Precious Moments!!

Lawren and her mommie, Kathleen, came to help Grandpa recover from his surgery. While they were here, they decided to take a walk to my office, which is only a little over a mile away. It has been pretty warm outside. She is so good about keeping her hat and sunglasses on. It was such a nice surprise to have them visit. I only wish they lived closer, like in the same town, that way I could see them everyday and Lawren could be my little filer.

She is helping me on the computer. I need all the help I can get!

Lawren and her mommy at Grandma's work.

They also did a lot of swimming while I was slaving away at work. Tom is going to be off for a month or more. One of us has to work...guess that would be me! Anyway...
She is only 17 months old and can already jump off the side of the pool. She so advanced!
She is thinking about how she is going to go swimming, do I want to jump in or go in a little at a time????

Lawren is going to be a very good swimmer. She loves the water, she can kick-kick-kick. She even knows how to go under water and not take any into her lungs. Guess how we found that out??? I was out in the pool with her while her mommy was in the kitchen scrubbing my floor. Lawren and I stepped down into the water, Lawren first then Grandma. We were on the first step and my big foot got in her way and she took a nose dive, hands first, right into the water. I was right there to pull her out. When she came up out of the water she had a shocked look on her face but there were no tears, no gasping, nothing. I just said to her, in a calm voice, just like I did when Corey or Ryan would fall into the water, before they learned to swim, and believe me it happened more times than not, but I would always tell them, Good Job! They would be so proud of themselves. Well, Lawren seemed okay with it but I had to go let her mommy know and her mommy was NOT okay. I thought she was going to strangle me. All of this didn't change Lawren from wanting to swim because she was right back in the water.

A while back, Tom and I bought a couple of Crepe Myrtle Trees at Home Depot that were mismarked. We purchased two 10 gallon trees for $29.00 each. Anyone, that knows about buying plants or trees, knows that had to be an error. Anyway, we are sitting outside enjoying our granddaughter and Tom happens to look up at one of the trees and here is this gorgeous blossom. If you look closely to the left of the blossom you will notice a little bee flying around.

Lawren wanted to go for a walk with her PaPa, but of course she got to lead the way. No, Tom is not carrying a purse on his right shoulder, that is his On Q pump for pain. Amazing! It's time for Lawren to leave and she got to push her dollies outside in their stroller. She didn't want to leave Grandma and Grandpa's house but she was anxious to get home and see her daddy.
I finally am able to load a video. I have been trying to do this since I started blogging. So, I hope you enjoy this short clip of Lawren pushing her dollies. Just ignore my dippy voice, I still think I sound like Mr. Moose.