What I've Been Up To

I've been absent for a few days 

but with a very good reason.  

I had to rush over to San Antonio last Saturday 

for the birth of my new granddaughter, 

Isabelle Mckayla.

The drive is a little over two hours from where we live 

to my daughter's house, but it took me

three hours on Saturday because I had to find 

the hospital and then find a parking space.

I made it in plenty of time though.  

My daughter was in early labor when I got there.

Her sweet husband was by her side and his parents 

and I were close by in an adjacent waiting area.

 The nurses checked my daughter 

about 10:30pm and said she still

had a ways to go but they would start 

preparations to make her more comfortable.  

Five minutes later, us parents were rushed out 

of the room and the doctor and nurses took over. 

Isabelle McKayla was born

less than ten minutes later.

Great things come in small packages.

She weighed only 5 lbs 1 oz when she was born.

She had came into this world almost before 

the delivery team was ready.  

There was no time for any of the usual steps 

taken for the comfort of the mother.

But my daughter and my little granddaughter 

are both fine and that's all that matters.  

I was able to spend five wonderful days 

with them before coming back home.

A grandma's delight!

Yeoldfurt had only been at his new job

for a few weeks, so he wasn't

able to go with me when Isabelle was born.

But we'll be going back in two weeks

so Isabelle can meet her Grampa.

He is already on the prowl for a pink cricket for her 

and she's not even out of preemie clothes yet!

This is my daughter and son-in-law's 

first child but you would never know it 

by the way they are handling everything.

They are wonderful with the baby 

and with each other.

They're a beautiful little family! 

I'll have little Isabelle to myself for a whole week 

in October when my daughter goes back to work.

Until then, I'll have to make do with photographs

and phone conversations with my daughter. 

Now I know we all think our babies

and grandbabies are the cutest!

A friend of mine tactfully pointed out to me that

"Grandmothers are never biased, 

and any sane person knows to agree with them 

for at least the first week or so."

But agree with me or not, this is the 

cutest thing I've seen in a very long time!