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2009-09-20T19:29:00.005-04:00

Summer 2009

Summer will be behind us in just 2 days. Fall is always my favorite season. Ted and I got married in the fall 31 years ago. We are now preparing for Justin & Robin's wedding on Nov. 7, 2009. It should be a beautiful ceremony and all of Ted's brothers and sisters will be here! And my sister, Cheri and niece Jennifer. Mom and Dad will be here too! Dad turns 80 on 10/16 and we will be going to celebrate with him on the 17th. We did take a vacation to the Smokey's this summer. Was a great time. And this old man and woman hiked to Rainbow Falls - 5 .5 miles round trip. Took us 6 hours and needless to say we did not do anything the next day but lay in the hot tub and read!

Welcome to my Garden - 2009

2009-05-10T15:34:00.007-04:00

Come on down and sit a spell.

Swing lookin on Patio

Side yard looking back

Espalier

Side yard

Perennial Bed

Best sit in the yard!

Side looking front.

Perennial Bed

Patio Looking out

Cacti Garden

Oak KEaf Hydrangea

Fern Bed

Paul James(HGTV) Fern

Star Jasmine

Cool Breezes!

OVERDUE

2009-05-03T16:17:00.045-04:00

Yes, I know, it's been awhile. Spring has sprung in the Tarheel State. Since my last post Aiden has celebrated his 1st Birthday, Easter has come and gone and we have been to Ohio and celebrated Emily and Matt's marriage.Aiden's 1st birthday party was great and he had no problems eating his cake! On Easter Sunday Justin, Robin and Aiden came to celebrate and Phillip introduced us to Ruth. We had a wonderful day. Ted and I hid Easter eggs for Aiden. He found 1 egg and and then was off to play in the rocks! We had a great family day. Ted and I just purchased a Wii so we all had a great time bowling and playing baseball!

Emily and Matt's wedding was so much fun! It was a whirlwind of a weekend.
Thanks again Mom and Dad for lending us the van. Makes the trip much easier and Robin and I love the DVD player. Aiden and I watched his Sesame Street Video.

We left on Thursday and traveled to Cheri's house. Aiden had a hard time keeping his balance walking on those hills of South East Ohio. He loved throwing the ball for Tux.

On Friday we got up and traveled to the Farm on Jackson Rd. It was beautiful in Ohio. The tulips and lilacs were blooming. We stopped in Springs and ate at Peaches. Bobbie, Alan, Helen and Sara joined us. Friday night was spent @ Barb and Kub's house. Kathy Mark, Kate and Bart arrived around 7:00pm. Lots of family there and we had a great cookout and visit.

On Saturday morning we all went to the Clifton Mill and had breakfast. Food was great and afterwards we went for a walk in the gorge.

After our walk in the Gorge it was back to get packed up and head to Columbus for Emily and Matt's wededing. On the way we got a flat on the van, so we had to stop in Springfield to get it changed. So when we got to the hotel it was time to get all of us cleaned up and dressed up for the wedding.

The wedding was at The Darby House in Galloway, Ohio. What a fabulous setting and such a beautiful day. Emily and Matt are so in love! It so nice to see her so happy! I cried alot. It was such a Happy Day! The reception was held right there at the Darby House. Great fun and alot of dancing! Ted and I wish you the best Emily and Matt!

On Sunday on the way home from Columbus we had another flat tire and had to have that changed. Our tire luck has not been very good lately! We stopped @ Young's to have some ice cream, visit the goats and cows and to sit on the tractor.

After Ice Cream we went for a walk in the Glen to visit the Yellow Springs. That evening we had pizza @ Barb and Kub's and got to visit with Tony, Judy and Kristen. On Monday it was a long drive home.

What a great travelor Aiden is. He stayed in a different place each night we were there. And he just rolled on............

Winter-BRRRRR!

2009-02-04T20:09:00.011-05:00

Today was the second time this winter that NC saw snow. Today was just a short burst of snow but like a "Blizzard" for about 1/2 hour! But the "Big snow" was on Jan. 20. So now I am done with winter and will be happy to see it warm up and stay warm. This Saturday it will be 70. Crazy NC weather.

My Backyard

My prennial bed

Bailey, she not a fan of cold weather either

She's trying to hide her ball in the snow!

