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| Notice she has her hands in her pockets. She's grumpy. |
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Grumpy Mother
Sometimes Mother gets grumpy and we aren't sure why. It's kind of funny because you know she's grumpy and it's just figuring out what will make her happy. You could say the nicest thing and she'll just kind of brush you off. After we went to see Lily we went to eat and Mother sat down at the table next to us and for 5 mins she wouldn't come over to our table and sit with us.
the baby... (baby here means the actual baby not the cat)
Mother finally got to see her new baby, Lily. She loved every moment of it. She kept talking about how big she was then how small she was (she changes what she says a lot). It so nice to see her happy holding the baby.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Lily has arrived...
Nancy and Erik (sis-in-law and brother) had their second beautiful baby girl: Lilia Reese yesterday. Mother loves being a grandma. We are going to visit Lily and the gang today and Mother has been up a million times asking when we are going to go see her (she normally gets up a million times and asks what we are doing but now there is actually a reason to her madness).
Mother was just talking to me and she was smirking, patting her leg, and talking about the baby. The baby is big? When will I see her? The baby, the baby, the baby....
It's so cute. Mother is so excited and happy, what a rarity.
We're going now so pictures will come after :)
Mother was just talking to me and she was smirking, patting her leg, and talking about the baby. The baby is big? When will I see her? The baby, the baby, the baby....
It's so cute. Mother is so excited and happy, what a rarity.
We're going now so pictures will come after :)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Grocery Shopping
Mother doesn't normally go to the grocery store but it's always an interesting experience as usual. When we go grocery shopping we normally just get tons of stuff and then not go for awhile again, so it takes awhile. Mother walks pretty slow and gets easily distracted so after a little bit we give her the part to push, which
she loves just as much. She basically gets whatever she wants but we make sure to point out her favorite sections: ice cream, debbie cakes, tastycakes, pasta, candy, (black licorice, chewy candy, chips, pretzels, chocolate candy, basically everything) and her crack (pepsi). Clearly, we have to limit it because we'd literally come home with 2 boxes of every snack item. Sometimes when we are ringing up we find some mysterious item s from her; she's a sneaky one. Mother also enjoys chatting with random people like babies and workers. What a social butterfly she can be.
About a month ago Melanie, Mother, and I went to wal-mart to get our boatload of groceries. Mother definitely made sure she was stalked with her goods. Mother did pretty well during the entire shopping experience until check out time. We started to put the groceries on the conveyor belt and Mother picks up a Hershey's and tries to open it so we got the cashier to ring it up and we gave it to her. That kept her pretty entertained for the majority of the time but then we asked her to go to the front of the cart. While we were continuing to check out Mother starts to wander off so we kept having to grab her or tell her to come back over. The cashier was so nice and just kept smiling and she made a good impression on Mother. After a few moments like these we gave Mother a bouquet of flowers to hold (Melanie let her pick out the flowers for our front table). Apparently during the checking out time she changed her mind and in disgust told the cashier, "eww, the they're horrible, just horrible, ugly and ewww....the smell. Here smell (at this point she points them up to the cashier's face and the cashier smirked, smiled and said, 'they smell good, like a daffodil'). Oh, alright, I guess." We were cashing out and Mother did just a little wandering and said goodbye to the cashier and we went on our way. When we left Mother said she liked the cashier. She really made my Mother's day but also Melanie and my day, too!
This week Mother and I went on a semi-big grocery trip (it can't be big without Melanie because she runs the household food items and knows exactly what to get and when to get it). Mother left with a new matching sporty jacket pant set, a 42 oz bag of Chocolate M&Ms, Fudge Oreo Cookies, movie size Dots and Mike N Ike's, and 2 six packs of Diet Pepsi (She's watching her figure, ha ha. We have to limit her intake of these items because we've definitely come back to find complete boxes/bags of items eaten by her in one sitting). She did pretty well but I had to guide her a few times because she got distracted by items when she was pushing the cart. She would either look away and push the cart or stop in the middle of the aisle or right in front of everything. There's no rhyme or reason to what she looks at because it could be something that we may want, something she wants, or maybe she isn't actually looking at anything but just standing there because she doesn't feel like walking. She gets bored easily and/or is a bit lazy. We were wrapping up our shopping when I stopped in the fruit section and told Mother I was just running to get some plums which were only about 5 feet away. I swear I was only gone for 15 seconds but when I returned Mother had apparently been talking to the sample lady. She said, "look here" and pointed. I went over with her and said asked her if she wanted some and she she said no but then the lady pulled them out of the toaster oven and convinced us to stay. They were these really cool and delicious Pillsbury crescent rolls nachos I thought were delicious, however, Mother did not. She exclaimed, "Eww, yuck, eck" and started to spit it out and I had to grab the napkin and put it up to her Mother and grab it. She just said "what", giggled, and moved on. The lady just kind of looked a perplexed. I just smiled, thanked her, and hurried after Mother her was ready to check out! She didn't do much during the check out process and the packing and unloading went well. She sure was worn out. She had an extra long nap this day!
she loves just as much. She basically gets whatever she wants but we make sure to point out her favorite sections: ice cream, debbie cakes, tastycakes, pasta, candy, (black licorice, chewy candy, chips, pretzels, chocolate candy, basically everything) and her crack (pepsi). Clearly, we have to limit it because we'd literally come home with 2 boxes of every snack item. Sometimes when we are ringing up we find some mysterious item s from her; she's a sneaky one. Mother also enjoys chatting with random people like babies and workers. What a social butterfly she can be.
