SATURDAY UPDATE ON MY GRANDSON, CJK, PLEASE KEEP PRAYING

First of all-

Thank you for your prayers.
Here is our boy-o tonight.

I want to give a 

 SPECIAL THANK YOU

to 

Lauren @ Simply LKJ

She mentioned Kristin @

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia's little boy

that was diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease. 
It is rare and strikes about 2,000-4,000
children a year-usually boys.

Because of that comment on my blog

CJK was re-evaluated yesterday and

they started him on an IVGV infusion

for the treatment of Kawasaki Disease.

When I went in this morning he said
"Nana" and smiled when I gave him a
Spongebob Squarepants pillow.
He had never watched Spongebob until
he was sitting in the hospital room and 
he was fascianted with him.
Now he has one of his very own.

They "think" it is Kawasaki's and the  symptoms
seem to point that way.
They will have to follow up to make sure 
there is no artery or heart damage-
that is the biggest side effect.

He MAY need a blood transfusion tomorrow
but we are hoping his blood count comes up tonight
so that he doesn't require that.

He still has some liver abnormalities
so please continue to pray that he
heals completely.

Thank you all so much.
Sometimes I wonder WHY I blog.
I am not all that great at any one thing.
I post about my grandkids and 
REALLY RANDOM stuff...
and yet...
when I had a sick grandchild
BLOGGING may have saved his life,
because without Laurel mentioning
Kristin's son,  they might not 
have reacted in time to save 
little CJK's heart from severe damage.
I always knew God was part of blogging!

UPDATE ON MY GRANDSON CJK

I am home for the night.

This will be short and sweet.

CJK is holding his own.

They are still not sure what is making

him sick but he ate about 

1/2 cup of applesauce today

and a 1/2 slice of toast.

It's the first thing he has eaten

since Sunday.

His temperature keeps spiking when

the meds wear off

and he is pretty lethargic.

They did more tests on him today

and, hopefully, tomorrow 

we will have some answers.

We want to see him and 

Daddy smiling like this again soon.

Thank you for your continuing prayers.

Please continue to pray.

I believe in the healing power

of God and thanks to all of

you that have put him on prayer chains.

I KNOW that you are praying 

for him and all of us

so

I am closing the comments 

so that you don't have to respond

this time

Thank you and we love you all!

I will give you another update

tomorrow night when I get home.

UPDATE ON MY GRANDSON-PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY

First of all,

Thank you all so much.

I cannot believe how many of you have reached

out to me and my family with your prayers

for this little boy, CJK,

who sat here with us eating 

just a few short days ago.

I wish I could respond to each of you individually

and, eventually, I will.

Right now all my energy is going towards

seeing our family through this medical mystery.

My grandson, CJK, remains a sick little boy.

They are trying to figure out why he is so sick.

He has a recurring fever that flares as soon

as the meds wears off.

The thing that has them worried though

is that his blood work numbers remain high.

They are flooding his little body with one

heavy antibiotic after another to try to

stop whatever it is that has attacked him.

His little lips are swollen and sore from fever

so he can't eat or drink.

He would not take his pacifier because it

hurt him to suck on it.

His parents are worn out but holding up well.

They are  doing a marvelous job

in handling this but

all of our hearts are heavy

as we look at this little boy in pain

and stand by helplessly,

unable to do anything to help him.

We are all praying hard but know 

that he will be in the pediatric unit 

for several more days.

Please continue to pray for 

our sweet little baby boy.

Pray that God will give the medical team

the wherewithal to figure out 

what is wrong with him

and treat him accordingly.

Today is Thanksgiving and I am so thankful

that God has blessed us with this child-

with all our children and grandchildren.

We are richly blessed and know that 

our little guy is in His hands.

I want to see him here, like this,

SOON!

He loves his Nana and his Nana

loves him!

Thank you again for all your prayers

and support.

I truly love you all.

PLEASE PRAY HARD FOR MY LITTLE GRANDSON

My little grandson is VERY sick.

