HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY!

It is quiet and I am enjoying it. Tanner and I have had a great day and he is fast asleep in his crib. My day literally started with a sweet phone call from my husband wishing us Happy Valentine's Day. We have had a low key day and I am so thankful for it. I made pancakes for Tanner, cleaned house, watered plants, swept porches, played outside with Tanner man, and took a nice hot bath. After the long day yesterday and really long weekend I am soaking up a very quiet moment with myself and my blog. I am enjoying keeping this blog. I have always had a love for reading and writing. I will start by saying My Aunt Brenda had her surgery and is bouncing back wonderfully. However the week after she had her surgery my Grannie Janet and Grannie Elsie both were in the hospital with in days of each other. My Grannie Janet was not doing well there for a while. She had major surgery on her intestine and it was bad. My Aunt Leah has been amazing. My Aunt Brenda and Aunt Leah are such amazing christian women and have ALWAYS spent lots of time with us when we were little. My Aunt Leah now lives in Minnesota but is down here now taking care of things for my grandmother. My Aunt Brenda, dad, sister, brother and sister in law all live on one street and I went down on Friday to just try and be a part of things. I did not do much but it was wonderful being near my family. I got to see my grandmothers and visit with my aunts. I also picked up my mom on Friday and I had and amazing day with her and Tanner. We went to lunch, visited both my grandmothers, took her to the store, over to my brothers, and back to her house. Pretty productive day all while my two year old dragged along. He did amazing. He was so sweet to my grandmothers. He is so smart. My family lives 90 miles away so it is not like we drive by their houses every week but as soon as we drove onto McCranie Rd. (where half my family lives) Tanner said "AUNT B." That is what we call my Aunt Brenda. Her house is right on the curve as you come around the corner then my Grannie Janet lives behind her, my brother and his family next door, and my dad and sister at the end of the street. It is a dead end street and makes it so convenient when I stay down in Lakelnd. My mom is not far maybe 6 or 7 miles down the road. WE had a great weekend despite the circumstances. My Grannie Elsie is in the rehab place and doing therapy and recovering well after falling. My Grannie Janet is still in the hospital but has finally been able to have coffee, broth, and Jello. I am so happy about that. It was awful seeing her so helpless and frail. I laugh because My Aunt Leah said she asked her if she could have coffee plugged right into her I.V. and my aunt said she was dead serious. I know how she feels. I can not go without my coffee. I LOVE coffee. BOLD and STRONG!! I have been praying for my family. All of us. I am grateful for Aunt Leah. I also am grateful for my mom. She has been calling me so much. I really got to talk to her Friday just about me, Billy and Tanner and the future. Whitney was a wonderful hostess over the weekend and Tanner LOVES his Aunt SISSY! And he so enjoys being with his cousin Tristan. He loves going to Uncle Scott's and Aunt Lisa's house too. He absolutely loves his family. He cries when we have to leave. Just like he does when I pick him up from his meme's and grampy's house. My heart knows how blessed I am to have a big family who loves my son. I work hard at not taking it personal when he doesn't want to come with Billy and I. Who can blame him he is having so much fun. My mother in law is so sweet. She gave Billy and I the sweetest card and she gave me an adorable Valentine's Day shirt. I wore it to my steering meeting for MOPS last night and I am going to the women's prison tonight so I will wear it again. I am blessed to have my mother in law as well. She is very good to us. Tanner stayed the night over there two weekends ago and Billy and I went to Carrabba's for dinner. It was so nice. He works in Gainesville so we met at his parents house . Anyway, after dinner we had to go back and pick up his car and I saw meme and grampy's bathroom light on. I just smiled cause I knew Tanner man was taking a bubble bath in their huge tub. Well I did not know until later that Tanner insisted on having "OWL" take a bath too. Owl is this huge plastic thing that my father in law put outside to keep birds off his pepper plants and now has turned into Tanner's best friend when he goes to meme's house. Having grandparents who love you is special. My grandmothers are both very special strong women. My grannie Elsie taught me to cross stitch and my grannie Janet hand made me a beautiful quilt for a wedding gift. I pray God takes care of them. Tanner is very blessed that he has his grammy and meme who both adore him. I am asking God to help me be mature, grateful, and wise when dealing with relationships and always be grateful for every second we have. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!