Aiden is growing like a weed and is such a happy soul. He is walking now. Does better when he does not think about it! And busy, always moving, in fact Robin says he will not even sit in the highchair and eat. He changes and learns new things everyday. Ted and I see him about once a week and each time he is doing something new.

STAY WARM!

Happy 2009!

2009-01-07T14:49:00.015-05:00

Happy New Year everyone! Looking forward to a happy and healthy year.

We celebrated Christmas with my parents on 1/4/09. It was a great day! Lots of fun and great memories.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T16:32:00.015-05:00

We had Christmas with the boys and Robin on Christmas Eve. It was alot of fun! Aiden, of course, liked the boxes and paper more then the presents! I have a set of "Jingle Bells" that hangs from my living room fan. He has loved that all season so I bought him some "Jingle Bells" and that was his favorite present!

So Proud!

2008-12-13T12:52:00.014-05:00

Phillip graduated last night from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Ted and I are so proud! Once there was a scrawny little guy running around, always acting up in school! Now he has graduated from college! It was a very nice intimate graduation ceremony for his college, Health and Applied Science. We got to met Dr. John Bennett, whom helped guide and inspire Phillip. I think he was just as proud as we were. Dr. Bennett surfs with Phillip @ Wrightsville Beach. Afterwards we went to Olympia Resturant ,( Phillip has worked here off an on throughout his college career), and had a wonderful dinner. Charles, Phillip's best friend from high school, was our waiter, and later Vale, Phillip's room mate joined us. Now that he has graduated, Phillip will subsitiute teach and expand his boat detailing business in Wrightsville Beach, which has done very good for the first year. He would like to return next fall to the school, that he student taught at in Wilmington. Either as a Phys. Ed. Teacher or a Spanish Teacher. He does has other schools interested in him as a Spanish Teacher. I know that he would like to stay in the Elementary school level. He likes teaching the younger kids. Time will tell, but wherever he teaches in will be in Southeastern North Carolina, close to the ocean so that he can surf! So Proud!

Happy Turkey Day!

2008-11-25T19:12:00.010-05:00

Ted and I watched Aiden this past Sunday, while Justin and Robin went to the movies. We had him from around 11:30 - 4:30. He was very good. Had some lunch, he likes to feed himself now. Then he wore himself out chasing Bailey from the living room to the kitchen. Oh yeah, we played in my cupboards with the tupperware too! Then it was off to sleep for an afternoon nap. When Justin and Robin came back we celebrated Thanksgiving with them. Ted, Phillip and I will be heading to my parents to celebrate with them on Thursday. Aiden loved the sweet potato crunch. I made two loaves of homemade bread(not the bread machine kind) and he liked that too. The Rocking Horse in the picture above was made by my Dad when Justin was born. He rode it, Phillip rode it and Jennifer Rae rode it(My sister's daughter), and I think I might even have a picture of Kristen riding the horse. The horse still has the same hair that my Mom and Dad put on for it's mane. As you can see Aiden loved it and Robin actually started something that he did not want to quit!!!!

Y'all have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Busy Fall

2008-11-10T19:41:00.025-05:00

This fall has been so pretty and very busy. In October I flew to Florida to celebrate my 50 YEAR OLD Friend's birthday. What a blast! We rented a house on New Symrna Beach with 4 apartments. A bunch of Kat's friends and family were there. The 50 year old spent most of the weekend crying!! There were friends that we had not seen for 20 years there. Lots of memories were made and we partied all weekend!

Queen Kat, and yes she wore the tiarra all weekend!

Janie's quilt from swatches of Mom's clothes, beautiful!

The Captain Morgan Greeting, and Nora Bay and Kimmie.

Heading Home

Of course you have to celebrate Halloween and go Trick or Treating! On Friday 10/31/08, Robin, Aiden , Kerri(Robin's sister) and her son Bladen and their Mom, Jeannie came over to Friendly Acres to Trick or Treat. Adien was a Pumpkin, and Bladen was a Mechanic! Robin was "Elivira"!

Ted and I just returned from a trip to Ohio. Ted goes around this time every year to Bow Hunt deer around my sisters house in southeastern Ohio. I went with him this year and hung out with my sister. The fall colors were amazing. I do not think that I have seen colors like that for 15-20 years.

Jen Rae Snoozin!