He went into the hospital last night

and was admitted into the 

Intensive Care Unit 

this morning.

They don't know what is wrong

with him so they are doing a 

battery of tests.

Some of his blood work numbers

are off the charts.

Please pray that they can find out

what is wrong with him and 

pray that they are able to find

the correct measures needed

to make him well.

I will come back as I can and 

let you know what is going on.

God bless you all.

Happy Thanksgiving to you if I don't 

get back before then.

The Winners- Pick Your Favorite

Well,  you know-

No matter WHAT table setting you picked yesterday

YOU ARE ALL WINNERS TO ME!

I tallied all the votes that came in before

this morning.

I was not too surprised at the results.

The winner was #4

RUSTIC PLANK

I loved that one, too.

digdigs

There were three that ran neck to neck.

I have a lot of fun with this.

I knew that THE ONE BELOW

would get at least ONE VOTE
I put this on there with her in mind.

Anyone know who voted for this one?

Digdigs

 BJ over at Sweet Nothings

picked that one.  I KNEW she would!

She is my MacKenzie Childs lover 

of checks and colors..

Well, ladies (and at least one gent, RON),

I had a sweet, sick little baby boy here Sunday

and all day yesterday so I am a tad behind.

Bear with me as I try to get around to visit.

After yesterday,

I am changing the name of my home from

House On The Bay

TO

Nana's Pukearama.

Shall I reserve you a room?

Breath Of Christmas Tour

Every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving

my three girls and I  go on a

Christmas Tour.

The homes are always beautiful and 

have been professionally decorated for the

Christmas Season by different shops and stores

in our area.

I won't bore you with a lot of talk

but here are a few of the beautiful ideas that

Breath Of Christmas

provides.

Have you seen those candles that have the "flame"

on a little wire and it moves according to how much

heat the little light below it puts out!

AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL

It looks like a real flame!

Sorry about the quality of pictures that follow.

Red

Silver

Inside

Outside

It was a wonderful day.

Oh! The sights we saw!

From feathered Dining Room

To Simple Kitchen

Yeah- It WAS fun to see the 

BREATH of CHRISTMAS tour.

You know what ELSE 

made us catch our breath?

My daughter-in-law wondered

if people don't really look

at themselves in the mirror.
A girl had on jeans that were
SO TIGHT
she could hardly walk.
No- they were NOT leggings-
they were good old Levi jeans!
I had a picture on here early
this morning but decided it wasn't
very nice to show you someone's butt
so I took it off.
(the picture not the butt)

MyHero says my wicked 
sense of humor is going to
backfire on me one day.

I am sure it will-
hopefully, not today,
that's why I took the 
"tight jeans on a butt" 
picture off my blog!

You wanted to see it , huh?
Well, there's an old saying-
You snooze-you lose.
Sorry, sleepyhead!

Packer Game today

so I will visit later in the day!

Happy Happy Birthday Mama's Boy

Here you were, minutes after birth.

Look at that head of hair!

You had chubby little cheeks

and loved your rocking horse.

You loved the swimming pool

when we lived in Florida.

You were SO sad when we told you

that you were too big for

a sink bath.

One day we turned around

and you were five.

Five?

Five!

At six you loved playing ball.

And although you played soccer

for ELEVEN years.

(yes I was a soccer Mom

I never missed a match)

I could not find a single

picture of you in one of

your soccer uniforms.

You were a rabbit

BY CHOICE

for so many years that I lost track

of how many bunny costumes I made.

The years flew by.

You grew up into a fine young man.

We were over the moon

when you married

the girl we all love.

And..as your sisters had

children you became a

wonderful Uncle..

because you still have a lot of

'KID' in you.

But the biggest blessing 

in your life

(besides marrying your sweet wife)

is that you have a precious

little son of your own.

And HE loves his Nana!

Yes!He!Does!

Now I know

that you are looking forward

to owning THIS someday..

