Being a Grandmother

Everyone that I talked to who was already a Grandmother told me there is nothing else like it! Well, I am here to say they were 100% correct! It is the most wonderful feeling!
He is just the cutest thing ever!

Grandpa thinks so too!

Aiden Paul Cantor

Aiden Paul Cantor Born: March 14, 2011 @ 7:26 pm Weighed: 7 lbs 11 oz, 19 inches
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Baby Nursery meets College Student!

Baby Nursery before college student!













Baby Nursery after college student! Good thing baby is not here yet!











Sizzle inspecting the damage! Jason arrived home Friday afternoon and flew out for Vegas Saturday morning! He promised his sister he would pick it up before he left!








Here is how he left it......He does have to have somewhere to sleep when he comes back home on Tuesday! Poor Jason....it is tough being a college student!

Sophie La Girafe

This 7 inch rubber toy with a squeakie is the talk of the baby world! If when asked does your child have a Sophie and you reply "NO"....well let me tell you they look at you like you should be sent away to Siberia! I have seen this very plain looking rubber toys for months now and being a giraffe it was hard for me to pass up....but paying $22.50 for a 7 inch rubber toy just did not seem rational to this grandma. But then when I actually was told the story about Sophie the whole idea seemed quite rational! Here is Sophie's story.

"She was born on May 25th 1961.....Saint Sophie's Day! In France, Monsieur Rampeau, who had assimilated the roatational moulding of rubber for toy making, he came up with the idea of designing a giraffe. First on the market, its size and shape would be ideal for a baby's small hands to hold. Sophie looks exactly the same then as she does today. She was an immediated success. Mothers saw that she was must for teething babies. By simple word of mouth her fame spread. (Hence when the women at Nordstoms told me the story, I walked out of the store with one!) From then on in Europe, generation after generation children loved the squeak of Sophie. Vulli a company base in Rumilly in the Haute-Savoie region of France has continued to keep the jealously-guarded secret how this wonder toy is made. Sophie is still produced today, a process that involves more than 14 manual operations. She is made from 100% natural rubber derived from the sap of the Hevea tree."

So now my grandson has a "Sohpie" so if anyone asks I can stand proudly and say "YES" I paid $22.50 for a 7 inch rubber toy!

Amelia

Amelia was born on May 11, 1996, she died 2 months short of her 13th birthday on March 5, 2009. I fail to be able to put into words how much I loved her, how much she loved me and how much I miss her today. I wish she could have lived forever.

Amelia loved the beach!



One of Amelia's many birthdays!

This birthday actually fell on Mother's Day! She was sure Uncle Joe was going to give her some of his dinner!

Amelia and Sydney! The only dog Sydney has ever liked!

Amelia always setting a good example!

She never missed a good party! Grandma's 75th birthday party!

Amelia's twelfth birthday!

Amelia was always in the center of every day, every event and every party! She always knew how to nap on the couch!

I miss her, sleep softly.

Giraffes

I am not sure but it seems everywhere I look I find a giraffe! When Darcie and Anthony picked Aiden's theme for his room one of the animals in the group was a giraffe! Who knew giraffes were such a big deal.

This was the first one I purchased. It was part of the nursery group and I bought it so that I could put it up once the painting was finished! Pretty cute!

This was the second one I bought. I had my eye on him for quite a while and made the big splurge becaue Aiden's room seems so big and empty! He defenitely fills it up!

This one was sent by Darcie's friend Stella from South Carolina. Stella was our secret deliverer of Jason when I got my surpise back in South Carolina! Thank you Stella.

This is the little guy that is on the crib quilt that Darcie and Anthony bought!

I bought this one along with a monkey and an elephant. Darcie says I had to fight off some little kids for him! It wasn't quite like that but I knew the child's mother was not going to buy him so I just reached over and snatched him up :))))

Now this little one "Sophie La Girafe" I just bought her yesterday! I have seen them around and of course the box is in French so I could not figure out what the big deal is about this little toy! I knew it had to be something because she is a little expensive per pound! Finally the lady at Nordstoms asked me if my grandson had a "Sophie" yet and I said No....well she said every child should have one, explained to me about them so.......out of the store I went with a "Sophie" in hand!
I will tell you the story of "Sophie La Girafe" in my next post!