Guess Who Came To See Her Ya-Ya! :)

 ILSE! That's who!

I cannot believe our little sweetie is 15 months old!  She is doing really well.  She has been getting therapy on a regular basis and has been able to take some food by mouth! That is AWESOME...
Ilse accompanied her mother, cousin and Aunt on a mini retreat for SLOS families in Houston last weekend.    She is already going on "ladie's retreats!"
Her brothers came along too, but I have to figure out how to download those pictures from Anna's camera. :)  To be continued! :)
OK.... GUESS WHO ELSE CAME!!! JOEY AND CHRISTOPHER! :)  My sweet grand boys.

 They are such hams. :)

And one more Ilse..... :)

Some More Pictures of Family

We took these while waiting for Olivia to be born.

 Me holding Ilse

Erika, Chris and Joseph

 Joseph showing his lack of teeth.

 Chris Modeling Erika's latest hat.

 Ilse modeling Erika's latest hat

 Brothers in waiting

A very excited Marcus taking a small break while Em's and I went to be with Ivy.... about 10 minutes after this picture.... he went back in, we headed back to the waiting area,   and Olivia
 was born.

I'm Thankful For

Grand Children. :)

 Katie and Lilly

 Joey and Chris and Ilse

I

 Sam and Truman

 And Will and Charlie

and: Baby Olivia.... and her mommy Ivy too. :)

It's Ya-Ya Time! :)

Christopher was sick, so Em's brought Ilse and Joey over so she could take Chris to the Dr.  I am getting some serious Ya-Ya time in. :)

Em's and the babies

 I dropped over at Tim and Em's today on the way on my trip to the grocery store. It was a round about trip. :)  I love seeing them.  We were supposed to get together on Saturday, but I started feeling bad, so we cancelled. So I had to go and get my Ya-Ya fix. :)

I am so happy that I got to hold all my grand babies and that I got Ilse to SMILE! :)  She is doing really well.  She flipped herself over and I even got a coo out of her. :)  Yea Ilse!  And the boys of course are always adorable. :) 

WILL and CHARLIE

Just a few pictures of the grand guys....and Ya-Ya

 This is Will in his space helmet.

 Will took this picture of me. I am a Ya-Ya. :)


This is Charlie in his Fox shirt.   Holding Charlie is like Holding Marcus all over again. I cannot believe how much they look alike! (the bottom picture is Marcus at 4. He is smiling in that picture, but they have the exact same chocolate brown eyes!)

AND THEN.... this is a really special Ya-Ya night....:)  I was given this photo! Isn't it precious!!!
The caption was "Double Cousins make the best friends!"
The boys and Ilse are double cousins because sisters are married to brothers. :)

A New Grand Baby

A new grand baby is always a great idea!  Last year I posted about a Miracle about to happen....
Well, Yesterday, it HAPPENED!  I should say SHE happened..... There is a new baby girl Minich. :)

She was a tad early and needs to cook a little longer at the NICU.... but she is doing well.

ILSE JOY MINICH.....   7 lbs. 9 oz.  I do not know how long..... but she is HERE!

Mommy and Daddy and big brothers Joey and Christopher are doing well!

Grandsons!!!!

Becca sent this video to me of Sam and Truman at the park....

Ivy posted this one of Will, Joey, Bam Bam and Charlie.... Em's is in the hospital, perfectly preggo in every way.... except high blood pressure. :(   So Ivy has the boys. :)
I must say, Baby Charlie is the spitting image of his daddy. :)

Love all these little guys. :)

Sweet Little Grandsons

We just love these little guys!

Watching Toy Story for the very first time. :)

Checking out the tree! :)
We loved visiting tonight :)

Good night Joey and Bam-Bam.....

Thanksgiving Weekend Part 3

Timothy and Emily and Joey and Christopher came over along with Marcus and Ivy and William and Charlie....and it was a boy filled evening!

Here is the Gingerbread house the boys made.

Charlie was too young to make gingerbread houses.

 The boys really concentrated for about 5 minutes. :)