Hello folksies -
I am peeking in here for a very quick moment.
I am still so new to this grandmotherly type of business. As many of you know, my first grand, Nora, lives in NY State and I only see her through photos and very short phone videos. We skype now and then, but sadly, I do not know her and she really doesn't know me either. My other grand is now in Florida. I didn't have him as “mine” as a newborn, however I got to enjoy so many of his firsts. I skype most every day with my DD, Sarah. I still can't speak of her without wanting to cry because just seeing her face on the screen isn't the same as breathing the same air she does. I know you must think me a wuss, but I don't even get on FB often for that reason. Honestly friends, I haven't turned the computer on very often at all!!
Elijah is a whole new little critter for me. His Mom, Billie – she is a very sweet and accommodating kind of gal. She indulges me time with Eli and herself. Being a Mom is for obvious reasons still very new to her. Eli just enjoys the heckfire shoot out of himself with the two of us. I We gee haw pretty well which we are both so very pleased about. We are both crazy about Josh and Eli. That is good common ground. Middle Son Josh, the Daddy, was given a promotion at work and is now working more hours. Blessings come in various forms of favor - it's a mixed blessing for them to be certain. A few more pennies on his paycheck, more responsibility at work and of course, less time at home. Until Billie is back on her meds for MS, she really does need someone to help her pretty much round the clock. She can't always feel her legs or hands and is afraid to drop the baby. Some days that is all fine and suddenly her vision is blurry. it is difficult for her at this point to be very mobile. Good thoughts and prayers are always welcome. She sees her neurologist the end of this week. Hopefully she will get the beast under control soon enough. Until then, this gal here is happy to stay busy across the road. My clients are all quite enchanted as well. Babies do have a way of making the world seem brighter, newer and you know - hopeful.
This week I intend on getting the nursery painted. The house is a very small house with very small rooms. Since it's been a bachelor pad with a boy//man/child toy collector living in it for a few years, one can only imagine the tubs of toys that need to be stored – in my basement naturally! Eli's room was The Toy Room. Now it has become the nursery.
I haven't seemed to find enough time in any given day to complete any particular project at my home in quite a while. I am not going to complain. This has been such a roller coaster of a year for me emotionally that I am happy to be able to get out of my own little blonde head and kiss that precious little baby's head, change his nappies, bathe him, sing to him – oh! Eli doesn't know I can't carry a tune. That is a real special kind of love for me. I sing to him all the time and he just smiles and smiles. Wait. Perhaps he does realize my lack of talent and is just grinning because he hasn't learned yet how to giggle behind my back? I prefer to think that he simply loves arms around him and long, deep gazing into eyes that adore every inch of him, regardless of the songs I sing off key.
Be patients, dear ones. I am on a new learning curve here. If I am not running around with and for others, I am wanting to sleep. Blessings to all and in case you can't see it, I am smiling quite often.
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