We have a granddaughter! Who knew? NOT me apparently! What a shocker! EVERYTHING pointed towards a boy! But it was way cool to be soooo surprised! I knew we had a girl coming in but didn't think she'd be first! We were all so shocked! I think part of the shock was actually seeing the baby, she is REAL! It's just so amazing! I am still flying high from the sonogram today!
When we went to the prenatal spa and did the scan, they put it on a big screen. I taped it. It is the best movie I've ever seen! It was mesmerizing to watch her move her hands, head, mouth, it was so cool! We stared at it and just couldn't believe that was our grand daughter up there and Elatia and J.R. couldn't believe that was their daughter. It was so surreal! The tears did flow. Well I am exhausted from being so deliriously happy and will continue this story, but you have the cliff notes for now.
IT'S SO GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
TOMORROW! TOMORROW! ....
We find out tomorrow, it's only a day away! *Sung like Annie* Yep! Even more excited now that the day is approaching. I am planning my outfit tonight because I want to make sure I look good on camera. :-D I want to video us getting ready, picking up Elatia and J.R. getting to the facility, the actual scan etc! I feel like Shannon Tweed on Family Jewels. What a gift Shannon has given her family with the home movies. Yea, I'm sure her kids haven't always been amused by them, especially being broadcast on TV, but I know they will love those movies later. I'm sorry I didn't tape my kids more. Considering how Elatia and J.R. documented their European trip, I don't think it's going to be an issue of not having enough pics or videos of their kids. That's right, I said kids. I know she has a girl coming in later.
I want to leave early because I want to stop and get Elatia a "mama" present. I saw a mug at Burlington Coat Factory that said "Mother" on it. Not sure if I am going to get her that or what, but I want to get her something special for this occasion.
Elatia was listening to the baby today and text me that she thought she heard the baby sucking his thumb! She said that's what it sounded like anyway. I thought she was effin with me, but she was serious. Who knows, maybe she did. She definitely hears him moving around, which is way cool!
I wonder if there will be tears of joy tomorrow with this scan unlike the 1st one. I really thought all of us would have cried with the 1st scan and it surprised me when we didn't. But with this being a prenatal spa, a more relaxed atmosphere and not in a Dr's busy office, AND the baby is way bigger and definably a human, and not a lima bean now, there just may be some tears tomorrow!
OMG! I'ma meetin my grand baby tomorrow! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
I want to leave early because I want to stop and get Elatia a "mama" present. I saw a mug at Burlington Coat Factory that said "Mother" on it. Not sure if I am going to get her that or what, but I want to get her something special for this occasion.
Elatia was listening to the baby today and text me that she thought she heard the baby sucking his thumb! She said that's what it sounded like anyway. I thought she was effin with me, but she was serious. Who knows, maybe she did. She definitely hears him moving around, which is way cool!
I wonder if there will be tears of joy tomorrow with this scan unlike the 1st one. I really thought all of us would have cried with the 1st scan and it surprised me when we didn't. But with this being a prenatal spa, a more relaxed atmosphere and not in a Dr's busy office, AND the baby is way bigger and definably a human, and not a lima bean now, there just may be some tears tomorrow!
OMG! I'ma meetin my grand baby tomorrow! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
COME ON TUESDAY!
A friend I went to middle & high school with & whose daughter is due a day AFTER Elatia, found out today she is having a granddaughter. We don't find out until Tuesday. I am so excited, I'm beside myself! Me, meet the other me, the one standing beside myself!
Not that I would be disappointed with a granddaughter, no way! I would be disappointed in myself and what I have been feeling but not having a granddaughter. I would be so shocked if we have a granddaughter is all. I mean between what Martin has been saying for quite sometime BEFORE Elatia was pregnant about a grandson, and then me seeing Andrew with his nephew, the Chinese calendar, and the baby's (Christian) ;-) great grandmother on J.R.'s side making a pendulum (geez we have a ton of them, she didn't need to make one!) to swing over Elatia's belly and sayin it's a boy, I'd be very surprised if she was having a girl. Like I said before, and don't care how cliche it sounds, but after what we have been through, all we care about is a healthy grandchild! That's all we really want!
So Tuesday we go to find out for sure what we are having. We are going to video tape it all! I want this on tape! Me, Martin, Elatia, J.R. and his mother are going. A friend told me about this place that is a prenatal spa. Elatia is getting a scan and a massage. We get a cd of pics of the scan. Then we go to lunch and after that we register for the baby shower, All of us! Did I mention how excited I am?!
