Back to our regularly scheduled program....

Thanks to everyone for your prayers and well-wishes for our grandsons. I am happy to report that both boys are home and doing well--I'm just sorry to be so slow in getting the updates posted.

Logan was diagnosed with a heart condition called PDA, somewhat common in preemies, but rare in full term babies.  The doctors at Arkansas Children's expect it to resolve on its own, which is certainly our prayer, and they will be following up with Logan.

This little cowboy is also doing well and will also be having follow-ups with his team at Children's in Dallas.  His mama posted a nice update here, if you want to pop over there for the details.

And now, a little peep at some photos I took while in Arkansas.  

Both of these pictures are views from the Children's Hospital.

Arkansas State Capitol

Little Rock skyline at sunset

Not what we were expecting....

....or where we hoped to be.

We have a grandson in 2 different Children's hospitals in 2 different states.

Logan was admitted to Arkansas Children's on Saturday night.

Alan was admitted to Children's in Dallas yesterday.

We need your prayers.

Just who we've been waiting for!

Our precious new grandson, Logan 

Born May 14, 2012 at 10:41 a.m.

8 lbs, 2 oz and 20 inches of pure sweetness!

Baby Watch--make that Baby Walk!

Still on baby watch.  My daughter, at 9 months, 3 days,

 took Bobby and me for a walk tonight.

Two miles. 

In Arkansas.

That's uphill and downhill. 

A lot.

Here we are at Topf Road.

Know why it's called that?

Because it's at the Topf of the hill!!!

Bwah haa haa haa!!

Baby Watch - T minus one and holding.....

What we are doing on Baby Watch 2012: 

Low: the Next Generation

"Official" due date: yesterday 5/9/12

Logan's birthdate: TBA

Nesting

I'm going to help my little chicken sit on her nest.

Watch this space for exciting news!

Wildflowers, poetically speaking

Or more accurately, 

just some pretty weeds.

I have found myself out and about much more than usual lately, both in the early mornings and late afternoons.  Since my camera comes along to capture the action, (and more action) I have also grabbed a few shots close to the ground.

They make for fun editing while I watch the Rangers.

Just a little tweaking to enhance the beauty in the eye of the beholder.

Play Ball!

We do love us some baseball around here. ("How 'bout them Rangers?")  This past weekend in North Little Rock we took out some time from Operation Baby Prep and celebrating the earth to take in an Arkansas Travelers game.  

 The Travs are the minor league team for the Los Angles Angels.  On this home series they were playing the Arkansas Naturals, the minor league team for the Kansas City Royals.

The Friday night game we had tickets for was rained out, so we got to do to a double header on Saturday. 

At one point during the game I got a text from my Texas son-in-law reminding me we were cheering for future Angels.  Oops.  Kind of a conflict of interest, there.  Oh well, we buckled down and rooted for the home team.  The Travs won both games!

Little Rock skyline

Night sky

Earth Day in Arkansas

We were out and about this weekend visiting Kristin and Matt in Arkansas.

This was our last pre-baby visit.  The next time we are there will be BIRTHday!!

What started out as going to a cloth diaper event ended up on the campus of Heifer International at the Earth Day Festival.  Below are some pictures of my perspective.  For the low-down, see Kristin's blog.

Nicaraguan Food Fun

I have a whole long post I want to do on the Nicaraguan food that we enjoyed there, but until I can get it all put together, here are a couple of interesting things I wanted to share.

I'm pretty much consumed at the moment (all week & counting) performing my civic duty, and so tired I can hardly string words together, so this will be quick.

Notice the interesting way the salads are presented, stacked carefully in little pyramids.  And most salads come with a slice or wedge of beets.  This was a theme we observed the entire trip.

Of the four salads above, we only ate the one on the blue tablecloth.

 More about that in the food post yet to come.

I didn't discover this next little oddity until I was editing pictures for the afore mentioned 'food post yet to come'.  On several occasions I captured my eyeglasses/sunglasses in the pictures with the food.  It is a habit of mine to not eat in my glasses, but I thought it was funny that they turned up so often in the pictures.  I can guarantee they are just out of range in all the others in the 'food post  yet to come'. 

I will be back when my head clears, hopefully sooner than later!