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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Going Home



I just wrote a whole post, and then lost it. I still deal with technological challenges. I will try to recreate what I just wrote. As you can tell from my title, I am going home today. I need to go back to the "real world," and not just play grandma. It has been such a wonderful experience to be here with Emily, Michael and their precious baby boy. He is just so sweet, and really does well. He does cry (he is a baby after all), but can be calmed down quite easily...and mostly just cries if he is hungry or has a messy diaper. He is very alert, and is just SOOO cute! He reminds me so much of Emily as a baby--and everyone who sees him thinks he looks like her. It has been such a great experience to be here in their home--there is such a sweet and loving spirit in here, and I am constantly learning from their examples. I have enjoyed helping out--even doing dishes in someone else's kitchen is fun! Last night SJ sat in his swing and watched me do the dishes while his mom took a little nap--how fun was that! Michael is a very attentive and loving husband and father--mixed in with his sense of fun also. I have just been so impressed with what a sweet family this is. They have had several visitors, and this baby is certainly not lacking for cute boy outfits! I have called this my "baby slumber party". We stay up late with the baby, and then sleep in--it's been so much fun. I hate to leave, but we will see him and them in a few weeks when we come back for his blessing. I am so proud of Emily and the wonderful, caring mother she is. She has always loved babies, but to see her with her own baby is a very sweet and touching thing. I am so grateful that I could feel well enough to be here, and to do a few things to help. When I heard they were expecting, I was in the middle of all my cancer treatments--and wondered if I would be able to come and help. So I feel very blessed to be here, and to have shared in these first days of little SJ's life. Truly again Heavenly Father has blessed me. I am going to include a few pictures, just because I am so biased about this baby, and this family whom I love so much.

8 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! He is so super cute. I'd hate to leave him, too! I'm glad you were well enough to be there with Emily, and I'm sure she was so happy, too.

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  2. What an absolutely adorable baby! I am sure you have loved every minute of being with all of them. Hope you keep feeling well.

    Love,
    Annie

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  3. He is absolutely adorable. You're right that Emily was an adorable baby too! :) Glad you had a fun visit.

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  4. It is so fun being a grandmother. I missed out while we were in Spain for two of my babies, but their other grandmother took good care of them. Darling little baby.

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  5. He is such a sweet baby! I loved seeing you and them last week. Make sure my parents see evidence that I held SJ :)

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  6. Yes, he looks like Emily! He is just beautiful! Do you realize he and Kath's baby will only be 5 months apart! I hope they can be great friends/cousins like our girls.
    Soooooo glad you were well enough to enjoy this sweet week with your new grandbaby and his cute parents.

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  7. I echo everyone's comments - he is beautiful and so looks like Emily :) Being a grandma is the very best....

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  8. how beautiful....so wonderful that you & Spence were there to spend time with them!!

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