New Look
As you can tell we've got a new look here at the Rooster. It was time to change things a bit and to work out some issues surrounding presentation. I hope this is pleasing to the eye for all who read “The Rooster Crows”. We got an update on Mia from Grand mom Elaine in Oregon and I wanted to get this out for those who have Mia interest. The next full issue should be out by the weekend, as usual I’ll email, Facebook and Twit its arrival.
Snow in Maryland
Yesterday afternoon, that would be Sunday, March 2, 2014, I was out on the patio prepping the grill with charcoal to cook a few steaks, the temperature was a balmy 58 deg. It is now 27 hours later. We have had a major snow storm and it is now 19 degrees. Old Man Winter will just not go away.
Mia News from the Oregon Ranch
She is busy with her routine each day, breakfast, morning bath,
waterproofing, then put her down. She checks the upstairs – making
sure all pillows are off the spare bed that she can reach, all papers on the
computer desk are on the floor and then down stairs she scoots quickly on her
stomach to the main floor where she heads to the kitchen (she’s babbling
constantly the whole time- and grandma is conversing right back) where she
empties the corner cabinet, teases about the garbage- which she doesn’t bother,
she just taunts like she’s going to just to get a reaction from grandma and
make her giggle. Then to her toys. Grandma reads her all
her books and then we watch Sesame Street and Clifford- the Big Red Dog.
Soon it’s nap time so Grandma puts her in her car seat and we run
to the office, let her out to run in the office while we start some brochure
printing. She is cranky by now and we put her back in car seat and
run to the house so she can nap. Grandma gets laundry done, does
some office work upstairs until she wakes, and then she goes through to check
if things have been picked up from her morning rounds. I’m sure you
know what happens next….she is so busy and talks the whole time she’s
working. It’s a full time job Mia has and she’s really good at it.
When school’s out, we go pick up Scott or we go to the school
where everyone there knows her and calls her by name. She’s “Scott’s Mia”
and she loves it all and squeals and runs around giving hugs.She made two trips to Boise- one on Thursday with Uncle
Erik as her escort in adventure and one on Saturday with Dallen,
Chiara, Jeff, and Scott as escorts. 18 Year-Old Uncle Erik learned
that to entertain a toddler for 3 hours, one only needs $6.00 in quarters and a
coin operated fire engine. She only got mad when he didn’t put the
quarters in fast enough to keep it running and when he ran out of quarters she
wanted to kick the machine for being so picky! She helped re-organized
a toy store in the mall too…her best skill. She decided that she
really likes Uncle Erik because he wears a black cowboy hat like her dad and he
shares it with her.
On Saturday, another 200 mile trip to Boise brought a whole new
level of fun…5 uncles that dote on Mia! She squealed with delight
with each new introduction and they took turns throwing her in the air and
giving her kisses. She was so excited that she put her arms in the
air – high above her head- and ran in circles totally showing off for
them. Both great-grandparents were there as well, watching, smiling,
and agreeing that she is probably the cutest one-year old there ever was!It was a very long day for Mia, but she never showed it until in
the car seat on the way home- she crashed!
Sunday should have been rest and relaxation/recovery day for
her but, alas, there are two teeth on the bottom that are really wanting to be
uncovered and she doesn’t like it one bit. She spent Sunday being
held and rocked and reassured that death wasn’t happening that day and that
painkillers can be a good thing…not her best day. We are optimistic
that Monday will be better.She is learning different sounds than Blah, blah, blah. She
can whisper “talk talk talk” and now we are working on mamamamama and
dadadadada. She tries so hard to mimic our sounds. I
fear for all when she gets really good at it. Watch out mom and dad!Elaine
Second week of our visiting Mia is under our belt…she’s settled
in…sorta. This week she proved that one cannot get a normal week’s
worth of work done with a one-year old toddler’s help, so we stopped trying and
had to “tag-team”. Early morning Seminary for Grandma at 6:00 is
assisted by all. Stacy stays a few nights a week to give her a
morning massage while waiting for grandma to return at 7:30. Jeff
and Scott also take turns staying home on days when Stacy can’t stay with her
and give her a quick diaper change at about 7:00 and bring her to
Seminary class – which she enjoys the most because she gets 100% of 25
teenager’s attention instantly and she really likes that. Her
self-confidence is astonishing and awesome. No fear of anyone and
total trust. Wish we all had as much of this as Mia.
Soon it’s nap time so Grandma puts her in her car seat and we run to the office, let her out to run in the office while we start some brochure printing. She is cranky by now and we put her back in car seat and run to the house so she can nap. Grandma gets laundry done, does some office work upstairs until she wakes, and then she goes through to check if things have been picked up from her morning rounds. I’m sure you know what happens next….she is so busy and talks the whole time she’s working. It’s a full time job Mia has and she’s really good at it.
When school’s out, we go pick up Scott or we go to the school where everyone there knows her and calls her by name. She’s “Scott’s Mia” and she loves it all and squeals and runs around giving hugs.She made two trips to Boise- one on Thursday with Uncle Erik as her escort in adventure and one on Saturday with Dallen, Chiara, Jeff, and Scott as escorts. 18 Year-Old Uncle Erik learned that to entertain a toddler for 3 hours, one only needs $6.00 in quarters and a coin operated fire engine. She only got mad when he didn’t put the quarters in fast enough to keep it running and when he ran out of quarters she wanted to kick the machine for being so picky! She helped re-organized a toy store in the mall too…her best skill. She decided that she really likes Uncle Erik because he wears a black cowboy hat like her dad and he shares it with her.
On Saturday, another 200 mile trip to Boise brought a whole new level of fun…5 uncles that dote on Mia! She squealed with delight with each new introduction and they took turns throwing her in the air and giving her kisses. She was so excited that she put her arms in the air – high above her head- and ran in circles totally showing off for them. Both great-grandparents were there as well, watching, smiling, and agreeing that she is probably the cutest one-year old there ever was!It was a very long day for Mia, but she never showed it until in the car seat on the way home- she crashed!
Sunday should have been rest and relaxation/recovery day for her but, alas, there are two teeth on the bottom that are really wanting to be uncovered and she doesn’t like it one bit. She spent Sunday being held and rocked and reassured that death wasn’t happening that day and that painkillers can be a good thing…not her best day. We are optimistic that Monday will be better.She is learning different sounds than Blah, blah, blah. She can whisper “talk talk talk” and now we are working on mamamamama and dadadadada. She tries so hard to mimic our sounds. I fear for all when she gets really good at it. Watch out mom and dad!Elaine
Second week of our visiting Mia is under our belt…she’s settled in…sorta. This week she proved that one cannot get a normal week’s worth of work done with a one-year old toddler’s help, so we stopped trying and had to “tag-team”. Early morning Seminary for Grandma at 6:00 is assisted by all. Stacy stays a few nights a week to give her a morning massage while waiting for grandma to return at 7:30. Jeff and Scott also take turns staying home on days when Stacy can’t stay with her and give her a quick diaper change at about 7:00 and bring her to Seminary class – which she enjoys the most because she gets 100% of 25 teenager’s attention instantly and she really likes that. Her self-confidence is astonishing and awesome. No fear of anyone and total trust. Wish we all had as much of this as Mia.
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