Grandparenthood

In one day, I went from being the Memama of two beautiful little girls and the expected third beautiful little girl to being the GREAT MEMAMA of an expected baby. Our eldest daughter - Tara- married a man a few years older and he had two grown children (he started young). A son who was 20 when Tara and Buddy married and a teenage daughter (17). The son is now 24 and the daughter 21. Our (step) grandson-Jamie-is married to a lovely young lady-Jenny and they announced last night that they are expecting (January). Tara called me at work to ask me how I felt about being a great grandmother. Needless to say I am ecstatic. I have always loved children and like my mother before me, the more the merrier.

I asked my daughter how she felt about being a grandmother (she's 33). Jamie told her the only name left is Granny. She said that's ok, the baby can call her Ta-ta (her nickname since she was a baby). When I told Teri, our youngest daughter, she howled with laughter. The thought of her older sister being a grandmother sent her into rounds of laughter. She said, "I'll have to think of the oldest sounding grandmother name and call Tara." Needless to say we will have fun with this one.

Seriously, I'm very excited about this. One drawback, I am curious how our little 2 y.o. will feel when she realizes HER Bubba will have a baby of his own and that there will be another baby in the family besides her. She is quite possessional (if that is a word). She completely rules her little world and it will be interesting to see how she deals with this little interloper.

Well, now I have two dates to look forward to with great anticipation. The coming of our precious little Maddie and this new little one. It's getting to be so exciting being a grandmother.