Rambling

It's been quiet here in the Stewart house lately. Not much activity I think. Dave's working, biking, and fixing the car and I am taking care of little one all day long. He's crawling everywhere and now he's standing and when he realizes it he falls down. Still not there but he's finding out the difference between falling at the crawl height and the walk height. They are not the same!

His daycare is found and ready in March to take him in. It's multicultural which is awesome because I want him to learn other languages other than "cat" and "dog". He says thing we can't understand other than saying "hi". He's quite a chick magnet in the malls in Richmond. He smiles and flirts with every person that walks by and especially children. He reserves his "hi" for them only, oh and Samantha, mom's dog.

Speaking of Samantha, she has turned into a babysitter for Darren. She has a funny way of shepherding him back the way he came. Sometimes she does it if we ask her to find Darren and other times she will do it on her own. She lowers her head and blocks him from getting past her. It's really weird to see a dog doing something she's never done in the passed 9 years. She's amazing!

Some of you may know that Darren's great grandfather, Alfred Myhre, died last week on the 23rd of January. I thought I'd jot down a memory I want Darren to know when he gets older. We saw great grandpa on the 21st which is Darren's grandfather's birthday.

In his last days Grandpa couldn't move his body anymore which was our sign that he was going to leave us soon so I made a special effort that day for Darren to see him one last time. You see Grandpa loved seeing and visiting with Darren in the hospital these last few months. I thought it must be frustrating for him just laying there staring at the ceiling, hearing everyone whispering but not being able to see them. His body was gone but not his mind (sharp as a tack). So I lifted Darren up so grandpa could see him and Darren took one look at grandpa and put on the biggest smile I've ever seen. Grandpa's eyes lit up and I could see he was happy and proud to see his great grandson for the last time. It made his day I'm sure.

Children bring so much joy into the world.