..12/21/2010..

Cohen is....WALKING!! :) I was starting to get a little worried because he was almost 13 months and still hadn't started walking. I mean he would hold on to your hands and go but that was it. I was at work when Chris called me and told me that Cohen started walking. I started to cry. I was happy and sad at the same time. Sad that I missed it and sad because that means that my little guy is getting soo big! He walks around like crazy now and is getting soo good. I love him lots. :) I hope you all had a very merry Christmas! (I will post about that soon.)

..Rodger Glen Case 1938~2010..

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Yesterday December 8, 2010 was my grandpa Rodgers birthday. He would have been 71.
He passed away September 8, 2010. I miss him so much. There are so many things I remember about my gramps. Going on rides on his blue motorcycle or big red truck, trying to teach me to play guitar, Sunday afternoons he would give me and my step sister Brittany all his change to walk to Macey's because we weren't allowed to hang out on Sunday's but we HAD to get out of the house, he was a great story teller and always had a story to tell, he would give me rides before I could drive, anywhere I needed to go and didn't ever complain, he helped me get the jelly bean when I was 16 after my first car died, the dream catcher necklace he made me, the Indian name he gave me when I was 16, his wisdom and philosophy of life, there wasn't anything he couldn't do.
I do regret that Cohen never got to meet him and I hope that he understands why and the reasoning. It had nothing to do with him and I wish the circumstances would have been different, but he will meet him someday and I will make sure to tell Cohen all about his great grandpa Rodger.
I have been thinking a lot lately about how short life is, how I take small everyday things for granted. This year I am going to spend more time with family and friends, make sure that I am doing things that I enjoy. I am also going to s.l.o.w down and actually enjoy life, I feel like sometimes I get so caught up in errands, laundry, dishes, vacuuming, going to work, etc.. that I miss things or I don't spend enough quality time with Cohen. I have been working on letting the dishes pile up or the laundry if it means that I get to spend more one on one time with Cohen.
I love you grandpa and I miss you so much. I think about you often and the littlest things remind me of you. You are truly missed but I know that you are "driving the Highways of Heaven smiling down on all of us." Love you gramps.