July 4, 2007

• I Need A Clone.......

  Monday was such a sweet day for me.  Josh brought his family here on his day off and then loaded them all in the van with Jen, Jessica and Alex and then headed to the Fair Haven beach.  Both babies were smothered in sunscreen since none of us wanted to have to deal with crispy babies crying into the night.  They both came back from the beach with roses on their cheeks and smiles on their sleepy faces.  I got to compare both the babies when I laid them side by side in the crib I bought.  Yes, I bought a new crib so when they come to visit and spend the night they will have a familiar bed to rest their weary heads.  Right now I have it set up in the living room since that is where we had it in the winter time for Alex when he was a newborn.  For him, it is like coming home.  Alex and Neko are both just about the same length with Alex only having about an inch or an inch and a half over Neko.  Neko is the heavier and chunkier of the two but that is to be expected since Josh is 6'3" and is a big guy with an Italian, French, German and Irish background.  James is 5'10" is thin and trim with a background of German, Polish and half Phillipino from his Mother's side of the family.  We are curious on how that is going to affect his weight as he becomes an adult since my family begins to have weight issues when they reach puberty.  They looked so cute laying side by side.  Alex is so lively and flexible and seldom is still while Neko is such a laid back baby and is devoting most of his energy just growing and shedding his skin as he moves into the next size larger.  I just love the smiles they have for me and they both recognize my voice.  Neko knows when he hears me that food is not far since I just love feeding him and holding him.  Of course, Alex knows me since I sang him to sleep many a night while he was here and by telephone when he was in North Carolina.  I really need to make a tape of me singing "Hush My Baby" to the grandkids so that they will have a memory preserved for all time since it really does put them to sleep.  I used to sing it to Jen and Jessica when they were babies.  I actually made up the song for Jessica since she was a collicy baby and she liked me to sing to her.  The song orginated by me sing talking to her  to please go to sleep since Mommy was so tired.  I sang it to Jessica for years and when she got older and shared a full sized bed with her sister, Jen, her sister got upset with me one evening since I was singing "Hush My Baby" and she informed me that there were two babies in the bed not just one.  After that, I had to change the song to "Hush My Babies".  Funny how they catch everything........I never even thought of it that way.....and it made her so happy when I changed it to include her.  When everyone got home from the beach, we had pizza for dinner and Jessica got out her Guitar Hero 2 for the playstation and all the older kids got to try their hand at the guitar.  They even managed to get Trish to try!  She did pretty darn good especially since it was her first time at it.  It felt good to have the house full for the evening with all the noise and laughter.  We get to do it again this Wednesday for the Fourth of July.  Sad to say......my Husband got shafted by his company.  Monday they sent a message over the Qualcom ......"Most of you drivers will not be home for the Fourth of July.  We are not going to route you home.  If you get assigned to a load near your residence you get to be home but the company is not making trying to route anyone home.  You will get paid for your work and $80 holiday pay."  At least they did not add "Have a Nice Day".  Great going Priority Transportation Company........nothing like getting them out on the road before you announce that if they had any holiday plans that they could just forget it.  I know most of the non-driving members are going to enjoy the day with their families while you have forced most of your drivers not only to miss being with their families on a family orientated holiday but you are stranding them all over the US since most companies shut down for the Fourth.  You as a Company knew you were going not give them the option of working on their holiday or not at least a week ahead of the holiday.  My guess is that you were concerned that you would have a large number of drivers quit.  Shame on you!   Since my Husband was taking a load to Georgia he is far from home.  He delivered the load Tuesday and they put a load on him to be delivered Thurday morning in PA.  No home time for him.  He is lucky though since they routed a deisel fuelage at a truck stop near his nephew's house in South Carolina so he will not have to sit in his truck for the Fourth of July. He is not too happy!  The kids are looking forward to the games and kiddie pool and all the food.  I got the lawn mowed so they will be able to set up the crochet game and be able to find the ball.  My Husband has already set up to go racing this coming Saturday with Jessica but with a twist.  Jessica is going to race his new car....not him.  Both of them are looking forward to this and James wants lots of pictures taken.  Jessica is getting so excited since James is now suppose to be coming home from his Marine schooling that he has just about completed and will be home on the 14th of July.  One day after their first annniverary but a day late is good when you are in the military since so often you are overseas and can not be toether at all.  OK, back to work for me.......making some of the food up now so I can relax and enjoy my children and grandchildren.  Have a Happy Fourth of July everyone!!!! 

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