Elatia bought a fetal heart monitor and has been spending a lot of time listening to the sounds inside her uterus. Her placenta, her pulse, her baby's heart beat when she can find it. She said she can hear the baby moving, even if she can't feel him move, she is able to hear him. That is so cool! I didn't have a cool gadget like that when I was pregnant. Glad she does, she sent me a link to hear his heart beat. As faint as it was, I could hear it. It was so surreal, still trying to wrap my head around all this. The odds of her getting pregnant were slim after having a rare ovarian tumor that Western med wanted to treat as an aggressive form of ovarian cancer, so to have this experience is amazing! There are so many emotions I am going through, especially as we approach Andrew's 3rd anniversary of his journey Home.
I am so proud of how Elatia is handling this pregnancy. She meditates and sends energy to the baby. That's my girl! I'm hoping that she will allow Martin to do hypnotherapy with her while she is in labor. She is his fav subject because she goes under so easily.
While it's still hard to believe we actually have a "new" soul, meaning, we probably go way back and have known each other many life times, coming into our family, it's going to get a little more real on Tuesday! AWESOME! Canni wait! Knowing what we know now about souls coming here, makes it that much more exciting!
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Not that I would be disappointed with a granddaughter, no way! I would be disappointed in myself and what I have been feeling but not having a granddaughter. I would be so shocked if we have a granddaughter is all. I mean between what Martin has been saying for quite sometime BEFORE Elatia was pregnant about a grandson, and then me seeing Andrew with his nephew, the Chinese calendar, and the baby's (Christian) ;-) great grandmother on J.R.'s side making a pendulum (geez we have a ton of them, she didn't need to make one!) to swing over Elatia's belly and sayin it's a boy, I'd be very surprised if she was having a girl. Like I said before, and don't care how cliche it sounds, but after what we have been through, all we care about is a healthy grandchild! That's all we really want!
So Tuesday we go to find out for sure what we are having. We are going to video tape it all! I want this on tape! Me, Martin, Elatia, J.R. and his mother are going. A friend told me about this place that is a prenatal spa. Elatia is getting a scan and a massage. We get a cd of pics of the scan. Then we go to lunch and after that we register for the baby shower, All of us! Did I mention how excited I am?!
Elatia bought a fetal heart monitor and has been spending a lot of time listening to the sounds inside her uterus. Her placenta, her pulse, her baby's heart beat when she can find it. She said she can hear the baby moving, even if she can't feel him move, she is able to hear him. That is so cool! I didn't have a cool gadget like that when I was pregnant. Glad she does, she sent me a link to hear his heart beat. As faint as it was, I could hear it. It was so surreal, still trying to wrap my head around all this. The odds of her getting pregnant were slim after having a rare ovarian tumor that Western med wanted to treat as an aggressive form of ovarian cancer, so to have this experience is amazing! There are so many emotions I am going through, especially as we approach Andrew's 3rd anniversary of his journey Home.
I am so proud of how Elatia is handling this pregnancy. She meditates and sends energy to the baby. That's my girl! I'm hoping that she will allow Martin to do hypnotherapy with her while she is in labor. She is his fav subject because she goes under so easily.
While it's still hard to believe we actually have a "new" soul, meaning, we probably go way back and have known each other many life times, coming into our family, it's going to get a little more real on Tuesday! AWESOME! Canni wait! Knowing what we know now about souls coming here, makes it that much more exciting!
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Friday, September 24, 2010
SENIOR MOMENTS
Martin wakes me up this morning and we have our morning chat. But this morning’s chat goes the way so many chats have gone before, we think we are talking about the same thing, but are instead talking about two completely different things. When we realize that, we start laughing and say “Andrew! Seriously Dude! How could you leave us alone like this! You know we can’t be left to our own devices! We need to be supervised!”
Then I said to Martin, “I wonder if this grandchild knows what he’s (yes, he, until I find out different ;-) ) in for! He’s gonna have take over for Andrew and be responsible for us.” That’s probably what Andrew is prepping him for with his journey here, which made us laugh even more. Poor child! hahahaha
Then I said how I want to be close to our grandchild, I want him to know that we are in his corner no matter what. I want him to know he can count on us. I want us to be a strong grandparent figure in his life. I got emotional about it because of how much this means to me. This grandchild is a chance to build my family again and that means the world to me! I want to be a great support to my daughter to help her be a better mother than I was, because I believe that is our job as grandparents, help the next generation do better, and not undermine her like what was done to me.
