Grandma & Me: "Winter Blues"

I am back from Holiday Break!  I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years. We attended a wonderful Christmas Eve service at our church and we had a lot of great meals!   I had all my children and grandchildren home with me for a full week; we had so much fun just hanging out at the house.  It was the first Christmas that Alethea was really old enough to appreciate gifts.  I gave her a "Princess Jasmine" toddler doll.  Oh my!  If you could have seen the expression on her face when she opened it.  It was priceless!  She started singing "A Whole New World" once she realized who the doll was.  It was so cute!

  My kids gave me some nice gifts from my Amazon wish list I can't wait to share with you.  Hubby got me a new Mac!  After years of using a MacBook Pro lap top I went back to a desktop.  I still have my Apple iPad to use when traveling or when I want to lounge.  It's nice to have a desktop again because at my age I need the bigger screen! 🤣

We did two photo shoots with the kids when they were visiting:  today's  "Winter Blues" one and a "Valentines" shoot that I will show next month.  As usual, it was a challenge photographing both a toddler and a baby at the same time, but I think we got some cute shots! We used lots of props, and snuggled, giggled, sang a few songs, and made lots of funny noises to keep the kids entertained and smiling!

For our "Winter Blues" photo shoot, we all wore blue and white.  I wore a new cozy periwinkle sweater from TJMaxx with my white jeans and silver loafers.  Alethea wore a pretty blue T-shirt from JCPenney that has ruffles on the chest and sleeves and flecks of silver glitter scattered throughout.  She paired her blue top with a sparkly, white tulle skirt and silver shoes.  Atticus is wearing a new outfit I purchased for him for Christmas.  It's a super cute set from Carters that includes an adorable onesie, sweat pants, and a jacket.

The jacket has a hood and zips closed.  I think he will get a lot of use out of it as it's so neutral he can wear it as a spring coat with lots of other things.

I just love the little panda bear peeking out from the pocket.

On one of the legs is a lion, isn't he cute?

The onesie is white and says "One of a kind".  I love that!  

We used pine cones and these pretty snowflakes off my Christmas tree as props for this winter photo shoot.

Alethea always looks so beautiful in blue because of her gorgeous blue eyes!

 Atticus's eyes are blue too, but a much deeper, darker blue than Alethea.  He also looks great in blue!

When I looked at these photos I couldn't believe they were my grand babies.  They look so different than me!  They both have such pale skin and blue eyes, and I have dark hair, dark skin, and brown eyes, but they are my grand babies and I love them to pieces!

Alethea loves playing with the "magical pocket door" of this guest room.

Alethea is 2 1/2 years old.  She talks constantly!  It's so fun to converse with her.  The things she comes up with!

Atticus is 5 1/2 months.  He smiles, giggles, laughs, and is still the most content "chill" baby.  Whenever he sees you or you show any attention his way, he bursts into a huge smile!  He really started "babbling" the week he was visiting us too.  We wondered if it was because of all the extra conversation he was hearing.

It's always sad to say goodbye when we part, but I was happy to have a clean house again and have things return to normal too.  We will be seeing a lot more of them in the next few months than we usually do, so it wasn't as hard to say goodbye as it usually is.

I couldn't find my "new" sweater on-line, but be sure to check your TJMaxx stores.  It is such a soft and comfy sweater, and I love the shade of blue.  Alethea's clothes are all old, but I will link to similar items below.  Atticus cute outfit is still available at Macys!

Blue Sweater - TJMaxx, similar HERE, White Jeans - Charlotte Russe, old, similar HERE,  Silver Loafers - Macys, old, similar HERE, Carters Baby Boy 3-PC set - Macys,  Toddler Girl White Tulle Skirt, old, similar HERE,  Toddler Girl Silver Shoes, old, similar HERE, and Toddler Girl Blue Top, old, similar HERE.

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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Grandma & Me: Winter Whites

I'm so thrilled to bring you a new "Grandma & Me" post, because looking back on these pictures makes me smile and remember the wonderful moments I shared with my beautiful granddaughter.

Alethea and I are sharing our winter white knits this month.  Winter white is perfect for the icy cold snowy days we have in Wisconsin and Illinois during the month of January.



I am wearing a new "Cozy Popcorn Yarn Cardigan"  from CJBanks that I got for Christmas.  I love this cardigan so much I bought it in white and blush.  I can't even begin to tell you how soft this yarn is!  It's all sold out on line in the white and pink colors, but the mint color is still available.  You could also check your local stores and see if they have more colors.

Alethea is wearing a white  plush hoodie vest with animal ears.  I've noticed how much cute little animal ears on top of hoods is really trending in children's clothing.

Alethea also has sparkly gold leggings on with a white long sleeve top with metallic gold hearts.



I didn't have any sparkly gold leggings or white tops with gold hearts on them, to match Alethea (geez, I wonder why? 😀) so I wore my brown skinny jeans and a white top (both old).

Alethea is 17 months old now and has become even more of a delight to hang out with.  I had the pleasure of having her over for Christmas for a full week.  She was so fun to have around for Christmas.  She loves Christmas!  We let her play "Santa" and deliver all the presents to the proper recipients.  She did such a good job!

She is starting to love me "almost" as much as I love her.  She pointed to me and said "Mamy" for the first time!  Oh, my heart just melted!  What music to one's ear to have your first grandchild call you by name.

She's at the age when you can really start playing with her.  We played with all the new toys she got for Christmas.  We built towers with blocks, talked on the play "telephone", and ran around the house with her corn popper:  her favorite Christmas toy!

She is a bundle of energy!  It's harder than ever to take photos with her, but somehow we managed to get a lot of beautiful photographs to be treasured forever.

Alethea is saying so many different words now.  She also "talks" to you, like she is having a conversation, but of course I can't understand a word she says.  I can't wait till she is putting full sentences together.  I can only imagine the hilarious things that will come out of her mouth!

She is always fascinated with my jewelry; she will closely examining any necklace or bracelet I'm wearing.  She quickly figured out on her own how my bracelet opened and closed.  She is so smart!

Oh, what a little pumpkin she is!  Such a vivacious personality she has.  She makes me smile and laugh so much! I am truly blessed.

Finally, for those less interested in the ravings of a proud grandma and more interested in what I'm wearing, here are some detail shots of my outfit.  I wanted to show the back of this cardigan so you can see it how long it is.  It will be nice to wear with leggings as it covers the back side!

For shoes I wore my brown suede booties (old).  I tend to wear these booties more than any other pair in my closet.  They are just so comfy and go with almost everything.

For jewelry, I chose gold pieces to match Alethea's gold pants and gold hearts.  The necklace is from a fall Stitch Fix box.  The bracelet has a tortoise shell top.

I am so looking forward to seeing this precious bundle again!  In February, I will go and spend a week at her home in Illinois.  Hopefully she'll think it's really cool that grandma is at her house for an extended period of time.

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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