Nanny's Nest: December 2009

Our year as a family began with the birth of our little Miss Aisy, Jenna and Bryan's little one. From there the year has flown faster than reindeer toward Christmas. It has been a year of financial challenges for most of us and the creation of a zillion memories.

Jenna and Bryan went through many changes as Conlan went off to Kindergarten, Aisy grew through her first year phases, Bryan faced a fast paced work schedule, and Jenna went back to college working toward a degree in Interior Architecture and Design.

Audra was laid off from her job of 10 years and will continue her job search
after the birth of her baby girl. Sienna at 11+, now in middle school, finished for Christmas break with straight A's and is section leader in the band. She plays Baratone. Tristan is as always his energetic self at 8 years and is not a big fan of school. Video games are his favorite hobby to date. Kyla, age two is happy to have Mommy home while she awaits her new sisters arrival. I have yet to see it but have heard she does a mean dance to "All the Single Ladies" by Beyonce.

Jeremy is now living in his own place in Redondo Beach, California. He spends time in his recently acquired bachelor life between his job at Raytheon and time with friends.

Sasha (on the right) is working at the Physical Therapy office in Torrance. She will be managing the office sometime next year. She and boyfriend Izzy enjoy side trips to San Diego and Vegas.

Brianna works full time consulting for ICM on site at Honeywell. In May she started Massage Therapy. We lovingly refer to her as our "Anatomy Geek". If by chance you should hit a body part she is more than happy to give you the proper anatomy term for that part. Her 3 year old Caydon had some feeding issues this year, but with the help of our PT, OT, Speech/Feeding Therapists he has finally walked assisted in his walker, learned to roll from tummy to back and back to tummy, and we hope he will sit alone. Every step small or large is a miracle for us to treasure.

I spent 2009 searching for my cowboy. I found this one, but he was a bit too young.

Other than my cowboy search I have spent the majority of the year working with Caydon and his therapists, helping Jen with her kids while she attends school, began organizing my sewing/craft loft area, struggling to keep in shape during the heat with long walks, and squeezing in my handwork and crafts wherever possible. Always Grammy Nanny I spend as much time as I can with my grandkids. The highlight of my Halloween was creating the costume, at right, as the Which Way Witch. A slap at my own inadequacy in being directionally challenged! Thus the feet hanging at the bottom of my skirt.

Lessons Learned for the Year