It's time to get caught up!

Blogs can be a good thing or they can make me crazy! I started this to use like a journal about our family and I have not been very faithful in keeping it up but it is a new year tomorrow and I promise to do better.  Here's a little catch up to get us on target. Our family in review since we became grandparents!

It all started about 4 years ago when our daughter called to tell us they were expecting our first grandchild.  She was born half way around the world so we had to make a trip to see them.  (I will share photos in a future post about travels)  Let me tell you, my grandchildren are so smart and cute!  I bet yours are too!
Here is #1 and she will be 4 years old in 2010! 

She brought so much joy to us!  We had finally made it - you know...  the grandparents club!
Her arrival was just too special to describe.  Since we had just been there as a family to visit, Meg and I went to help with the new baby. (PaPa had to stay behind but he was going to see her in just a few months!)




She was such a cute baby and she was just too far away from us. We stayed in touch with webcams and they made a trip home when she was just a few months old.  Here are a few photos documenting our trip to see her as well as her first trip home.

There were a lot of FIRSTS to come such as...

Her first Fall/Halloween

Our little strawberry!

First Santa visit - not so bad??

Visit to the beach - neither of them loves the beach but looks like they had fun anyway!Here's a start - with more to come later...

Like Mommy, Like daughter!

Have you ever thought what makes kids like they are?  I sure have! In many ways I think Megan is a lot like me.  We loved playing dolls when we were little and we could hardly wait to be mommys ourselves!  That was what she said she wanted to be when she grew up - a Mommy!  Not a doctor or nurse or real estate agent - but a Mommy!

Well, low and behold - I am a real estate agent and she has been too for the past 7 or 8 years and she does really well for someone who just helps her friends and family! But her dream came true when she found out she was pregnant in 2006 after being married almost 7 years but she lost the baby soon after and that was really a blow for all of us.  It was not long after that when she called to tell us she was expecting again.  We were thrilled and even though it was a very difficult pregnancy, we got our little Sienna.  Well, she is very much like her mommy and loves to play with dolls!  She was an exciting addition to our family.  We already had our first granddaughter and I will tell you all about her in an upcoming post.

In 2008, Megan found out that she was going to have another baby and we were excited for her.  Soon after, through ultrasound we found out that it would be another girl.  Wow, Megan was living her childhood dream!  She was a mommy times 2!  Nola arrived in June of 2009 and what fun was about to begin!  Sienna took to her like she was one of her dolls!  She could not keep her hands off of her!  Well, it looks like she is going to be just like her mommy because she takes such good care of her little sister!  She even plays mommy 24 hours a day!

  

If you look closely you can see that Nola has a little doll tucked under her right hand - compliments of Sienna!  Of course she would think Nola needed a baby too!

Like Mommy - Like daughter!