Bryler Frank Wilding was finally born last night at around 8:30 pm by c-section. It had been a very long day for Tiffany and Caleb as she went into the hospital at around 4:00 am. He weighed in at 8 lbs and 4 oz! Nice size baby - one of the biggest for our family! Tiffany's mom and sister and Caleb's mom, Brandi all came up from Utah yesterday morning. Bryan, Ali, Ryder, Tera, Tenlee, Frank and I also hung around and was in and out all day. Of course, we had to take breaks to go and eat!
Caleb was such a proud and concerned husband and daddy. There were tears all around... Caleb has always been such a loving, huggy kid so now he has someone he can really hug and kiss on all the time! Tiffany was such a good little trooper through it all. Their life has now changed forever. But I think they both welcome the change.
They moved in with Bryan and Ali last weekend so they will be going home to good hands. Bryan isn't so sure he wants to be a grandpa yet, but Ali is ready to jump in with both feet! Of course Ryder is fascinated with this new baby. And Tenlee thinks she has a new baby brother! I just can't wait to have the chance to really sit and hold him. Oh, by the way, I was the first to hold him after his parents. Kind of the great-grandma's right, I think!
We now have five generations on both the Wilding and my side alive! It's up to this little guy to keep the Wilding name going now.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
We're movin' on up...
Well, we went ahead and did a lease to buy option on our home at Treyden Drive to a nice younger couple and decided to move up into the "big" house. Frank hired Caleb and another guy to help him move all of my "treasures" through out the week. Yes, we filled our big storage room and more.
On Thursday he had the tv's moved up there so of course we had to spend the night. We had the new furniture I had purchased for staging the house so we didn't have to sleep on the floor! As I wandered around that big house I started feeling the blues and went into the living room and Frank said, "I miss our home." That started the tears. I really felt out of place!
I took Friday off and Bryan brought his snowmachine trailer and about 4 guys with him and they loaded up my furniture and made pretty short work of it. Theresa and Rich came over later that afternoon with fried chicken and helped out for a few hours and we had it looking pretty good. We also had Ryder and Tenlee spending the night with us!
While we eating on Friday night our realtor called and said that a couple that had been to look at our new house wanted another showing, could we have it ready for 1:00 on Saturday? Of course! They wanted the figures on everything from insulation, tile, etc. So, we had the house all ready with freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and then left to go work on our old house. To make a long story short, they didn't show but they still like the house. They have made an offer on a house that is in foreclosure and if they don't get it then they want to make an offer on our house. Even though it would be a lot of work to make the move again, we would be so happy if we could get it sold right away!
Thanks to the help of our kids we were able to get the move accomplished without any meltdowns this time! But, I am going to get rid of a lot of stuff before the next one! I promise....
If you know anyone that would like a beautiful new home please keep us in mind! The website for the virtual tour of the house is:
http://tours.tourfactory.com/tours/tour.asp?t=458265
On Thursday he had the tv's moved up there so of course we had to spend the night. We had the new furniture I had purchased for staging the house so we didn't have to sleep on the floor! As I wandered around that big house I started feeling the blues and went into the living room and Frank said, "I miss our home." That started the tears. I really felt out of place!
I took Friday off and Bryan brought his snowmachine trailer and about 4 guys with him and they loaded up my furniture and made pretty short work of it. Theresa and Rich came over later that afternoon with fried chicken and helped out for a few hours and we had it looking pretty good. We also had Ryder and Tenlee spending the night with us!
While we eating on Friday night our realtor called and said that a couple that had been to look at our new house wanted another showing, could we have it ready for 1:00 on Saturday? Of course! They wanted the figures on everything from insulation, tile, etc. So, we had the house all ready with freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and then left to go work on our old house. To make a long story short, they didn't show but they still like the house. They have made an offer on a house that is in foreclosure and if they don't get it then they want to make an offer on our house. Even though it would be a lot of work to make the move again, we would be so happy if we could get it sold right away!
Thanks to the help of our kids we were able to get the move accomplished without any meltdowns this time! But, I am going to get rid of a lot of stuff before the next one! I promise....
If you know anyone that would like a beautiful new home please keep us in mind! The website for the virtual tour of the house is:
http://tours.tourfactory.com/tours/tour.asp?t=458265
Monday, November 3, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
"Rally" for my soon to be great grandson!
