A Busy Day

Last Monday another beautiful girl entered the world. I tell ya, this grandma thing is okay!! Mom and baby and doing great. Dad is loving his baby girls. Big sister doesn't know what to think. And grammy and pappy are thinkin' this is what we were born to do.

We kept big sister the night before. Pappy went to the hospital for the C-section. Later in the day we took big sis in cuz mom wanted to see her. Big sis woke about 3 a.m. I changed her and handed her a bottle. Right back to zzzz-land she went. I - however - was too excited to sleep. I stayed up. Checked FB. Checked E-mail. Etc.

The day was exhausting. Taking care of a 13 month old, worrying about a newborn and her mommy.....the visits to the hospital... holding a newborn... meals... naps for big sister.... by the end of the day it all had taken its toll. Or is it tole? No matter. We were TIRED.

Daddy wanted big sis home with him that night so he could spend some time with her. He picked her up at our house around 8:30 that evening. We had just sat down with our laptops and put our feet up. That's when we got the call.

Pappy's own dad was being rushed to the hospital. His brother was calling to tell us they thought his dad had a stroke. He lives just 3 blocks from us. The hospital is just 5 blocks from us. There was a glitch, however. He wasn't in town.

This 75 year old man was still working. We always said he'd work till the day he died. So anyhow, he was at work driving truck about 40 minutes from here so he was being rushed to a hospital in that area. Pappy told his brother, "Call when you get there. We've been up since way too early. We'll come if needed but we're so exhausted it would be better for us to go tomorrow."

At that point we were truly exhausted and it wouldn't have been safe for us to be driving. About 30 minutes later the phone rang.

He didn't make it. They are pretty certain that it was a heart attack.

So yup, we welcomed a child and said goodbye to a father..... on the exact same day. Boo to that.

The next day, we couldn't locate his body but that's a post for another day... I'm slowing down and heading to bed..... right after American Idol.

I know... You can't wait to hear about the lost body. Soon. I promise.