Our trip to Ohio-September 2008

2008-09-25T19:34:00.048-04:00

Justin, Ted and I took Robin and Aiden to Ohio this past weekend. This was the first time that Robin has met Ted's family. She did met 4 of them at the baby shower(Barb, Deb, Helen and Sara) and this past weekend met most of the other brother's and sister's except 3 and some of the Grandchildern and G. Grandchildern. It was a great weekend and beautiful Ohio weather.

We left on Thursday morning and trucked our way up the highway to Cheri and Frank's house. Aiden did great. Was a great travelor and only got fussy about an hour left in the journey, but I am ususally fussy by then too!

AW Stop in Jeffersonville, OH

Cheri's House

When we got to Cheri's on Thursday night she had homemade vegtable soup, apple salad and apple cobbler for supper. Adien had some mashed up vege soup and loved drinkin Apple Cider.

Aiden in his walker @Cheri's

On Friday we got up and left @ 10am got into Yellow Springs around 1:30pm ,after the scenic tour of Xenia and Routzong Rd. We stopped at Peaches in Yellow Springs and had lunch then did some shopping in Springs.

Daddy's glasses @ Peaches

Robin & Aiden @ Peaches

Jammin in Yellow Springs

Justin & Aiden in Yellow Springs

Friday night we gathered together and enjoyed shrimp and pizza in the Sunset Lounge at Barb and Kub's Aiden on the Sunset Bar

Is this the Greatest Great Aunt?

Bar games in the Sunset Lounge with Great Aunt Deb

Cheers!

On Saturday morning it was donuts, and pecan rolls at Bob and Deb's ,,,hmmmm yummy!

Saturday Morn on Bob & Deb's porch

After breakfast we decided to take a walk in the Glenn but due to Ohio having major effects from Hurricane Ike (go figure a Hurricane in Ohio!) the parks were closed so we walked on the Bike Path and visited Ellis Pond and the ducks. Afterwards we went and enjoyed another lunch @ Peaches.

On the Bike Path

At Ellis Pond

Chasing the ducks @ Ellis Pond

Enjoying Peaches again!

Saturday afternoon it was a family gathering at Barb and Kub's house. What a great turn out! We were so happy to see everyone and see how all the childern have grown! Everyone brought a covered dish and something to grill, and then later that night we had a bonfire and roasted marshmallows and made smores'!

Aiden and Corey

(Jess's Little boy)

Adien with his Cousin's in his jumpy!
We gather together

On Sunday morning it was breakfast @ Judy's House. Judy does a beautiful breakfast spread and her mini muffins are supberb! Then we went over and visited John and Joan's new home,,beautiful.

Is this the greatest Great Aunt?

Emily, Robin, Justin and Aiden

Justin and a tired Aiden @ Judy's

Then it was back in the car and back to Cheri's. We enjoyed fishing in the pond that night and even though the fish were no biting real good, I still won catching 1 bass and 1 bluegill. Cheri only caught 1 bluegill and Justin only caught 1 bluegill.

Jen Rae and Aiden

Next day we were on our way home to Good Ole NC.

See you in Ohio!

2008-09-15T20:07:00.009-04:00

Like my ponytail?!

Look at my teeth

Sam and me

Killer Baby Blue Eyes!

2008-09-04T15:25:00.009-04:00

Aiden will be six months old in two weeks! Hard to beleive! He has cut his first two teeth on the bottom and is still such a happy soul!

Pretty Boy!

2008-08-19T18:45:00.004-04:00

Growing!

2008-08-13T21:45:00.004-04:00

2008-08-07T15:56:00.007-04:00

Aiden will be 5 months old this month and is growing like a weed! He went to the doctor's yesterday and he weighs 15 lbs. 13oz. and is 27" long.

I just want to smooch him all up! He is at that age where every day is new and everyday he accomplishes something new. He can roll over now and wants to always sit-up. Loves to look at you and talk with you. Like I said I just want to smooch him up!

Bouncer!

2008-07-24T17:57:00.009-04:00

Robin and Aiden were at the house today. Robin is cleaning for me every two weeks. Works great and I love not cleaning!

Aiden is such a sweet baby. Loves to look at your face and grab it. Robin went to town to do a couple of errands so Aiden, Bailey and I took a stroll.

We will be heading to Ohio in Sept. to introduce Robin and Aiden to the Pitstick Clan! I am so excited. Can not wait to see everyone! Thanks to my Mom and Dad for letting us use the van. Aiden has lots of stuff to bring, and my Honda would be uncomfortable.

