Emmy Pictures & More Gifts

Can you believe it's Friday already? I can hardly believe it, but my calender assures me that it's so.

On Thursday Lamar and I rode the Sr. Citizen's van to Jonesboro to visit with Jessica and Emmy for a few hours. I took several pics to share with y'all.

Most of them are self-explanatory, I think.

Jessica and Emmy are doing very well, although due to a medication that Jessica was taking she had to stop breast feeding Emmy. The medication made Jessica's milk start drying up so Emmy is taking formula all the time now and she seems to be well satisfied with it.

I gave Emmy a bottle while I was there and she took about 2 ½ ounces at that feeding. Jessica says that at times she takes a full 4 ounces in one feeding which is a healthy amount for a 2 week old infant. Jessica started out feeding Emmy then I finished feeding her so Jessica could do a few things.

Jessica is hoping to go back to work in a few weeks if her doctor agrees. It's looking like I will be taking care of Emmy for a few hours, several days a week if Jessica works part-time. If she goes full-time another lady may be keeping Emmy most of the time. It's still a little early yet and things may change. We'll just have to wait and see.

Jason graduates from high school Friday night and Lamar and I plan to go if everything works out so we can. We plan to ride with Lamar's Mom but she's been sick so there's a possibility she may cancel out on us. I really want to be there to support Jason and be there for him.

I am so proud of him for finishing school along with working to support his family. He has shown a lot of maturity in the last year, more than many men older than him.

I want to get pictures of his graduation if I can get a good place to sit with a good view for pictures. If we get to go we're planning on getting there early so we can get seats. Jason says that it's a small gym and it's usually standing room only so I suppose we'll do the best we can.

One of the reasons Lamar and I made the trip to see Jessica and Emmy is that Lamar is leaving on Monday for Texas to see his Dad and brother and friends in Dallas/Fort Worth. Grandpa needed an Emmy fix before he left for a week or so.

Grandma was beginning to have withdrawals herself. I hadn't seen Emmy and Jessica for almost a week. I can tell that Emmy has gained weight and grown in that short time. Babies grow and change so fast when they're so young! Blink and you miss something, and I'm not exaggerating very much.

As of this moment we have no particular plans for this weekend or Memorial Day. For one thing Lamar is leaving Monday morning so he won't be here anyway.

Just on the offchance that you haven't figured it out yet, my bunch tends to do things on impulse at the last minute. Occasionally we'll plan something a little ahead, but generally we're laid back and take things as they come.

The mailman brought another surprise on Thursday, but I'll save that for another post later on Friday or Saturday. I think I've rambled enough for one post.

I hope everyone has a great Friday and a wonderful holiday weekend.
Blessings to all my dear friends and family.