Halloween at Cozy's

Here's my little "SUPER GIRL". She was so adorable and LOVED posing!!!

I Can't Help Myself!!

I just love these two pictures of Zoe! She loves to pose and her daddy captured her so beautifully here. In the second photo she is wearing her "homemade" baby sling. She is practicing to be a big sister!!

So Far, So Good

My MIL moved in on Saturday and so far we are managing pretty well. She is very happy here and that is what is important.

My MIL is 80 years old and has a myriad of health problems. She has Parkinson's (not the strain with tremors), she has some dementia and she has a pacemaker. She cannot walk without some help and mostly is in a wheelchair to go from one place to another. She has to be assisted in the bathroom and getting in and out of the shower. She has incontinence issues which requires washing most everything on her and her bed each morning.
For the past year her granddaughter has been staying with her from 7:30am until 7:30pm then our daughter in law's sister and a friend of hers stayed with her at night and on weekends. The problem was that during the day her granddaughter treated her so unkindly. She would literally scream at her, would not get what she wanted from the grocery store ("You don't need that"), would sleep on the sofa instead of caring for her, complained about how long it took her to do ANYthing ("She HAS to brush every individual tooth!"). It has been AWFUL! The sad thing is her daughter is just as bad! They both have "borderline personality disorder". That means NOTHING is their fault, they are not responsible, they are the mistreated party. So in their minds, my MIL is to blame for their yelling and mistreatment of her. If she would not be demanding ("Could you get me some yogurt?"), take so long to get ready, not ask for things she doesn't need (I'd like to have some ice cream.)......we would not have to yell at her!! CRAZY!

My husband just could not stand it any longer. He was finally feeling like he could assist in her care so we discussed it and decided this would be the best course of action. Amazingly, his sister agreed and helped move my MIL over here and has agreed to continue to handle her finances (which is something she does well).

We are taking one day at a time and trusting God for strength. We know we have done the right thing.

I Have NOT Disappeared!!!

I have not vanished, disappeared, fallen off the face of the earth, been abducted by aliens, gone on sabbatical, taken up residence in a monastery or forgotten my password!!!

I just haven't posted anything. Why, you may ask. Well, I don't have a good answer for that. I have been doing a lot of facebooking and game playing. I have also been continuing being nursemaid to my hubby and now I have been cleaning out a room and a closet because my mother in law is moving in with us!!!!! Yes, that's right! It's going to be fine. It had to be done. My sister in law and her daughter treat my MIL so badly and her life is miserable and we can't stand it anymore.

I promise to post more often. I need this forum. Venting is important....right.....and I may have LOTS of venting to do!!!

We Interrupt This Blog.......

.......for a very special announcement!!!!

WE'RE GOING TO BE GRANDPARENTS..
AGAIN!!!!!!

We found out yesterday when our son, daughter in law and Zoe came up for a visit. We are ecstatic! She estimates she is due in May. We are blessed!!!!