Thread:NatanielMonach/@comment-35901641-20181222162019/@comment-35901641-20191126144921

We are loving having the three of them here. My house is not large but we gave them full use of 2 of the 3 bedrooms and although cramped we are making it work. We are all getting used to each other’s routines and making some adjustments here and there but overall it has gone remarkably well.

Although the three of them always had plans to go to Florida to see her family for the Christmas holidays, I thought they were going to be with us through thanksgiving and much of December. Last week my sons new job required him to be out of town for most of the week so his wife decided to take the baby to Florida for the week and they were scheduled to return yesterday. Yesterday morning she called him to ask about the possibility of her staying in Florida all the way through Christmas rather than flying back here and then returning there only 3 weeks later. Staying there makes perfect sense for many reasons, but I am bummed because I didn’t get to see the baby that often during the weeks that I was sick and she is changing so much right now! In Florida last week she pulled herself up to standing for the first time. And then immediately fell down when she got startled by her Mama’s scream of surprise 😂! Even though his wife and daughter won’t be with him, I am still happy——for the first time in 10 years my oldest son will be “home” for Thanksgiving!!!

Yes, it can it get very noisy with a baby around! But I enjoy her even when she is fussy. I don’t know why, but I am more relaxed with her than I was with my own children. I guess there is actually something behind that whole being a grandparent stuff. Speaking of stuff, boy do they have a lot of “stuff” for her! I don’t remember “needing” so many things for my babies but I also didn’t have the internet around telling me how I absolutely must have this, this, or that for their appropriate cognitive development or whatever. But for the first two years (before we moved to NC) I DID have family around giving their opinion about every little thing that we did, so I guess some things never change!

Only two semesters left? That is great and hopefully you are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. My youngest finishes his last semester next spring and I think I may be more excited about that then he is, ha ha.

Take care, robyn