Martin has an appointment with the acupuncturist and while we are getting ready this commercial comes on, it blew me away! It brought tears to my eyes. It was Andrew confirming what I was just talking about. He was letting me know it was going to be All Good! It was a medicare commercial about grandparents with their grand kids. It was so cool. It had these little kids around 5 or 6 yrs old saying “My Grandma is my best friend.” or “My Grandpa is my best friend.” and “Yes my Grandpa spoils me, what of it?!” It was just the sweetest commercial about Grandparents with their grand kids. It was showing how important Grandparents are in their grand kids lives. While it brought tears to my eyes, it made me smile BIG! That son of mine is always making sure his Pretty Mama knows…
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Then I said to Martin, “I wonder if this grandchild knows what he’s (yes, he, until I find out different ;-) ) in for! He’s gonna have take over for Andrew and be responsible for us.” That’s probably what Andrew is prepping him for with his journey here, which made us laugh even more. Poor child! hahahaha
Then I said how I want to be close to our grandchild, I want him to know that we are in his corner no matter what. I want him to know he can count on us. I want us to be a strong grandparent figure in his life. I got emotional about it because of how much this means to me. This grandchild is a chance to build my family again and that means the world to me! I want to be a great support to my daughter to help her be a better mother than I was, because I believe that is our job as grandparents, help the next generation do better, and not undermine her like what was done to me.
Martin has an appointment with the acupuncturist and while we are getting ready this commercial comes on, it blew me away! It brought tears to my eyes. It was Andrew confirming what I was just talking about. He was letting me know it was going to be All Good! It was a medicare commercial about grandparents with their grand kids. It was so cool. It had these little kids around 5 or 6 yrs old saying “My Grandma is my best friend.” or “My Grandpa is my best friend.” and “Yes my Grandpa spoils me, what of it?!” It was just the sweetest commercial about Grandparents with their grand kids. It was showing how important Grandparents are in their grand kids lives. While it brought tears to my eyes, it made me smile BIG! That son of mine is always making sure his Pretty Mama knows…
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Monday, September 20, 2010
WE HAVE CRIB PEOPLE!
Elatia and J.R. came over today to get some things faxed to Medicaid, which ended up being an epic fail! Can't get through faxing or calling them! Ugh! Not even gonna go there about how crapola our health care is in this country! Suffice to say my daughter hasn't been able to go to a dr since her first visit AND she has insurance! But she doesn't have the $670 a month to go to a goddamn dr, hence trying for Medicaid. Yes, the dr's office told her that is what she would have to pay each visit. It just grinds my ass that health care is a privilege is this country and not a right! Crap! I went and gone there. :-/
Anyway, since Elatia and J.R. had some time, we went into the baby's room, (that sounds so cool!) so I could show her the crib and all the other stuff she hasn't seen. I was sayin that I would love to have the crib up soon and J.R. asked "why not now?" In a matter of minutes it was up. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! The father and grand father put it up together, their first project together for the baby, very cool! So me and Elatia made up the crib with the dust ruffle, sheets, bumper guard & matching diaper holder. I told Elatia of my plans for decorating the room and she liked it. It is Mama approved.
I gotta figure how to put up pics on here as we go along of Elatia and how the baby's room evolves. When I say "I gotta," what that really means is that I gotta get Martin to do it for me. ;-)
Well I think I'm gonna go and admire my new baby room and enjoy the feeling that brings!
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Anyway, since Elatia and J.R. had some time, we went into the baby's room, (that sounds so cool!) so I could show her the crib and all the other stuff she hasn't seen. I was sayin that I would love to have the crib up soon and J.R. asked "why not now?" In a matter of minutes it was up. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! The father and grand father put it up together, their first project together for the baby, very cool! So me and Elatia made up the crib with the dust ruffle, sheets, bumper guard & matching diaper holder. I told Elatia of my plans for decorating the room and she liked it. It is Mama approved.
I gotta figure how to put up pics on here as we go along of Elatia and how the baby's room evolves. When I say "I gotta," what that really means is that I gotta get Martin to do it for me. ;-)
Well I think I'm gonna go and admire my new baby room and enjoy the feeling that brings!
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
4 MONTHS!
YAY! We are 4 months along! *happy dance!* I'm going to see Elatia a little later and check out the bump myself. The baby weighs 4 oz and is 6 inches long. Elatia's tumor was bigger and she didn't feel it! It weighed 6 oz, so I guess it stands to reason she may not feel the baby moving yet. Although the tumor didn't have hands or legs to kick around with, but it did kick her ass! Enough about that!
