WE HAVE A NAME!

FINALLY!! Elatia is over 33 weeks along now! Just 6 1/2 weeks left until I get to meet my granddaughter! And it is only now that Elatia has finally decided on a name! How is that possible? I had her name picked out when I was 15yo, 4 yrs before she was born! So my granddaughter is no longer Voldemort, but instead she is now...drum roll pleeeease! KALIANA STORM MICHAEL! How powerful is this chick gonna be? A. VERY! "Kali" is the Goddess of destruction and then Storm, self explanatory, then Michael, the warrior Angel? Uh-oh! Watch out! The "Ana" part of her name should soften the Kali energy though. Well, here's hopin anyway.

When Elatia told me she was thinking about it, I thought, "hmmmm it's nice" wasn't sure I was totally sold on it. I was still hopin she would go with Andrew Storm maybe. I loved it when she told me if she ever had a girl she would name her Andrew after her brother, Drew for short, and I was disappointed when she decided not to. But when I bought Kaliana a Build A Bear (BAB) lady bug since that is how Elatia is doing her room, and saw Kaliana's name in writing on the bear certificate, I was hooked, even got a little emotional. My granddaughter was becoming more real to me. Right now it just looks like Elatia ate a basketball, not having a baby. Between Andrew's anniversary in Oct, then another holiday season without him, working on the book about him, it's made becoming a Grammy not seem very real. But now having her name is making her more real, and then going to see her in another sonogram next week will also make it very real again. I know the last time we saw her it was the best movie I've ever seen, and now we'll really see what she looks like! My grieving Mama gene will take a back seat, and my Grammy gene will be the front runner again! YAY!

Honestly I can hardly wrap my head around the fact we are REALLY going to be grandparents. We are really going to have our granddaughter in our arms in 6-7 weeks! I can't imagine not having this joy coming in now. How did I ever live without this before? It was so hard, that is for sure! I was wondering why the hell I had to stay here anymore, but now? Now Kaliana has given Martin and I a reason to carry on.

I've been feeling Kaliana moving around, it's fun feeling it from this side. Usually I'm the one pregnant feeling it. We have the other 3-D sonogram appointment next Tuesday on Jan 25th. We are so excited to get a final look at Kaliana before she arrives here.

Martin is going to be working w/Elatia on some hypnotherapy for labor. She has started Lamaze classes, got in by the skin of her teeth. She is realizing she doesn't have all the time in the world like she use to now. I'm planning on having a birthday cake there for when Kaliana is born. I want to welcome her into our family and this planet with a party! I want her to know how much she means to all of us!

Elatia looks wonderful, she has been doing quite well. I haven't blogged in awhile because of work and there really isn't much to tell yet. I haven't even written in Kaliana's journey that I started before we knew she was coming. Life just happens and you get busy. Let's face it, the real fun for us grandparents begins when she gets here. That's when I'll really be in the Grammy-hood.