It is late. I am utterly and totally exhausted. I ache in places that I had forgotten I had, but I want to go on record as saying that regardless of what tomorrow brings (and I'm pretty sure it's going to suck, big time!) it will have been well worth it all.
There was lots of stressful, excitement. There was wine, there was wheat pasta (with my special home made kick ass, meatball and sausage sauce). And there was lots of wonderment (on my part! for the "AWE," that is Max!
For the first time ever Max held his arms up to me, looking to be picked up and by golly I scooped him up!
I gave him his bottle, held him, kissed his head a thousand times and rocked him until he (and almost me too) was fast asleep.
For a few short hours I was just Grandma.
Not sick with PMR/GCA Grandma. Not tired, cranky, whacked out on steroids Grandma. Not flat out on the couch Grandma... nope, I was just normal, laughing, loving, hugging, kissing Grandma, and I liked every second of it! I think Max liked it too.
Oh, for sure, I will pay for it tomorrow... and maybe the day after that as well... but I can tell you right now, it was worth every second.
wow, I'm a sleeper on this site ie I read but don't post - so far! I'm just so happy for you - so glad you had such a great time and felt normal again, well worth what comes tomorrow. We all have to live our lives, not hide from them
Just breathing in the fragrance of a baby, cures everything and when it’s your flesh and blood baby it’s like the fountain of life. They can be the great answer to the “ what am I for?” Question. Isn’t it miraculous how babies and grandmas just love each other almost as if they had met before? It would take a great deal to spoil that natural bond.
You clearly had a wonderful weekend and I am pea green with envy for your love fest with little Max. He looks just like the kind of little chap that inspires love at first sight. I so miss my little Theo but we have that bond never to be broken. Even if he’s a bearded, back packing student, he’ll come back to his granny.
Ohhhhh, SheffieldJane, I have one of those too! ... a bearded, 19 year old, and I have an inquisitive 7 year old! But they both live Florida and I don't get to see them very often, since moving here 8 years ago. Maybe once a year. : (
Max lives in Manchester, which isn't that close at least I get to see him... and YES, he still has that "new baby smell!"
So pleased for you enjoy it all and don't think there has to be repercussions concentrate on the loving memories and more to come.
Ahhh! So pleased for you- do hope you won't have many repercussions after your wonderful granny experience!!! Don't you just love them!! We are so blessed. Xx
Ahhhh, sorry I need to clarify! They were not here over the weekend! Oh no, they arrived at 5:00pm on Monday!!!! So my exhaustion was created between 5:00 am and 11:00 pm Monday!!!! They will be here till Friday so I may be dead by then... but still worth it!
I will start to look after my 15 month old Evie again in a fortnight. I can't wait, as you sy I am Nana which she has been saying for ages ( she knows which side her bread is buttered!!!!!)
Ohhhhhh, good on you! I'd give anything to spend more time with Max! I just don't have the energy or stamina yet... I had a few days with him in York and it exhausted me. I am paying for it (and obviously from the running around with estate agents and eating crap all week too!) since we returned. Enjoy Evie!
When my grandson was about that age I was in my late 40s and fit, no PMR. A couple of HOURS finished me off!! And his mother, in her early 20s at the time, was little different!
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