She has begun to eat the veggie cubes pack-ratted away in the freezer and she is LOVING food! Her first attempt at rice was a "take it or leave it" kind of thing... but now? Now, she pounces on the spoon like a cat on a mouse! It is so adorable...... She's got sweet potatoes, avocados, prunes, and apples under her belt. Next on the list is carrots, peas, green beans, broccoli, and bananas.
She has a tendency to hold her blanket in her mouth like a puppy dog does a bone. And she scoots around backwards on her back, not exactly crawling but it's movement and it's funny!
She also LOVES metal! This does pose a problem as metal baby keys have been taken off the market and big people keys contain harmful metals and coatings.... Rex's ingenious solution? I'll get a picture but he bought giant soup spoons (a safe metal), drilled a hole in the handles, and put them on a giant ring!!! Happy, happy Snowflake!!!
So, here's a picture of her first contra-band : a french fry
I'm going to be a terrible grandmother...... I was great about doing the right thing even when it was hard with the big four but I'm really falling down on the job this time..... if she weren't so cute and I weren't having such a fun time with her.... I'd feel guilty! Okay, I DO feel guilty..... I'm trying hard to remember my job responsibilities but I think I'm failing..... but this next paragraph is why I'm struggling soooooo hard, I just don't take a single second of her amazing and precious life for granted and I am all too aware that life on earth is fleeting......
We took Snowflake out to visit Sweet Pea's grave for the first time today, it was spur of the moment and not at all the fantasy that my imagination had envisioned but it was very special anyhow. Rex took lots of pictures on his iphone and I'll post those when I get them. Because it is so far out of town, it becomes an almost all day event and that adds to the significance of each trip.... it makes "visiting" her purposeful and meaningful. I was blown away and overcome to discover that some generous and anonymous soul had placed "Remembrance" arrangements on the undecorated sites. Sadly, we don't get to go frequently enough to keep her flowers fresh and the ones from July had already blown away. "Remembrance Day" was back in August though many BLM celebrate it in September. It made me smile to drive up and find flowers, it is a very sad thing to arrive at your child's grave and find that in your absence, your flowers -your "love"- are no longer there......
But as we always remember, in truth, she is NOT there. She is in the Amazing Arms of Her Father and she is dancing at His feet and oh, if only we were there too, where there is no sadness or suffering or grief or sickness. Heaven awaits and that is one of her gifts to me. She has given me a heavenly focus. When the day-to-day frustrations mount.... I truly can appreciate the saying, "This too shall pass." In fact, really, most of this doesn't even matter! And so, Snowflake gets french fries....... :)
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