Family Stuff

My grandmother died Sunday night. She was the last living grandparent (or grand-anything) I had. It was pretty sudden, and I tried to be a big girl about it. I was planning on going down to Atlanta for her birthday this year with the baby. I have not seen her in six years (since my parents' divorce), but I still recognized her voice every time she called. We may still have a memorial for her much later this summer, as my dad is going in for surgery soon and needs time to recuperate. My dad says having this baby is fitting, because now he is the oldest person in his family's generation and he is ready to welcome the new generation. This is the first grandchild for my folks, and I know they have wanted this forever.

My mom has now gone a month without cigarettes. I think taking her to birthing classes made this baby so very real and reminded her how important it was to me to have her smoke-free (a.k.a. stinky free) when the baby comes home. I have been a little too preoccupied with myself to really give her the congratulations she deserves. YAY MOM!

My sister-in-law, after many years of wanting to be a mommy...IS PREGNANT TOO!!!! ANOTHER HOORAY! She has been awesome about keeping up with me about her pregnancy and mine, and she is crossing that ten-week threshold that makes this an almost definite cousin for the little kicker in my belly! I joke that I am contagious...Which freaks all of my friends out and sends them running.

The hubby and sis-in-law's grandpa died a few months ago as well. So it really is fitting that we are bringing the new generation into the world at such a pace. Grandma W is going to be surrounded with grandbabies soon!