Sunday, August 2, 2026

I got to spend the day with Piper and Tripp yesterday!

 I babysat Tripp while Alex, Leah, and Piper went out to lunch and then to the petting zoo! Tripp is getting so big and makes eye contact and coos and smiles a lot. He’s such a cutie pie! It was great to spend one on one time with him so we could bond. Piper gets jealous if I hold him. He’s such a good baby!

And Piper is hilarious! She is so full of expression and is so playful and cuddly. When I got there and walked in her room, she said, Mimi! Then I walked over and kneeled on the floor and she wrapped her arms around my neck and just hugged me and snuggled for like 5 minutes. Neither of us wanted to let go. 










Piper is talking more. She pointed out the window and said, outside. I said, do you want Mimi to take you outside? And she smiles and holds her arms up for me to pick her up. When she’s outside she points to the grass and says grass, the leaves and says leaves, the sticks and says stick… or the f she doesn’t know what something is, she says, what’s that???






Look at Tripp’s full lips and big blue eyes! He’s only 4 months and is bigger than Lainey!🀣








 

Piper LOVES watermelon!!!πŸ‰  





Piper clung tight to Alex at the petting zoo. These animals are much bigger in real life than the pictures in her book!


Piper dances until I start videoing her. When I video, a light from my camera shines on her and she just stares at it, lol.

Scott’s son, Brandon, adopted a cat that hung around his apartment

 



On a very sad note, the twins, Ashton and Brandon, recently lost their grandfather to stage 4 cancer, and their grandmother also has stage four, and this week, their mom was diagnosed with stage four. πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜”πŸ’”πŸ™

Thursday, July 30, 2026

We moved Emma out of her old apartment today and not her new one!

Her new apartment is a 3 bedroom and is super nice! Madison, Emma, and Faith will live there. Faith will move in next week. And because Madison works there, she was able to get them a 3 bedroom apartment on the ground floor at a discounted price and waved a bunch of fees! I’m going back next week to help them decorate and get settled.




Scott brought his truck and trailer to move them so we didn’t have to rent a U-Haul. 


Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Lunch at my sister Dawn’s house in Lake Arrowhead!

 



Dawn loves to fish at the lake and made a beautiful garden in her back yard and also creates beautiful paintings that she displays and sells there. 

Made a yummy dinner last night!

 Chicken Alfredo and fresh SautΓ©ed Brussels sprouts! It was a pretty dinner too;)




James’ parents are in Ohio helping Ellie and James get furniture for their apartment.

This is what they got so far...
I’m flying there in a few weeks to help them decorate!













Poor Marge has been throwing up since they drove her 10 hours in the car to Ohio. They took her to the vet today. Hopefully she will be on the mend soon!



They were smart and wrapped the edges of the couches with plastic so Marge won’t use them for a scratching post. 





 

Drew and Hayley are in Hilton Head this weekend!

They went to Hilton Head with Hayley’s family!