{"id":3671,"date":"2012-04-29T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T01:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2012-04-29T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T01:56:00","slug":"two-faces-of-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2012\/04\/two-faces-of-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Faces of R"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My kids and I celebrated Easter several weeks late this year, &#8216;cuz that&#8217;s when it worked for all of us.  So I got to spend a day &#038; half with my sweet little grandson again.  And joy of joys, he was well so I came home well, too!<\/p>\n<p>R is generally a happy little boy.  He smiles and laughs easily, is easy-going in general and is interested in everything.  He&#8217;s started crawling up a storm &#8211; watch out now, Mom &#038; Dad!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/happy-Rusty2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/happy-Rusty2.jpg\" alt=\"happy Rusty3\" title=\"happy-Rusty\" width=\"450\" height=\"588\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3679\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He loves this little footstool, playing it as if it were his conga drum.  Those little fingers have also helped pick the piping into a not-so-pretty sight, but he sure doesn&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<p>When you see his papa holding him, you see immediately how much R looks like his dad.  Here you can barely see dad in the background.<\/p>\n<p>This little guy is also interesting to me in that he often seems to be lost in thought, sometimes almost a bit worried about something too deep for me to grasp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Rusty-Baxter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Rusty-Baxter.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty &amp; Baxter\" title=\"Rusty-&amp;-Baxter\" width=\"291\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Rusty-Baxter.jpg 291w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Rusty-Baxter-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Rusty-Baxter-97x150.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fact that his dog here is giving him a kiss really doesn&#8217;t have a negative impact on that expression &#8211; R is just as likely to be laughing and grabbing onto the face fur of his dog.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pleasure watching this little one grow day by day and week by week.  I&#8217;ve taken to singing the same little song to him (one that I made up to the tune of K-K-K-Katy) every time I see him and that mom calls me on speakerphone.  It won&#8217;t be long that when he hears the song over the phone he&#8217;ll know it&#8217;s Grandma Peg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your turn: what&#8217;s bringing joy to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My kids and I celebrated Easter several weeks late this year, &#8216;cuz that&#8217;s when it worked for all of us. So I got to spend a day &#038; half with my sweet little grandson again. And joy of joys, he was well so I came home well, too!<\/p>\n<p>R is generally a happy little boy. 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