We bought a crib a few weeks back from a friend. We really couldn't pass up the price of $80 for the crib, all the ocean theme bedding and a matching dolphin light. How's a Grammy C suppose to pass that up?? Ain't gonna happen!
I am on the Light The Night Committee for LLS i.e. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and I had to do a secret shopper thing at Burlington Coat Factory to see if they would ask me if I wanted to donate a $1 to LLS. They did and got a $5 gift certificate to Starbucks. I took my friend Chrisy since I had 2 gift certificates. Burlington has raised over $800,000 so far for LLS by doing this.
Well, where do you think I spent my time at Burlington Coat Factory? Yup! In the baby section! I picked out the pictures I want to hang in the back room, future nursery. It is going to be such a grandparent's nursery! They have all kinds of frames for grandparents and I'm gonna git them ALL! I cant wait till I can officially go shoppin! Next Tuesday, Sept 28th will be that day!
As I mentioned before, we go for the scan on Sept 28th to get the official word of what we are having. Me, Martin and J.R.'s mother will be present for that. Then it's off to lunch and then to register for the baby shower. SOOOOOOO excited! I know once we see this scan and know the sex of the baby, it's going to feel very real to us. It doesn't feel quite real yet, I know it's real, but still hard to believe. Seeing the bump definitely makes it more real, but it's going to be more real next week. The baby will look like a baby, and knowing the sex means we can SHOP! It's been tough holding back! Yes people, me buying a crib, a swing, some clothes, diapers, getting a changing table, is me holding back! :-D
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
We bought a crib a few weeks back from a friend. We really couldn't pass up the price of $80 for the crib, all the ocean theme bedding and a matching dolphin light. How's a Grammy C suppose to pass that up?? Ain't gonna happen!
I am on the Light The Night Committee for LLS i.e. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and I had to do a secret shopper thing at Burlington Coat Factory to see if they would ask me if I wanted to donate a $1 to LLS. They did and got a $5 gift certificate to Starbucks. I took my friend Chrisy since I had 2 gift certificates. Burlington has raised over $800,000 so far for LLS by doing this.
Well, where do you think I spent my time at Burlington Coat Factory? Yup! In the baby section! I picked out the pictures I want to hang in the back room, future nursery. It is going to be such a grandparent's nursery! They have all kinds of frames for grandparents and I'm gonna git them ALL! I cant wait till I can officially go shoppin! Next Tuesday, Sept 28th will be that day!
As I mentioned before, we go for the scan on Sept 28th to get the official word of what we are having. Me, Martin and J.R.'s mother will be present for that. Then it's off to lunch and then to register for the baby shower. SOOOOOOO excited! I know once we see this scan and know the sex of the baby, it's going to feel very real to us. It doesn't feel quite real yet, I know it's real, but still hard to believe. Seeing the bump definitely makes it more real, but it's going to be more real next week. The baby will look like a baby, and knowing the sex means we can SHOP! It's been tough holding back! Yes people, me buying a crib, a swing, some clothes, diapers, getting a changing table, is me holding back! :-D
IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE GRAMMY-HOOD!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Our lil Orange Now!
Elatia is now 15 1/2 weeks & the baby is the size of an orange. Her belly is noticeably bigger. I really need to post pics here! She still isn't really feeling any movement from the baby, you'd think she would with it being the size of an orange!
A friend I went to middle & high school with, her daughter is due a day after Elatia and her daughter is feeling movement! SO the race is on! And apparently we are falling behind! Doh! Elatia did once have that being on a roller coaster kind of feeling, but that's been it. When I was pregnant with her, I felt her moving right around 12 weeks. She definitely wanted to let me know she was there, she poked me! No butterfly feeling, it was pokes! Now Andrew I didn't feel till way later. He was more text book...until he was born.
Earlier this week I had a couple dreams about the grand-baby, weird ass dreams too, BUT it was the feeling I was left with that I focused on, not the weird ass part. Come to find out, Martin had several dreams about the baby as well. His were weird ass too! With mine, I was the one caring for the baby, down to nursing him! I told you they were weird ass! In Martin's dream Elatia handed the baby over to us! Yea, cause that's what's gonna happen! Of course Martin is always fantasizing about stea...I mean "acquiring" babies. I guess we are both experiencing grandparent brain! Apparently with grandparent brain, when your grandchild asks you for a cookie right before dinner, you tell him no as you are handing him a cookie! Ya gotta love that!