Check out the bouncer! Such a sweet baby. (don't worry I did not fall down!)

Cousin Jen Rae came to visit and Aiden's first swim in a pool

2008-07-06T20:09:00.011-04:00

Jennifer and Cheri came to the beach for the 4th of July and Robin, Aiden and I joined them at Great Grandma and Grandpa's house. Aiden was so good. Robin and I got down there about 12pm on the 4th. Great Grandma and I watched Aiden in the afternoon while Cheri, Jennifer and Robin went to the beach. Aiden really likes Great Grandma and she had him belly laughing! Then on Sat. morning we all went up to the pool and Aiden had his first swim in the baby pool. He loved it! So much that it wore him out and he took a nap under the umbella at the pool. Such a sweet baby boy!

Busy summer

2008-07-06T19:48:00.008-04:00

It's been awhile and sorry about that, but Ted and I have been busy. We went to Sanibel Harbour Resort and spa for 7 days of bliss! We met Tony and Judy Alan and Helen and Bob and Deb there to celebrate 121 combined years of marriage. On Sat. nite and Sunday Kat and Mark and Ed and Edi joined us which added to the celebration to a total of 172 combined years of marriage. (I think I got that right!). It was a blast! We lounged by the pool and ate good food. Tony was our Cabana Boy, while all the other guys played golf. We took a dinner cruise and viewed awesome sunsets! The spa was great and I had two massages and an Ice Cream Pedicure. Lots of memories were made and will be cherished forever!

Growin fast!

2008-06-12T20:52:00.004-04:00

Aiden is growing so fast. Such a Happy boy!

Aiden - 11 weeks old

2008-06-04T20:58:00.008-04:00

Here are some great pics. Robin took them all. Aiden is growing so fast

GREAT Aunt Cheri came for a visit!

2008-05-21T17:53:00.008-04:00

G. Aunt Cheri came down for my birtday and to visit Aiden for the first time. Justin , Robin and Aiden came over to eat pizza with us on Wed. night. We sat on the patio and had a good visit.

On Thursday Cheri and I drove out to Justin and Robin's new place. Aiden was asleep when we got there.

Robin woke him up and she put his Ohio State onesie on and that boy is a good-looking "Buckeye!" Maybe he will follow in Great U. Tony's footsteps!

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T17:38:00.003-04:00

Was a great Mother's Day. Both my boys came to see me, also my grandson. Great Grandma & Grandpa came too!

Hope everyone else had a great day!

A visit to Suzy's(Grandma P's) garden

2008-05-05T12:43:00.006-04:00

Today Aiden came and stayed with us from 10:30am-5:00pm, while Justin and Robin moved. I picked him up and we took a trip to Wal-Mart. Then when we got home it was bath time. He really likes the water. After bath time it was time to eat. Robin had some milk frozen so I warmed it up and Aiden did not have any problems taking a bottle! Then it was off to sleep. I bought a pack-n-play at a consignment shop for $25.00. Very cool. It folds up and is a bassinet that turns into a playpen. Of course the highlight of the day was when I got my garden wagon out and Aiden and I took a tour of my garden. I will have him digging in no time!

Grandma and Grandpa's first babysitting job!

2008-04-28T17:48:00.008-04:00

Aiden came and stayed the afteroon with us today, while Robin went to the doctor's office. Such an easy baby to care for. Aiden and I laid on my bed and cooed and talk to each other. He smiles alot now and tries to tell you all about it! Check out the "Boppy pillow" he is laying on. Ingenious invention, wish I would have had one when my boys were babys. Then he slept for a little while. When he woke up he was hungry and he took the bottle that Robin left, no problem. Grandpa came home and they laid together on the bed and talked up a storm to each other! He is in another outfit when Grandpa came home as I had to change him and even though I raised 2 boys I forgot to cover up that "whizzer" and it went off! I get to keep him pretty much all day this Saturday as Justin and Robin are moving.

This is a pack-play. I got it for $25.00 at a cosignment store.

Really cool as it is a bassinet when they are young and a
Playpen when older. It folds down too!

Whole fist in mouth!

1-2 punch out!

Who's Who!

2008-04-22T17:48:00.005-04:00

Check it out. Justin or Aiden? You tell me!

