PJ's Room

I got out some old photos of Matt as a newborn to see if PJ looked like him at that age. I think it is too soon to tell... pretty much newborns all look similar. It will be fun to compare her pictures to his at the same age. I can't wait to see how much she looks like him or Charlotte. Fun!

Matthew as a newborn baby

PJ is here!!!

Penelope June Sanders - aka: PJ, Penny, or Junebug arrived at 12:20 PM on Friday July 25, 2008. She weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and was 19 3/4 inches long. She was met with an entourage of grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends. Welcome to this world, PJ. Your family loves you!

PJ's First Pictures

My Grandma Name is FINALLY chosen 4sho!

After tossing the proposed grandma name change to Matt and Steve they were not so happy. Steve said that Sugar sounded like an exotic dancer. That won't work so we went back to the drawing board and came up with a name that everyone likes, me included. I am Meme for sure!

PJ is coming!!! The doctor will induce Charlotte Friday morning so PJ should be here Friday afternoon or evening, unless she decides to come into this world earlier on her own.

I am still getting used to the fact that I will be a grandmother, but I am sure that the second I see her and hold her everything will feel perfect! Watch for pictures sooooooon.

The closer it gets to the birth of my first grandbaby the more I realize that I was not 100% happy with the name I had chosen. I settled for "Gram" and Matt, Charlotte, and Steve liked it so I was OK with it too.

Well... I think I want to change it - QUICK - while I still can. I always wanted a name that started with and "S" and I wanted something different from other grandma names.

My daddy used to call me "Sugar". I still have the sweater and football letter with Sugar on it that I wore as a little girl. You see, my dad was the football coach and Athletic Director so my sister and I would always get to have really cool things like the cheerleaders. We had a megaphone necklace, got to be in the homecoming ceremonies, and things like that. Often some of his players and cheerleaders came to pick me up from school and take me home in the afternoon. Did I think I was cool or what!?!?

Anyway... after much more deliberation and deep thought I have decided that I will be Sugar instead of Gram. It is a much more fun name, don'tcha think?

Sorry, Matt and Charlotte. It is my call to name myself. Ya'll got to name Penelope June (PJ). I hope you get used to it. I love ya'll!

What a deal!

I was planning to tell my yard man that I am going to have to stop his services for a while, at least until I go back to work. I was talking to my neighbor and told him that I was going to start doing my yard. He has been borrowing my mower until his is fixed and he said that he planned to take his mower in this week.

He only has grass in the front and it would only take about 5 minutes so I told him that I would mow his yard. I just have to walk a few more steps - no biggie. He said he would edge my yard. I said... front and back? He said sure because he hates to mow. I hate to edge.

So we shook on it. We will do yards Sunday evenings about 7ish; he will edge; I will mow; we both will sweep our own. That saves me $40/month plus will give me a bit more exercise. It is a win-win!!! Yippee!!!

I just learned how to create and upload a slide show. Actually, it was a cooperative effort with my talented niece, Ashley. She is my "blog mentor." If you don't want to scroll through the photos at your own pace you can see all of them quickly on this slide show.

Last week was my birthday (July 5th) and Ashley's birthday (July 2nd). Every year Becky makes a birthday breakfast. We enjoyed getting together to eat, visit, and then we ended up watching a movie together. We had a good time! Left to right we are: Reagan, Lindsay, Sandy, Ashley, Kennedy, and Becky. Ashley's husband, Nathan, took the photo. Thanks for the delicious birthday meal, Beck!

Becky's Family and Me