I'm so glad we made the trip to Tulsa, OK last summer for a week to spend time with Grams and Gramps Haynie along with the rest of the family. We didn't realize at the time that it would be the last time we got to see him. Addie got to meet Gramps and I got to know Gramps better. I had only met Gramps the night before my wedding and really hadn't gotten a lot of time with him. It was a fun trip and memories were made. At one point during the trip I was in the kitchen cleaning and he was sitting at the table. He looked at me and said "What are you doing?? Get over here and talk to me, I have stories to tell you!" So I listened to his stories for hours. I'm so glad I did.
Sadly our sweet Grampa Haynie passed away Tuesday March 29th. We had gotten a text informing us he wasn't doing well the Saturday prior but no one realized how badly he was doing. As soon as he heard the news we scrambled to find airline tickets. We had just about decided that we were not going to be able to go out for the funeral due to the insane cost of the tickets when we found a great deal flying out of Nashville. We packed up and headed out the next day and were able to be there for Grandma and Dad Haynie during the very difficult time.
It was nice to meet all of the family I've only "known" through facebook and to remember Gramps while spending time with the family. I'll never forget what Grandpa Haynie told me the night before I married Jarom as I was meeting him for the first time... "you don't want to marry him!" and he didn't even crack a smile. As he sat wearing his overalls and baseball cap I knew I loved him immediately.
Gramps and Grams with their three kids
From top left: Mary, LaVor, Linda, Gramps, Grams
Unfortunately Addie and I were suffering from allergies before we left for New Mexico and didn't feel 100%, but figured the NM air would dry us right up! Livy did really well on her first plane ride and even sat in a high chair for the first time when we were at the airport (Delta lost our stroller and carseat so we were forced to try it out for the first time!)
We got to New Mexico safely and Delta somehow managed to reroute our stroller and carseat so that by the time we got our luggage to leave for Belen our stroller and carseat arrived! Thank goodness!
Livy got sick for the first time that first night there with a virus that ended up being passed along to me, Addie, Jarom and who knows who else. :(
Until Addie and I got sick, we did some exploring.
Gramps didn't believe in throwing things away! Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without! Before I ever met Gramps I heard stories of the old traincar he had moved to their house. Jarom remembers so fondly the summer he, Dad, and Gramps built a dirtbike/motorcycle from all the bike parts Gramps had around and they got it up and running! I loved this shot.
Some of Gramps' treasures he found over the years.
We had a very eventful rest of the trip with the pukes and Addie puked for the first time ever on the plane home and then the nasty virus kept going around our family for 2 weeks. Sadly since I was sick I didn't get many pictures with my camera like I wanted. I sent Jarom with my camera to the burial so that he could get a few shots.
We miss our Gramps badly, he was so funny and sweet. Keep watch over us Gramps until we are together again.
On March 2nd I got the go ahead from our doctor to start real baby food! Livy turned 5 months on February 22nd, and was grabbing food off our plates. She is so interested in eating what we do! So I purchased a baby food maker that steams and then purees the food and started making her dinner each night. Her first food I made her was green beans and she was surprised by the texture of the green beans (they don't puree totally smooth) but she quickly got over it and gobbled it up. After a few bites she needed to "feed" herself and yanked the spoon from me.
Since then she's eaten some of everything. She LOVES everything I make her and I've had yet to feed her something I made that she didn't devour. Butternut squash, carrots, green beans, avacados, peas, spinach, pears, apples, bananas, etc. I've made all of her baby food from scratch and froze it. During April out of necessity when we were in New Mexico I bought a jar of organic green beans and she refused to eat it. I thought maybe it was due to her being sick and tried another jar at home a week ago and she still didn't want it! Food snob!
Livy started sitting up for longer periods by the end of March and started feeding herself banana puffs! She was so proud of herself for getting the food in her mouth and really was happy to have something that wasn't pureed! 
In March Livy still didn't have a single tooth yet, but loved food! Livy also started to pitch a fit when you took things away from her, but overall she's my happy chubby baby and I love her to pieces!!!
Jake, Addie, and Sally Ann
I made him chocolate chip muffins as a treat for breakfast (I think it's pure junk and have refused to make that "dessert" for breakfast for all of our married life until this birthday, lol!) Per his request we had BBQ baked chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, and ice cream cake. Easy meal!! 
It was a fun laid back evening but was just what Jarom wanted. 
The next day Addie ate her lunch in princess attire... hah!
Then it was crunch time to get my house put together! I hosted Bunco at my house in March and wanted to tie up all the "loose ends" at the house since our remodel last fall. I spent the third week of March in crazy mode and was up the night before Bunco until 5 AM refinishing the table that I boogered up the first time the day before. Bunco was fun and now I love my house! But we are looking at downsizing because we never use our upstairs... or maybe we just enjoy torturing ourselves with moves... who knows. :)
Livy's newly found scooting also found her under the couch.