Beautiful Spring Day

2008-04-19T20:17:00.002-04:00

Today was a beautiful spring day in N.C. Ted and I spent the whole day outside. Justin, Robin and Adien came over around 12:30. We sat on the patio and Aiden was wide awake. He loves it outside and looks all around. He turned 1 month old this past Thursday. Robin weighed him today and he weighs 11 1/2 lbs. He loves for you to kiss him and smiles when you kis him over and over! Check out his t-shirt. Robin's mom had it made.

Sweet one!

2008-04-12T15:49:00.009-04:00

Our grandson came to visit today. He is 23 days old. Robin came by and visited for a little bit. Justin is working this weekend and they will be moving @ the end of the month, so Robin is packing. Aiden changes every week. He holds his head up very good as you can see in the pics. I shot a picture of him crying, which he really only does when he is hungry. He has pretty eyes like all the rest of the boys!

Great Grandma and Grandpa's visit.

2008-04-06T16:20:00.009-04:00

Aiden is 17 days old today! G. Grandma and Grandpa come to visit for the first time. G. Grandma rocked that baby to sleep! Aiden is such a content calm baby. I went with Robin this past Wed. to take him for his first visit to the Pediatrician. He weighed ,on Wed. 9lbs.12oz and was 21 3/4 inches long. He is growing lie a weed. Robin weighed him today and he weighs 10 lbs. And so strong. When you hold him up on your shoulder he will lift up his head and look around. He is such a good baby. Loves to hear your voice. And when he hears his Daddy's voice he looks for him. Of course you can always hear Justin's voice over everyone elsein the room! U. Phillip came and spent the afternoon with us to! It was a wonderful afternoon!

1 Week old

2008-03-29T18:23:00.005-04:00

Justin, Robin and Aiden came over this morning. Aiden is 1 week old. Robin and Aiden have gotten the hang of being a nursing couple, they are doing great! He is even sleeping for longer stretches at night and averaging waking up and nursing every three sometimes four hours. Robin looks great and is feeling pretty good. We weighed Aiden on my scales and it said he weighed 9 1/2 lbs. , but I am not sure my scales are real accurate. They take Aiden to the Dr's on Wedensday this coming week so we will see. All said, they really did have a good first week together as a family.

First visit to Grandma & Grandpa's house

2008-03-23T18:37:00.009-04:00

Easter Sunday, and Aiden's first visit to our house. It was a very nice afternoon. The guys watched the tournament and Robin, Aiden and I visited in the computer room. Robin is feeling better about breast feeding, she was struggling with it the last two days, but today was much better. She is learning. Aiden is a very calm baby,

relaxed and seems content. He is strong to, when you hold
him up on your shoulder he will lift his head briefly.

Uncle Phillip and Aiden

1st day in the world

2008-03-21T13:58:00.003-04:00

He is so sweet! I went around lunchtime and got to hold that baby for an hour! He was wide awake and so attentive. Loves to hear you talk and will look right at you. He has the longest fingers and toes. As you can see from the pictures his pointy head has gone down. I love his hair. When Robin puts the crocheted hat that the hospital gave her on his head his hair sticks out through the holes!

2008-03-20T21:30:00.003-04:00

We are now offically GP'S!!

Aiden was born @ 7:27pm on 3/20/08. He weighed 8.9lbs and was 21 1/2" long. Full head of hair. He was very alert the whole time we were there. Robin looks great, very tired. Justin is running on adrenaline, and doesn't quite know how to act yet! Robin will be in the hospital until Sat. I took only a few Pictures tonight as the nurses cam in to take him to the nursery to have all the newborn tests. Can't wait to see him tomorrow.

First Day of spring-2008

2008-03-20T12:59:00.005-04:00

Today is the first day of spring! Our first Grandchild will be born today. Robin and Justin are at the hospital as I write this post. We are anxiouly awaiting the birth of Aiden Daniel Pitstick! They arrived at the hospital @ 6am. Since Robin was overdue by 10 days, they set this date to induce. I was there briefly @ 12pm and she had just had her two worst contractions. I figure Aiden will make his appearnce around 7pm tonight. The room that she is in @ Duplin General Hospital is really nice. It is a birthing room so she will not need to be moved to deliver.

The Forget - Me- Nots that I planted from Aiden's shower just sprouted this week - appropriate since he will be born today! Will post more later.