You even give SweetCheeks a ride in it

sometimes just so you can enjoy it...

But-It's not gonna be your birthday present

this year cuz...

I might be OLD but

I ain't dead yet!

Happy Birthday, Son!

You are loved and you are a 

wonderful son!

(But not enough to get my car)

One of these years I will announce 

that it is YOURS 

 on my blog

and you can come pick it up-

it'll be yours!

You will have 15 seconds to call and

claim your prize after the post shows up.

Good luck!

Romantic Homes November 2013- Where Is The Blogger Feature

For years when you opened 

the first few pages of

 Romantic Homes

you were greeted by 

small profiles of different bloggers.

They have QUIT profiling bloggers

like they once did..

WHY?

Romantic Homes, are you listening?

We (bloggers) LOVED that feature!

I found so many wonderful blogs

through their magazine introductions..

Blogs I would NEVER have discovered otherwise.

Their November cover, however, 

is as beautiful as always

and I will tell you about that blogger

later on in this post.

Inside there are articles that feature

several of my fellow bloggers.

I have loved Elyse Major since 

I first discovered her blog

Tinkered Treasures

If you purchase the magazine,

 there is a tutorial on

how to make this:

Our Elyse is sumthin'!

There is also a seven page feature on Anja's

Butyiksofie blog.

She has a beautiful home in Germany.

The magazine article is full of beauty.

Here is one more sneak peak 

into Anjia's life.

I have been following 

Cindy Roberts from Cute Pink Stuff 

for a while now.

Not only is she talented,

 she is a lovely person.

Her home is on the cover above AND

she has a SIXTEEN PAGE spread!

Yes!  You read that right! 16 pages.

Here is one little reason 

WHY she got so much press.

Cindy, Can I come sit at your table if I promise to behave?

I cannot for the life of me figure out 

who this house belongs to 

unless it is the stylist, 

Charlotte Safavi.

There is no mention (that I could see) 

of the owner's name.

If I missed the name I apologize.

Anyway, the table below caught my eye,

as did the light above it.

My daughter has that set-only her seat covers are 

cream needle point with a floral much like this one.

It belonged to her paternal 

Great-Grandmother Hazel.

We enjoyed many meals sitting there 

during the Holidays.

And-when it was in GG Hazel's house

THAT same light fixture hung above the table.

The hospital bought the house and we were able

to save the light fixture.  

We used it in a house we rehabbed 

and the new owners

requested that we leave it there when 

we sold them the house- we did.

And, last but not least,

Susan Frick has an article called 

Silver Bells

She has a blog called Evelyn & Rose, too.

Here is just a snippet of what she had published.

I did not know her before but I am follower now!

So, there you have it-

November's issue of Romantic Homes.

Come back tomorrow and I'll show you 

what I am up to now!

I  HEARD THAT- 

Who said I was up to

NO GOOD?

Be careful what you say- Santa is watching-

I'd hate to see you get coal in your stocking-

unless that's what you want, of course!

Sweet Cheeks Has A New Home-It's French!!!

I didn't post about this earlier 

because I wanted to make sure that the 

sale was secured.

As of the end of December.

 my grandchildren

will live 30 miles away 

instead of about 5 miles away.

They will have a new home...and

OH! What a home it is.

Here is a sneak preview.-

Front of the house-

Back of the house-

Foyer entry has a grand stairway

and the foyer is round.

The wallpaper has been removed

since this picture was taken.

It has 4 LARGE bedrooms and 3 full baths

AND an in-ground pool.

It's an amazing house-sits on a few acres and 

overlooks the city.

It is a feast for the eyes on a clear night

to look out and see the city all lit up.

They can even see Lambeau Field-

although not THIS close!

It's way off to the righ in the picture above.

That's important in this area

because even my son-in-law owns one of  these...

Oh- Yeah- 

They don't call us  

Stupid Cheddar Heads Cheeseheads

for nothing!

I'll be back to show you more of the house 

in a few days or so.

It is going to be AMAZING!