About a month ago Melanie, Mother, and I went to wal-mart to get our boatload of groceries. Mother definitely made sure she was stalked with her goods. Mother did pretty well during the entire shopping experience until check out time. We started to put the groceries on the conveyor belt and Mother picks up a Hershey's and tries to open it so we got the cashier to ring it up and we gave it to her. That kept her pretty entertained for the majority of the time but then we asked her to go to the front of the cart. While we were continuing to check out Mother starts to wander off so we kept having to grab her or tell her to come back over. The cashier was so nice and just kept smiling and she made a good impression on Mother. After a few moments like these we gave Mother a bouquet of flowers to hold (Melanie let her pick out the flowers for our front table). Apparently during the checking out time she changed her mind and in disgust told the cashier, "eww, the they're horrible, just horrible, ugly and ewww....the smell. Here smell (at this point she points them up to the cashier's face and the cashier smirked, smiled and said, 'they smell good, like a daffodil'). Oh, alright, I guess." We were cashing out and Mother did just a little wandering and said goodbye to the cashier and we went on our way. When we left Mother said she liked the cashier. She really made my Mother's day but also Melanie and my day, too!
This week Mother and I went on a semi-big grocery trip (it can't be big without Melanie because she runs the household food items and knows exactly what to get and when to get it). Mother left with a new matching sporty jacket pant set, a 42 oz bag of Chocolate M&Ms, Fudge Oreo Cookies, movie size Dots and Mike N Ike's, and 2 six packs of Diet Pepsi (She's watching her figure, ha ha. We have to limit her intake of these items because we've definitely come back to find complete boxes/bags of items eaten by her in one sitting). She did pretty well but I had to guide her a few times because she got distracted by items when she was pushing the cart. She would either look away and push the cart or stop in the middle of the aisle or right in front of everything. There's no rhyme or reason to what she looks at because it could be something that we may want, something she wants, or maybe she isn't actually looking at anything but just standing there because she doesn't feel like walking. She gets bored easily and/or is a bit lazy. We were wrapping up our shopping when I stopped in the fruit section and told Mother I was just running to get some plums which were only about 5 feet away. I swear I was only gone for 15 seconds but when I returned Mother had apparently been talking to the sample lady. She said, "look here" and pointed. I went over with her and said asked her if she wanted some and she she said no but then the lady pulled them out of the toaster oven and convinced us to stay. They were these really cool and delicious Pillsbury crescent rolls nachos I thought were delicious, however, Mother did not. She exclaimed, "Eww, yuck, eck" and started to spit it out and I had to grab the napkin and put it up to her Mother and grab it. She just said "what", giggled, and moved on. The lady just kind of looked a perplexed. I just smiled, thanked her, and hurried after Mother her was ready to check out! She didn't do much during the check out process and the packing and unloading went well. She sure was worn out. She had an extra long nap this day!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Oh, it's you!
Mother is not much for affection so when you get some out of her it's awesome! The other day after a long day off work I came home and Mother was walking through the hall with some debbie cakes in her hand and chocolate evidence on her face and said, "oh it's you, I miss you" and gave me a hug. I was so delighted and touched at the same time. Normally when you try to hug Mother she just kind of pulls away or awkwardly pats your back.
Even though theses moments are becoming less frequent they are still some of the best moments ever. Just seeing a glimpse of my real Mommy makes me happy because guess what? I miss her too!
Even though theses moments are becoming less frequent they are still some of the best moments ever. Just seeing a glimpse of my real Mommy makes me happy because guess what? I miss her too!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Superdementia?
I can't believe I never posted these pictures before; they're amazing. This is from July 25th, 2009. We had gone to Six Flags and won a hat and cape and we were them around and Mother wanted to have a turn too! We tried to get her to do the superwoman pose and this is the result:
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| Superdementia to the...hmm, what's that word, i can't remember (sarcasm people, sarcasm ☺ ) |
Smile of the Day
Clearly I haven't been blogging as much but I am taking pictures and jotting notes about Mother so that I can eventually do it. I started doing a "Smile of the Day" with Mother, which I actually started doing as a "Smile for Jen", who is an avid follower and fan of Mother :) (how could you not be a fan of my precious ol' fannie?). When I say, "Smile of the day" I actually mean a smile picture of whenever I remember to take one. With these picture I hope to create a separate little album called, "smiles" where I will put pictures of Mother throughout the years with dates, too!
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