The feeling I was left with, with my dreams, was that I got to spend time with my grand-baby. It was a really nice feeling. I think I had the dreams about nursing the baby is because my subconscious mind is trying to deal with the fact I am through menopause and those days are gone forever. I haven't had the time to even deal with that part of my life changing with the major grief I have been dealing with these past 3 years. Now that Elatia is pregnant, I have to face that those days are really behind me. I have to say, there is a bit of mourning that goes along with that. I think mainly because my motherhood was rudely interrupted with Andrew leaving so soon. He already knows he's got a smack coming when I see him again! BUT....
It's All Good in the Grammy-hood!
A friend I went to middle & high school with, her daughter is due a day after Elatia and her daughter is feeling movement! SO the race is on! And apparently we are falling behind! Doh! Elatia did once have that being on a roller coaster kind of feeling, but that's been it. When I was pregnant with her, I felt her moving right around 12 weeks. She definitely wanted to let me know she was there, she poked me! No butterfly feeling, it was pokes! Now Andrew I didn't feel till way later. He was more text book...until he was born.
Earlier this week I had a couple dreams about the grand-baby, weird ass dreams too, BUT it was the feeling I was left with that I focused on, not the weird ass part. Come to find out, Martin had several dreams about the baby as well. His were weird ass too! With mine, I was the one caring for the baby, down to nursing him! I told you they were weird ass! In Martin's dream Elatia handed the baby over to us! Yea, cause that's what's gonna happen! Of course Martin is always fantasizing about stea...I mean "acquiring" babies. I guess we are both experiencing grandparent brain! Apparently with grandparent brain, when your grandchild asks you for a cookie right before dinner, you tell him no as you are handing him a cookie! Ya gotta love that!
The feeling I was left with, with my dreams, was that I got to spend time with my grand-baby. It was a really nice feeling. I think I had the dreams about nursing the baby is because my subconscious mind is trying to deal with the fact I am through menopause and those days are gone forever. I haven't had the time to even deal with that part of my life changing with the major grief I have been dealing with these past 3 years. Now that Elatia is pregnant, I have to face that those days are really behind me. I have to say, there is a bit of mourning that goes along with that. I think mainly because my motherhood was rudely interrupted with Andrew leaving so soon. He already knows he's got a smack coming when I see him again! BUT....
It's All Good in the Grammy-hood!
Monday, September 6, 2010
14 wks & WE HAVE A BUMP PEOPLE!
AND how excited am I??? A. freakin very! It's becoming more real that I am going to be a Grammy! Like the crib we just got today or the pack n plays, or the stroller w/car seat, or the swing all sitting in Elatia's old room didn't do that! I don't think it's fully sunk in still, but this development is definitely helping. Feeling the baby bump certainly makes it more real. And on Sept 28th, as they say on Degrassi, "It's about to get (really) real!" Elatia will be going to a prenatal spa for a 3-D sonogram and massage. She will be 17 weeks then! It's my belated b-day pressie to her.
Now in my defense, only 1 pack n play is mine, the stroller w/car seat is Elatia's. Yes the crib is mine but in my defense again, a friend needed to sell hers so I bought it. And, well, the swing came from the same lady that sold Elatia the stroller w/car seat, and it was a too good a price to pass up and it matches said stroller with car seat. Seriously! What is a Grammy to do? Other than buy stuff when it presents itself. Isn't that our job?? I believe it is.
SO far I don't believe I have stepped over any boundaries. I have been behaving myself. Elatia is good at letting me know when I step over the line. I make no guarantees how long that will last, and since all we really have is this moment, and at this moment I have been behaving, I consider that a win! YAY me!
It is most certainly ALL GOOD in the GRAMMY-HOOD!
Now in my defense, only 1 pack n play is mine, the stroller w/car seat is Elatia's. Yes the crib is mine but in my defense again, a friend needed to sell hers so I bought it. And, well, the swing came from the same lady that sold Elatia the stroller w/car seat, and it was a too good a price to pass up and it matches said stroller with car seat. Seriously! What is a Grammy to do? Other than buy stuff when it presents itself. Isn't that our job?? I believe it is.
SO far I don't believe I have stepped over any boundaries. I have been behaving myself. Elatia is good at letting me know when I step over the line. I make no guarantees how long that will last, and since all we really have is this moment, and at this moment I have been behaving, I consider that a win! YAY me!
It is most certainly ALL GOOD in the GRAMMY-HOOD!
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