Where" turned out to be Kerby's General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars. That was a bundle in those days. "Take this money," she said, "and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of Kerby's.

I was only eight years old. I'd often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping. For a few moments I just stood there, confused, clutching that ten- dollar bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for.

I thought of everybody I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors, the kids at school, the people who went to my church. I was just about thought out, when I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker. He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair, and he sat right behind me in Mrs. Pollock's grade-two class. Bobby Decker didn't have a coat. I knew that because he never went out or recess during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but all we kids knew that Bobby Decker didn't have a cough, and he didn't have a coat. I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat!

I settled on a red corduroy one that had a hood to it. It looked real warm, and he would like that. "Is this a Christmas present for someone?" the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down. "Yes," I replied shyly. "It's .... for Bobby." The nice lady smiled at me. I didn't get any change, but she put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas.

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons (a little tag fell out of the coat, and Grandma tucked it in her Bible) and wrote, "To Bobby, From Santa Claus" on it -- Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy. Then she drove me over to Bobby Decker's house, explaining as we went that I was now and forever officially one of Santa's helpers.

Grandma parked down the street from Bobby's house, and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk. Then Grandma gave me a nudge. "All right, Santa Claus," she whispered, "get going."

I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, threw the present down on his step, pounded his doorbell and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma. Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobby.

Fifty years haven't dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my Grandma, in Bobby Decker's bushes. That night, I realized that those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were: ridiculous. Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team.

I still have the Bible, with the tag tucked inside: $19.95.

[Sydney Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close Sydney]

Congratulations! on the safe arrival of Sawyer John. How wonderful for you all. I hope you have many happy years of bonding as he grows up.

[SOS8260456 Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close SOS8260456]

Congratulations!

Lisa

[Faust Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Faust]

It's Grandparents' Day and we're here to say,
"We love our Grandparents in a major way."

So sit right down and take a seat,
And we'll put on a show that can't bebeat!

Some Grandparents are skinny. Some eat a lot.
Some are funny. Some are not.

Some short, some tall, some big, some small.
It doesn't matter. We love them all.

Congratulations, on the safe arrival of Sawyer John.

[gophish Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close gophish]

Congratulations, what a great way to end the year.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

Congrats!! I love the name Sawyer!! I immediatly thought of the group Sawyer Brown. As you know I like country What a lucky young man to have a grandpa like you. shaggy

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

Congratulations on the grandbaby. Little boys are so dear to their moms. My boys are so dear to me, even though they are 30 and 28. Such a cute name. I think of Sawyer on "Lost." He is very cute.

Our daughter is going to have a little baby girl sometime in February, right around the 21st. We are so excited. She is going to name her after my grandma, still alive at 88. The baby will be named Evelyn. I love that name. Grandma says that is a horrible thing to do to a precious little one. Turns out, Grandma doesn't like her name. But we love the name and the grandma that goes with the name. She is strong and incredibly talented, capable of doing more at her age than most people. She still walks miles every day, at least two. Yes, our granddaughter has big shoes to fill, if she is going to be half the person her great, great grandma is. That is a lot of generations.

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Congratulations!!!!!

Congratulations Mike, on your new little Packers Fan.

Walt