Weekends with her never last long enough!!!

Sunday after I showered I was putting the bandage back on my left foot..   Mamf's is in there watching me and she looks at me and says G'Ma,  are you going to be able to hold me again??  I said,  I can hold you baby,  I just can't carry you around with my fractured foot...  she thought for a second and then said oh..  then she said..  Can you hold me right now..  and of course I said yes..   I love that little one more than she will ever ever know..

I remember about a year and a half ago someone asked me how I could tell her no..  and I said.. I am her G'Ma,  I am not supposed to tell her no,  that isn't my job..  and boy does she know it..  Saturday night I put her in her bed in her room and read  Dr. Suess ~Go Dog Go~ to her,  then hugged and kissed her and turned the light out,  telling her I love her most and more to infinity and beyond..  (it's a game that she always wins)  so I come downstairs,  do a few things and then grab my laptop, kindle, phone and a drink and head back upstairs to bed to read for a bit..  I put stuff down and go into the bathroom to put my pj's on..  come out of the bathroom and there she stands with her froggy and her princess blanket,  she says..  G'Ma,  I am scared..  the monsters are going to get me,  can I sleep with you..  then she smiles and bats her little eyes at me.. (this kid knows exactly what she is doing) I say Mamf's..  you are the biggest Monster in this house,  they are all afraid of you..  so then she says..  but they are going to crawl out from under my bed and get me..  so of course I give in and tell her ok..  but she wants to sleep on top of the comforter with her blankie..   then she wants to have long drawn out conversations and I was worn out from not sleeping the night before as was she..  I don't know how she didn't fall out during the day from not sleeping..   but she is on the mend and feeling 100% better now,  which makes this G'Ma feel so much better..

My Sick Mamfy

I went to pick my sweet baby up yesterday evening and found out she wasn't feeling well and had to be picked up early from school.. you could tell just by looking at her that she didn't feel well and her beautiful little eyes were dull and sad..  she slept a little on the way home and then acted a little like herself when we got home..   then she was back to sick Mamf's..  so she cuddled with each of us for a little bit and then I gave her med's and she went to bed..  she slept maybe 2 1/2 hours and then the fun began..  she had to potty and she didn't quite make it so I cleaned her up and changed her and was putting stuff in the dirty clothes and washing my hands and turn around and she is lying on my side of the bed,  so I got her to slide over and she sort of rested for a little bit and then she started crying, so I gave her more medicine and she rested a little more,  then the stories began..  She told me that she was going to get a baby whale and make water for it and then it wasn't going to know how to talk but she was going to teach it how to talk,  and then one time she noticed my toenails weren't painted and she asked why and I said cause Aunt Boo hasn't painted them and she said she was going to have to have a talk with Aunt Boo about being mean to G'Ma and that when she gets older she will paint my toe nails..   then she said her froggy was staring at me and that she needed to have a talk to her frog about staring...  she has had an up and down day..  but seems to be on the mend..  hopefully..  will definitely be putting her to bed early tonight.. I am exhausted from not sleeping last night..

Welcome to the world Samantha Riley Bowman

My granddaughter Samantha was born June 25th, 2009...  I remember sitting in the waiting room trying to be patient for her arrival..  I had no clue what being a G'Ma would be like..  no freaking idea of how much I would absolutely love this child more than life itself..  The first time I held her I never wanted to let her go..  I wanted to just stand/sit there and hold her forever..  keeping her safe and loving her like no one else could..  She is a very lucky child.. she has many many people loving her..  and over the past 4 years she has grown into a beautiful, funny, kind, compassionate smartass..  she comes by this trait honestly.. it runs rampant on both sides of the family and she inherited a quadruple dose sometimes it seems..  This blog is to document her sweet side, her crazy side, her funny side and her often smartass side..  there is a lot and there will be many many pics of the monster.. she has a few nicknames..  but mostly we call her Mamfy..  :)