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FReeper Canteen ~ It's A Baby Shower ~ 09 January 07
The Canteen Crew | Serving The Best Troops In The World

Posted on 01/08/2007 5:59:26 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska


 

 
Welcome To The Canteen's Online Baby Shower
for all our Grandmothers-To-Be!
Luv W -- her son David, an active duty member of the US Air Force, and his wife are expecting baby #1

Lisa Malia - 2nd grandbaby, due in August

Mountain Flower - grandbaby due in July

Laurenmarlowe - grandbaby is due at the end of January

 

 

I like to walk with grandma,
Her steps are short like mine.
She doesn't say "Now hurry up",
She always takes her time.

I like to walk with grandma,
Her eyes see things like mine do -
Wee pebbles bright, a funny cloud,
Half hidden drops of dew.

Most people have to hurry,
They don't stop and see
I'm glad that God made Grandma.
Unrushed, and young like me.

~Poem by Thena Smith~  

 

Grandmothers

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.
Author Unknown

There's no place like home except Grandma's.
Author Unknown

A house needs a grandma in it.
Louisa May Alcott

When a child is born, so are grandmothers.
Judith Levy

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.
Author Unknown

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace.
Christopher Morley

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.
Phyllis Theroux

A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance."
Author Unknown

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while.....but our hearts forever.
Author Unknown

If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.
Italian Proverb

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend
Author Unknown

Perfect love sometimes does not come till the first grandchild.
Welsh Proverb

Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all.
Fanny Fern

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.
Lois Wyse

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
Proverb

A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother.
William Shakespeare

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. When a man's mother holds his child in her gladden arms he is aware of the roundness of life's cycle; of the mystic harmony of life's ways.
Christopher Morley

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
Alex Haley

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.
Pam Brown

My grandmother always used to say, “If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?” I always remember this and it’s true. You have to start each day again—you can’t repeat what you did.
Marian Seldes

My Grandmother would say, "Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I’ve taught you to be."
Jamie Foxx

To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
Victor Hugo

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.
Marcy DeMaree

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.
Erma Bombeck

It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother - that's why the world calls her grandmother.
Author Unknown

It took me a long time to get used to the reality that my grandmother had passed away. Wherever I was, in the house, in the garden, out on the fields, her face always appeared so clearly to me.
Huynh Quang Nhuong

When trying to determine the difference between a negative and positive force, ask yourself, "How will I feel when my mother and grandmother read about this in the front page of the newspaper?"
David DeNotaris

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.
Lois Wyse
 

If you want to share any advice, ideas, or thoughts with any of our Grandmothers-To-Be, please share it on the thread.

If you want to play other games, start one and we'll all play. Thank you! Have fun everyone!

 

 


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To: laurenmarlowe

re: 55
Thanks for playing the National Anthem!

And congradulations, Grandma to be!!!

Hug them and kiss them non-stop.
I can't even get close enough for a kiss to my 17yr old. :)


141 posted on 01/08/2007 8:47:32 PM PST by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; LisaMalia; MountainFlower; laurenmarlowe; StarCMC; mylife; TASMANIANRED; ...

Thanks for tonites thread Star and Ma!
Gongrats to the Grandmas to be!
Good evening Canteeners and Troops!
How's everybody tonight?
I'm in for abit!
Hugs alla round!
Ms.B


142 posted on 01/08/2007 8:49:03 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (women who behave rarely make history)
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To: MeekMom

thanks meek!


143 posted on 01/08/2007 8:49:52 PM PST by MountainFlower (Brownback, Brownback, He's Our Man!!)
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To: Randy Larsen

You may be waiting a while Grumpa ;0)


144 posted on 01/08/2007 8:50:30 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Randy Larsen

Don't look at me! i am too new to know what i am doing yet. sorry, gramps!


145 posted on 01/08/2007 8:50:55 PM PST by MountainFlower (Brownback, Brownback, He's Our Man!!)
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To: Randy Larsen

::blushing::


146 posted on 01/08/2007 8:51:56 PM PST by MountainFlower (Brownback, Brownback, He's Our Man!!)
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To: Randy Larsen

Yeah, go ahead. Post away. I'd love to see your grandbabies! :)


147 posted on 01/08/2007 8:52:06 PM PST by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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To: laurenmarlowe; LUV W; MountainFlower; LisaMalia; All
It is cold!


148 posted on 01/08/2007 8:52:19 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
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To: MeekMom; Randy Larsen

only if we get to see grampa, too!


149 posted on 01/08/2007 8:53:31 PM PST by MountainFlower (Brownback, Brownback, He's Our Man!!)
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To: Randy Larsen

Yeah Randy. Show us your handsome self!! hee hee hee


150 posted on 01/08/2007 8:59:03 PM PST by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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To: Randy Larsen

I would love to see your grandbabies!

You don't have to wait for a "Grandpa" thread. This one will do fine! :D


151 posted on 01/08/2007 9:01:44 PM PST by luvie (We didn't lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Egad! That is cold!

and I was whining at our temperature! LOL!

Click for Odessa, Texas Forecast
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152 posted on 01/08/2007 9:04:11 PM PST by luvie (We didn't lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

God Bless the grandparents of all of our troops as we pray for their safety and return home.

All of us GP's appreciate the beautiful words in behalf of grandparents. It's an easy job! All you have to do is love.

Nana


153 posted on 01/08/2007 9:04:17 PM PST by Texas Termite (We give thanks daily.)
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To: Texas Termite

How sweet! Yes, love is the cement that holds families together from the youngest to the oldest!


154 posted on 01/08/2007 9:05:01 PM PST by luvie (We didn't lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

MS.BEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

(((((((((((hugs)))))))))

Thanks for the congrats! It won't be long now.

How are you tonight! Hope you had a great day!


155 posted on 01/08/2007 9:07:11 PM PST by luvie (We didn't lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)
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To: MeekMom; laurenmarlowe; LUV W; ninergold3; LisaMalia; mylife; Randy Larsen; trussell; ...
Laughing Baby! This WILL make you laugh!
156 posted on 01/08/2007 9:09:10 PM PST by MountainFlower (Brownback, Brownback, He's Our Man!!)
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To: LUV W

Well????? Is the Newest Freeper Here Yet?????


157 posted on 01/08/2007 9:09:18 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

thanks for the shirt and pillow, sandrat!


158 posted on 01/08/2007 9:10:19 PM PST by MountainFlower (Brownback, Brownback, He's Our Man!!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
This is how I found out that I would be a Grumpa for the 3rd time

The Little Dude was born on his Daddies birthday, Aug 27, 2006!

Here he is at 6 months!

I'm one PROUD Grumpa!

159 posted on 01/08/2007 9:11:12 PM PST by Randy Larsen (I'd rather be LUCKY than GOOD!)
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To: MountainFlower

You are most well come.


160 posted on 01/08/2007 9:11:35 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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