Post by WindSister on Mar 8, 2017 17:18:16 GMT -5
This image gives me the warm-fuzzies. We got to watch the grandkids for a week while their parents were on their honeymoon in Mexico back in June. (I used vacation time) This is the littlest grand following grampa at the park. He follows grampa EVERYWHERE.
I have my own inner issues over the exes (that are getting better, slowly and surely, as time goes on) but I am humbled and full of gratitude every time his daughters treat me like a real grandma because I know they don't "have to." I guess they also go by the saying "There can never be too many positive adults for children." We all do put games aside for the kiddos.
Anyway - we get an impromptu visit with the grands tonight while mom and dad go new car shopping - this excites me.
Haven't seen them in weeks. And next week Grand # 3 will be born!! This weekend I will be busy baking and cooking so they have a week's worth of meals for freezer/fridge when she brings baby home. (Or for dad while he waits for them go get home).
This summer Grand #4 will be born (his youngest daughter's first born). Part of why we are remodeling the basement is for visits from this growing brood. Even if they only all stay over once a year it is nice when we can all fit in the house. (we are adding a bar and sauna for ourselves, so it's not "all" just for them.. lol). Not sure how much we will see this grandbaby, with his daughter's MIL already staking her claim (lol) but we really do just go with the flow with it all.
I don't know why I am sharing this -- it's off-topic but yet not. I DREAMED of having a full family all my life and now finally have one. Never settle!! I CANNOT convey enough how extremely miserable I was in my first marriage so this one still "wows" me. Ha-- on that note, his daughters took me out to lunch once and asked if we were going to have kids while also giving "their blessings" if we did want kids. No -- I don't want kids of "our own" at this stage, that ship has sailed. 43 is not "too old" I hear, but I seriously, I just LOVE this stage of life with my husband -- we see the grandkids and kids sometimes, otherwise it's just he and I doing our thing. LOVE IT so much. Can't even fathom starting over with our own baby/child. We made extra-sure that won't be happening.
Thanks for checking this self-indulgent post out. Never settle. Know your dreams and the kind of life you want to live -- make that happen.
I have my own inner issues over the exes (that are getting better, slowly and surely, as time goes on) but I am humbled and full of gratitude every time his daughters treat me like a real grandma because I know they don't "have to." I guess they also go by the saying "There can never be too many positive adults for children." We all do put games aside for the kiddos.
Anyway - we get an impromptu visit with the grands tonight while mom and dad go new car shopping - this excites me.
Haven't seen them in weeks. And next week Grand # 3 will be born!! This weekend I will be busy baking and cooking so they have a week's worth of meals for freezer/fridge when she brings baby home. (Or for dad while he waits for them go get home). This summer Grand #4 will be born (his youngest daughter's first born). Part of why we are remodeling the basement is for visits from this growing brood. Even if they only all stay over once a year it is nice when we can all fit in the house. (we are adding a bar and sauna for ourselves, so it's not "all" just for them.. lol). Not sure how much we will see this grandbaby, with his daughter's MIL already staking her claim (lol) but we really do just go with the flow with it all.
I don't know why I am sharing this -- it's off-topic but yet not. I DREAMED of having a full family all my life and now finally have one. Never settle!! I CANNOT convey enough how extremely miserable I was in my first marriage so this one still "wows" me. Ha-- on that note, his daughters took me out to lunch once and asked if we were going to have kids while also giving "their blessings" if we did want kids. No -- I don't want kids of "our own" at this stage, that ship has sailed. 43 is not "too old" I hear, but I seriously, I just LOVE this stage of life with my husband -- we see the grandkids and kids sometimes, otherwise it's just he and I doing our thing. LOVE IT so much. Can't even fathom starting over with our own baby/child. We made extra-sure that won't be happening.
Thanks for checking this self-indulgent post out. Never settle. Know your dreams and the kind of life you want to live -- make that happen.
