My Grandpa Traynor

My grandfather passed away last Monday, September 17th. In a way it was sudden and in a way it wasn't. Either way, it was hard, it was sad, and I hated seeing him go. My sister and I were very close to both of my grandparents growing up, we lived within minutes of each other in Michigan and spent a lot of time with them. I remember having so much fun at grandma's and grandpa's. They always lived on a lake and always had boats, jet skis and other fun things to do. We would spend so much time out on that lake, tubing, knee boarding, swimming. It was a blast! My grandparents also had a vacation home in Clearwater beach and we would take trips twice a year together. Also throughout the year we would all visit their home in Caseville "Up North" (in Michigan) as we would call it. I have a lot of memories with Grandpa growing up. He was a self made man who came from nothing and worked his tail off to get to a financially secure place in life. He achieved that plus some, Nothing short of a rags to riches story. This man lived life. Vacationing all around the world, he had a heart for sports, politics, and business. He was smart and could hold a conversation with anyone about anything. I'm extremely proud to call Bill Traynor my grandfather. 

Savannah and I flew to Michigan right after I got the news. It was important for me to be there, not only to say my goodbye to him but to be together as a family. There were 3 days of services which I know was tough on my family. Grandma was a trooper and held strong the whole way through, after 60 years together, that is no small feat. I was proud of her. My grandparents had 6 children (my mom being one of them), their oldest daughter Debbie passed away in 1987. So grandma had her 5 children there for support. The funeral was beautiful, emotional and amazing all wrapped into one. Nothing was missed. The Officiant, Dave, who is family, did an amazing job. I've never cried so much. Between the speeches, the surrounding of family and friends, some of his favorite songs being played in between, it was again, extremely emotional. 

I'm so happy that grandpa got to meet his great granddaughter Savannah. They visited during my pregnancy where we were able to spend an entire month together and we got to spend last Christmas together. But one moment in time I will never forget is when grandpa walked me down the aisle on December 5, 2009. I hope I made you proud Grandpa, I love you. 

In Memoriam of William F. Traynor
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Our trip to Michigan

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Music class

Savannah and I are really enjoying her "music class" (I put it in quotes only because I feel it's more than just a music class) we went 3 times last week, and Shane got to come along on Saturday. I've been wanting him to see her in that environment, why? Because she's so dang cute! She's so laid back, it's fun just watching her. When circle time starts, which is the music part, she sits on her square by herself, holds onto her maracas- 3 preferably and just stares at Ms. Linda as she sings. She sits through about 10 songs by herself (I sit next to her) Its pretty awesome. I've met a lot of really nice moms and I enjoy the mom talk. So here are some pictures from our classes.
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Her new buddy Aiden, (someone just walked in)



Look out dolly go!




Playing cash register, a future accountant maybe? No no no.




How many maracas can I hold at the same time?




Catching bubbles!

Mimi & Papa's

One of Savannah's favorite things to do at Mimi and Papa's house is go in their room and turn the radio on and off, and if there is a good song on, she'll bust out some of her dance moves.

I give up.

I tried changing the mobile template on the blog and in doing so I messed up the "live blog" background, fonts and header. Guess what I need to fix it? My MacBook.

RIP my beloved MacBook

Ok ok so maybe I'm being a tad dramatic. I really didn't realize how much I loved the MacBook until I didn't have it anymore. Its been going downhill for some time now so we knew this day was coming. Still, nothing can prepare you for the moment when you innocently open up your laptop to do a blog post and it. Will. Not. Turn. On. Finito. Done. Deal. Ugh. I took her to the computer doctor yesterday to see if there was any hope, and he said we would need a specialist, ie...the Apple store. My thoughts? Sounds expensive. We have an iPad, but it's not the same and we'll always need a main computer of some sort. So I guess we'll be taking a trip to the Apple store ($$$$) to see what can be done, a new one just isn't in the budget right now :(

So looks like the blog will suffer a little (try to contain yourself) I cant get blogger to work properly from Safari so I added the blogger app which makes me feel like I've stepped back in time when using it. So I researched other blogging apps, found one that looked great; when I tried purchasing it I was told I needed to update the iPad to iOS 5, say huh? Nothing a google search can't fix; I figured out what I needed to do, However was told I need my MacBook to update. I'll say it again, Ugh.

Ps. A new MacBook will be on my upcoming Christmas and birthday lists, spread the word. Thanks.

Kids Kingdom!

Yesterday morning Savannah and I went to Kids Kingdom, a learning and indoor play place. I called ahead and found out they were doing a music class at 10:30, I thought Perfect! And I must say, I got so much more then just music. They did open play for 15 minutes then it was music time where we all sat in a circle with small instruments and the teacher did sing-a-longs. Savannah was mesmerized by it all! Then we did the parachute thingy like they do in gymboree then the teacher did learning and motor skills activities. I can't tell you how great she did and how focused she was while doing it. It was great watching her. I learn so much about her personality when we do these types of things together so I really loved it. Luckily, this place is open everyday (I believe) even on Saturdays so Shane can go. I only had a chance to take pictures when we first got there and she just loved this little car!

Tumble Time

Well I'm really getting the hang of this SAHM bit. (so.... it took me 16 months... so what) Like I've said in the past, staying busy is key! With it being one of the hottest times of the year I've struggled with finding things to do indoors, but finally I've found a few fun places for us to go. With air conditioning. Yes, it's that important. Anywho, last Friday we went to Tropical Twisters, a gymnastics place that offers "open gym" Friday mornings. It was really fun for both of us, it felt more like mommy and me playtime rather then putting her down and letting her just roam. There was a huge open area for her to run and for me to chase her, a trampoline style runway that you can run and jump into a huge foam pit, mats, bars and soft toys for her to play with. All of which I could do with her. For 5 bucks, it was totally worth it.