Ten little
fingers, ten little toes, two beautiful eyes, and one button nose! Join us in
celebrating the arrival of Baby Gia!
So, here I am again, welcoming my second grand-baby into the
world. I am a 2nd time Ya-Ya
to a healthy baby girl named, Gia Alyce. It is hard to believe that I now have
two grandchildren. If you know me or have been following me, you know that I am
an only child, who had an only child. Therefore, to see that I now have two
grand-children is surprising. I know my daughter wished she had a sibling
growing up, and I’m pretty sure I wished that as well. Therefore, I can
understand why she would have wanted to break the cycle of that only child
syndrome for her children.
My first grand-daughter Grace Ann was born last year in
September. You can read about my experience welcoming her into the world here. She is now 13 months. She was there to welcome her baby sister into
the world. The doctor allowed her to stay in the room as long as someone was there
to hold her. So my mother held her while I directed my attention towards my
daughter. My grand-daughter is very observing (nosy, lol) so while my mother
tried to stand back and look Grace Ann was breaking her neck to see. My mother
ended up inching her way up a little so she could see her mother and what all
the fuss was about.
After the baby was born, I took Grace Ann over by where the
nurse had Gia so she could see her. It was funny to see her eyes widen in
amazement when she looked at her baby sister. Although, she has no clue of what
is going on and what is to come with having a baby sister, she was full of joy,
happiness and smiles. It warmed my heart to see her little pretty smile. To now
think I will have two little ones full of joy, happiness and smiles in the home
is beyond belief.
Grace Ann is such a joy to have in the house. My eyes are
not big enough to see her and too now have two in the house, two little girls
at that will be such a joy. To be honest with you it will first be an
adjustment. When you go from two in a house to three, then four, all I can say
is whew, a glass of wine please, lol.
As I’m typing this, it just really dawned on me that my once
quiet place of serenity is now without a doubt gone and replaced with not one
set of little feet but two sets of little feet that will be running all over
the house before you know it. It’s exciting and scary at the same time.
I guess scary because this is new for me. I’m used to a
quiet house. With Grace Ann, there was an adjustment period for me as well. I was use to coming in to a quiet house,
having my bath by 5 p.m., and being in my bed resting by 8 p.m. if not sleep. I
always made sure I had my rest. Even
with Grace being in the home, some days I still managed to keep my routine. Now
with two little soon to be busy bodies running around, we shall see how my
routine will be rerouted.
It’s exciting for me because I so look forward to seeing
Grace Ann when I walked through the door. Her little innocent smile just brightens
up my day. Her little excitement and joy when she sees her Ya-Ya just
overwhelms my heart. Now, to have two little sets of smiles to greet me when I
walk through the door will be just as overwhelming and joyful.
To sum everything up, although this will be another
adjustment for me, I wouldn’t trade being a Ya-Ya to my grandchildren for the
world. It is through God’s grace and mercy that I was chosen for this roll of
being their grandmother.
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