I've been keeping a big secret for two months! My daughter is expecting our first grandchild in October and we couldn't be happier!
Expect a lot of exclamation points from now on!
We are a little excited!
Do we want a boy or a girl?
YES!
Here is the announcement my daughter used on social media. What the heck? It's like she doesn't even get that I'm finally going to get a mini-beekeeper. They are probably thinking this kid will be an athlete.
Whatever.
Some of you may have figured it out a couple of weeks ago when I posted about losing everything in my computer.
Every. Thing. You can read about that and what to do if it happens to you here:
Losing it All: How I Dealt with my Worst Computer Mishap Ever
I couldn't say that the treasured pictures I was most upset about were the ones I had taken at the beach when we scattered my mom's ashes
You can read about that here: Scattering Grief: Absence, Cold Sand and the Absence of Emotion
Anybody else hearing The Circle of Life from the Lion King?
Want to read the wedding posts from the Mother of the Bride Chronicles?
Click here!
I'm just assuming you want to read all the things you missed.
Now, I know that one of the things you want to know is what is the baby going to call me? Actually this question came up during the wedding planning six years ago and my son-in-law settled it by giving me his own nickname, Kiki. It's all he's ever called me and what my daughter calls me too.
Can't remember the last time I heard "mom."
My husband is taking the bold approach of letting the kid pick what he/she will call him. I find that risky since when our son was a baby he called his sister "Pete" and we all still call her that. I've confused more than one person by announcing that "Pete is pregnant."
Letting the kid pick is a total crapshoot. If Downton Abbey taught us anything it's that a grandchild might come up with something like "Donk." I'll keep you posted on this important topic.
I thought I'd share the rest of those pictures and the announcements that my daughter and I both made to share. Here are some other pictures that we didn't use for the announcement. There was a big disagreement about those sunglasses.
The rule about sunglasses in photos is this: Everyone must be wearing them. These would have been fine if she'd been wearing shades. In the end he had to admit she was right and the picture they liked best was the one where he took them off.
Okay, grandparents! Give me your best advice for being the best KIKI ever! Comment about your favorite part of being a grandparent and best stories.
GO!