Caleb's fiance', Tiffany, is due to have a baby boy on Nov. 9 so we had a baby shower for her on October 18. Of course with this being an important election year and me being the one to organize the shower we had to have a "political" theme. I made the invitation to look like a campaign brochure inviting everyone to a rally to support our new candidate. Promises that he will keep were included such as having women play an important role in his administration, change (at least 10 times a day), permanent tax deduction for 18 years... You get the picture!
Following the theme we had everyone vote for the best, worst, and funniest "motherhood" memories presented by the guests. Val Terry won the McCain Award for Best Memory for her story of having Zak, Tanner, and Karlee all asking her separately before she married Layne if they could call her mom (a few tears were shed during this story). Ali won the Bush Award for Funniest Memory with her tale about Ryder pretending like he was drowning in the hot tub! And I won the Obama Award for Worst Memory with my story about Bryan as a toddler putting his hand on my iron and burning it badly. Playing the game made us all miss Grandma Karla as this was her favorite part of showers.
Tiffany was presented with a nice array of gifts that included tons and tons of clothes from "Grandma Ali", diapers and diaper bag, gift cards, camera, and a special gift from Ali's mom that was just for Tiff - lotions, pajama's and robe! She got a very nice variety and really appreciated everyone that came. Attendee's included Ali and Ryder, Kathy (Ali's mom), Theresa, Tera and Tenlee, Val and Karlee, and Nyla and Bradee. We all enjoyed a lunch of corn chowder in bread bowls, relish tray, donuts and apple cider. Thanks to everyone that came and supported Tiff. Now we just have a few more weeks to wait for my great grandson!
Following the theme we had everyone vote for the best, worst, and funniest "motherhood" memories presented by the guests. Val Terry won the McCain Award for Best Memory for her story of having Zak, Tanner, and Karlee all asking her separately before she married Layne if they could call her mom (a few tears were shed during this story). Ali won the Bush Award for Funniest Memory with her tale about Ryder pretending like he was drowning in the hot tub! And I won the Obama Award for Worst Memory with my story about Bryan as a toddler putting his hand on my iron and burning it badly. Playing the game made us all miss Grandma Karla as this was her favorite part of showers.
Tiffany was presented with a nice array of gifts that included tons and tons of clothes from "Grandma Ali", diapers and diaper bag, gift cards, camera, and a special gift from Ali's mom that was just for Tiff - lotions, pajama's and robe! She got a very nice variety and really appreciated everyone that came. Attendee's included Ali and Ryder, Kathy (Ali's mom), Theresa, Tera and Tenlee, Val and Karlee, and Nyla and Bradee. We all enjoyed a lunch of corn chowder in bread bowls, relish tray, donuts and apple cider. Thanks to everyone that came and supported Tiff. Now we just have a few more weeks to wait for my great grandson!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The Ultimate Gift
On Sunday we had a wonderful experience. I made a turkey dinner for the family as it was Theresa's and Bryan's birthdays this week. After dinner Theresa, Rich, Tera, Tenlee and Tera's friend Brendon, all went with us up to the new house to watch a movie in the theater room.
The movie we watched was "The Ultimate Gift." It is a story about a wealthy young man's journey to receive his inheritance. After his grandfather's death he has to perform a series of tasks to receive the gifts that are his. "Life is how you live it... not how you spend it." The young man is challenged to with his gifts as they are gifts of life, not things. Life skills such as work and sharing. It's an inspiring movie that will have you laughing, crying, and most of all, wanting to be a better person.
I recommend that everyone watch this movie. It will remind you of the movie Pay it Forward. It would be a wonderful family home evening. I did a search about the movie after watching it and found that they have discussion guides, and many other motivational things to inspire people into action. Action to do better, action to help others, action to become involved.
"Good doesn't just happen. It grows person by person."
The movie we watched was "The Ultimate Gift." It is a story about a wealthy young man's journey to receive his inheritance. After his grandfather's death he has to perform a series of tasks to receive the gifts that are his. "Life is how you live it... not how you spend it." The young man is challenged to with his gifts as they are gifts of life, not things. Life skills such as work and sharing. It's an inspiring movie that will have you laughing, crying, and most of all, wanting to be a better person.
I recommend that everyone watch this movie. It will remind you of the movie Pay it Forward. It would be a wonderful family home evening. I did a search about the movie after watching it and found that they have discussion guides, and many other motivational things to inspire people into action. Action to do better, action to help others, action to become involved.
"Good doesn't just happen. It grows person by person."
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