Family Time in Portland
Visiting my granddaughter is always a fun and exciting time.
Autumn is 18 months old now. I try to see her as often as I could. My last visit was March 12 to 19 this year. I arrived on Wednesday night when Autumn was in bed. The next morning when I woke up and went to the living room, she welcomed me by showing me some of her toys and how she played with them. Then she came over and leaned on me, let me hug her.
Autumn loves books. When Mercy, Will or I sat on the floor Indian style, she picked out book after book, sat on our laps and handed us the books to read to her. She also loves to read by herself.
We sing the nursery rhymes and songs to her. She now can sing many tunes such as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, in “Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah ah” with hand motions. She can sing E-I-E-I-O in perfect vowels and tune. She has many books with single songs and she handed them to Will or Mercy to sing to her. One song was Row, Row, Row Your Boat. She said, “Row,” Will sang the first stanza. As soon as he finished, she said, “Rock,” and Will sang the second stanza.
When I put her to bed, she sang herself to sleep with a gentle perfect pitch child soprano tone. It delights this soprano grandma’s heart.
She is developing her fine motor skills and getting great in buckling the seat belts. She does that with patience and determination and steady hands until the buckle snapped. We clapped for her and now she also clapped for herself with a big grin on her face.
Mercy tries to keep a record of the new words Autumn learns every day, but Autumn learns to do new things faster than Mercy could record.
I know, the first two years of a person’s life is the fastest growth in proportion to the rest of the growth in a lifetime. These two years is also a time to build a foundation for the overall human development. I’m delighted to see Autumn growing into an intelligent and happy child.
The Showers of Blessings 
It is very important to have family time, but do you think that it will stay that way in the furture?
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Thank you for reading and comment. Yes, I’m seeing my daughter and granddaughter at least every two months, and they come to California once a year. They are working and I’m retired.
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U know shes lucky to have a granny like u😍
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Thank you so much. I enjoy seeing her. 🙂
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Adorable!
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Thank you so much for your comment! 🙂
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Autumn is adorable, Miriam! I love the pictures. Thank you for sharing these sweet moments with your granddaughter. ❤ xo
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Thank you, Vashti. I can’t get enough of her!! I look forward to Mother’s Day – my next visit. ❤ ❤
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❤ xo
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❤ 🙂
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Oh how lovely…beautiful relationship of grandparents and grand children.
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Thank you very much, Bella! I’m glad they’re only 1,000 miles away, two hours of flight. I go every one or two months for visit.
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Goodness she is growing up fast. These are very precious moments.
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Yes, surely they are. I’m glad to see her often!
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So sweet, such special moments💖
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Thank you, Jenny. ❤
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It grows like a very beautiful flower. It is a blessing that came to your family. Good for you.
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Yes, she is a beautiful flower. I’m glad you read both posts and connect our 3 generations in our blessed family!!
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Beautiful… Blessings and love to you all!
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Yes, we count our blessings every day, thank you, Bette!! ❤
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Beautiful girl 💜💜
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Thank you so much, Willow. ❤ ❤
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She certainly is 💜💜
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It gives me smiles by looking at her photos in her Tinybeans account every day. ❤ ❤
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💜💜
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Your grand-daughter is just a little doll! So cute and smart! I’m glad to hear she likes books and music already, too. Such a loving family you have. ❤
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Thank you very much, Barbara. Yes, she is precious and at a fun stage too. ❤
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How quickly they grow up😁
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I know, Garfield. I’m glad I have time to go see her often. 🙂
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💕👍🐾🐾🤗🤗
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🙂 ❤ 🙂
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What fun, Miriam. She’s so cute and fun at this age. I’m glad you’re enjoying your grandmother time. 🙂
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Thank you, Diana. Yes, she is my priority for a while. 🙂
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What a proud Grandma and a gorgeous Granddaughter with her Mum. So clever. Spending time with young children like this is a wonderful privilege and one of the most delightful experiences in life – especially when it’s one of your own.
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Thank you, Norah. I wanted to post the video to show how long she read by herself by it took too long to upload the video on YouTube. She climbed in the chair in her room to read many months ago. It makes my heart warm.
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Wow! She is so adorable. Cute granddaughter you have, Miriam. God bless you all. 🙂
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Stella, thank you for stopping by. Yes, we’re blessed with a cute and happy kid!! 🙂
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Wow, how fast time moves, Miriam. Autumn is so cute now and such a big girl.
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Yes, Robbie, she is a big girl now, and a good helper also.
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A beautiful little angel.
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Thank you Hélène! She bring so much joy to us!
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