Snuggling with a baby first thing in the morning.
Easy.
Learning to change a boy diaper.
Nothing to it.
Slipping little feet into socks you brought all the way from Paris.
C’est tres facile!
Giving someone else a turn.
Not so bad.
Rocking a baby to sleep on the porch.
Piece of cake.
Saying goodbye until next time.
Boy, oh darling little baby boy, is that hard.
I bet it’s hard! Makes my eyes well up just thinking of it! Thanks for sharing.
Yep. I’d always heard that from other grandmas and never thought much of it.I sure get it now. Leaving him is so sad!
I now know what you mean. Katy gave birth to Audrey Saison Widrick on October 13. I got to be with Katy for the first half of her labor and met Audrey just a few hours later. Saying goodbye to all the Widricks was very difficult.
I just wasn’t quite braced for how sad it would be. I imagine one gets used to it?
Cute name! Congratulations, Grandma!
Cute!!!
Barb–There’s just nothing more beautiful than a healthy, happy baby! (and his grandparents look so adept!)
Thanks, Jim. Not sure we’re adept, but I’m finding some of the baby settling techniques do come back…
Sweet! And, oh, those goodbyes. :( When my grandson was born, I lived in Wisconsin and they lived in Oregon. Torture. I spent every red cent I had on airplane tickets. The Hellos were super sweet; the Goodbyes were super sad.
Hang on to those sweet Hellos! They are precious and they are what you will remember most.
Give those little cheekies a kiss from me. :D
Will do.Plan to kiss him this weekend. Going to Baltimore to see my mom and Kath and Matt are bringing the babe to meet her!
Love the way you wrote that….delicious!
Thanks!
Love the blog! I’m a big fan of Kaths so I had to check it out when she posted the link! Gorgeous pics of little Maze!
Thanks for stopping by!
Oh so sweet baby! I would love to hold him! I could use a baby fix.
Kath promised to bring him for a visit so my friends could meet him.
Lovely.
Imagine my mom only see her grand kids once a year from Brasil!!! He is adorable! Enjoy every moment!
And those were pre-Internet days, too.
Great pictures, and you’re right on!
Thanks! Working on continuing to heed your advice, too.
too adorable!! enjoy them and see him as often as you can!! Life is short.
Yep. Too short!
What a cutie!
Thanks. Love your blue tea post with the star!
What a wonderful, touching poem. Barbara, you should do something with this one.
Thank you for sharing.
A great compliment coming from a poet!
What a wonderful, sweet, beautiful post! Love it. The pictures are so pretty, and you convey so much emotion in so few words.
Caryn, Thanks. Compliments from writers and photographers are some of the best. You spur me onward!
And you spur me! :-)