Trey has about 3 songs under his belt now: “Jingle Bells”, “Look at Miss Ohio“, and “Jesus Loves Me.” Here he is playing the guitar I got him in the Dominican and singing his rendition of “Jesus Loves Me” (usually he sings a bit more of the verse).
Monthly Archive for January, 2009
After finally getting my grandmother in a nursing home, it was quarantined today due to a stomach virus outbreak. So Trey and I braved the cold and ran around the farm a bit today. It was good to dust my camera off (I haven’t taken a photo with it in over a week!) and capture some images.
Trey and I have been in Sweetwater for the past week helping care for my grandparents. We had originally planned to come up for the weekend to celebrate my grandfather’s 89th birthday, but Grammaw fell ill and was hospitalized in Knoxville so we came up last Tuesday. I brought her home Wednesday, but had to take her back to the hospital and spend the night in the ER with her on Thursday. She’s been there since.
It has been hard juggling the routines of a 2 year-old, 89 year-old, and hospitalized 91 year-old. Complicating matters more is the fact that they need some one to care for them full-time once she is discharged. Almost all our family and extended family agree that an Assisted Living facility is the best option but it has been hard getting them to go in that direction. I’m working on coordinating her transfer to Assisted Living and at the same time trying to convince them it is the best option.
This morning I dressed Trey and explained to him that he’d be going to Aunt Betty’s so that we could visit Grammaw in the hospital. He looked up at me very seriously and said “Grammaw is sick. Peepaw is sad.” There was something about the way he broke down this complex and stressful situation into something so simple and true. It broke my heart and at the same time reminded me that those are the two things I need to focus on right now. Nursing her back to health, and cheering him up. Thanks Trey!
My dad and brother joined us in Sweetwater to celebrate my grandfather’s 89th birthday. Trey has had a blast playing with “Grandaddy” and “Uncle David.” He was also really excited to get back the little KLM airplane I had brought back for him on my last trip to Africa. We had left it at my parents’ in Richmond on accident.
The weather warmed up a bit today so we ran around the field to burn off some pent up energy (didn’t work – still took me 2 hours to get him to nap). Here are some photos David took of our fun outside. It isn’t too often that I get photos taken of me and Trey together since I’m usually the one behind the camera.
We’re up in Sweetwater and they weather has been cold enough to keep the snow they had a couple days ago on the ground. It wasn’t much snow to begin and it is only left in the shade. Nonetheless, Trey and I set out to build a snowman.
UPDATE – the next day we went back out and the snowman was gone. All that was left was a tiny bit of ice and his arms, eyes, buttons, hat, and nose. Trey had a hard time understanding the concept of snow melting. He kept asking “Where’d the snowman go?” I guess he finally came to terms with it since he started eating the abandoned carrot nose.
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