New Grandson Dominic finally here!

Stacy and Justin welcomed their first child, son Dominic Junius McEwan on March 23rd at 3:05 am.  He weighed 8 lbs 13 oz and was 22 inches at birth. 

I was able to be in the delivery room when he was born.  It was a beautiful birth.  Stacy did awesome!  Epidurals are a wonderful invention...no more "natural" childbirth from the days when I was having babies.  Stacy was so comfortable she was crocheting.

She was so happy to be at the hospital...it was wonderful to see her smiling and so happy.

I love being grandma!  It is the best job ever..

I was able to attend the Scrapbook USA Expo on Friday and Saturday.  The shopping was great and the classes were so much fun.

It has been a great week!  I am tired but a good tired.

I am thankful to have family living so close..



Thinking about my Dad

My dad passed away in 2004.  I have been thinking about him and decided I needed to scrapbook a few pages about him. 
The first one was an adorable picture of when he was a baby

My sisters and I gave the Eulogy for my Dad...I went thru the words and picked out some to make the following pages:

It was so good for me to think about the many blessings I received from my father.  I need to grieve the loss of my father at times. 

I have also had fun scrapbooking old pictures of our family:

I appreciate the hobby that helps me deal with my emotions and captures so many memories.

I miss my Dad and Jason and need to remember them in my pages.

I have had a long break from work...can keep my house clean and organized, spend time with my girls and grandchildren and have lots of time to scrapbook.



Feeling better..no baby yet..

I have not been blogging for a few weeks...I came down with the cold/flu going around.  I was frustrated because Stacy went to the hospital and was there a few days..and I could not go visit her. 

I find myself thinking about Jason every day...and tears come.  The pain of losing a child is unbearable at times.


Here are some recent pages I have completed:

I have been researching my ancestors on ancestry.com.  I decided to create a page about my 2nd great grandfather Jacob Perkins that served in the civil war.

I found these family group pictures from 1978..fun to scrap.

I always need to capture my feeling about losing Jason..

I decided to redo my scrapbook page about Stacy missing Jason..

I am enjoying my time with my girls and grandchildren...and love all my scrapbooking toys.