Adventures of being a
Nonna!
If you follow my blog, you know that I am crazy about my family! I am also crazy about my twenty month old grandson! I love that he made us "Papa and Nonna" -- although my name comes out "NoNo", but you know what, I will answer to whatever he wants to call me!
This little boy has charm, personality and has completely stolen my heart!
His animated personality is beginning to emerge.
He loves music--what amazes me is he seems to hear music and 'beats' in the simplest sounds...for example when our dogs are drinking from the metal water bowl, and their tags hit against the bowl--he starts to move to the rhythm and beat! When he hears the wind chimes at our house, he stands perfectly still, recognizes the chimes as music and begins to sway! You can only image how he rocks out when he hears real music!
He loves cars and choo-choos! We were tickled to see his excitement when we gave him a Thomas the Engine Table and trains for Christmas.
And while Ryan and Sara were not home for Christmas, they did come home the weekend of the Feast of the Epiphany--so we still had Christmas decorations up throughout the house.
One evening before going to bed--it was dark outside and all of the trees and bannister lights were on...he looked around and he looked up at the bannister lights and Christmas trees--and when he looked up at me he pointed and said, "Wow! Cool!" Okay, it may seem like two simple words to you...but to me, it was magic!
Since they don't live close by, I really want his visits here to be special. I want to create for him, what hopefully we created for our own kids growing up...a feeling that the holidays at Nonna and Papa's house are are very special.
He is so loved...he is blessed to have wonderful grandparents on both sides of the family--with Gigi, Gumpa, and Mimi. He has truly captured the hearts of us all!
I remember as a young mom, when I was getting close to giving birth to our son, Adam--Joe and I had just gone through our ritual of bath time, story time, prayers and night time song--tucking Sara in for the night-- Sara was almost 2 years old at the time...well from fatigue of being pregnant, not to mention the added adventure and energy needed to chase around a toddler, coupled with the hormones raging, and the anticipation of having "children" I started to cry. Not a weepy cry, but a sobbing cry.
Joe asked me, "Kathie, what's wrong?" and I told him, "Joe it is just too awful to say out loud!" He said, "Kath, you have to tell me why you are crying!" I said, "I am so worried I won't love this baby that we are about to have as much as I love Sara!" Well, Joe, not having hormones raging, fatigue from pregnancy hugged me and said, he couldn't imagine a sillier thing to worry about--especially from me.
But I remember this overwhelming concern and powerful feeling--for me at the time, the worry was real, and such a grave concern.
What I didn't realize was when Adam (and then later Jenna) was born--my capacity for loving grew exponentially! It reminded me of when the Grinch's heart grew three sizes larger.
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| He notices the face of Thomas and that it sticks out and he can touch! He thought THAT was cool! |
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| He started to realize there was more to this toy than a Thomas face! He explored more! |
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| Then everyone became a kid playing with Landon! He calls bowls "buckets" or "bucky" -- that's a long story! |
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| I think Papa Joe looks as cute as Landon here playing! |
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| My turn to play with little boy! |
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Sara captured this darling expression when I showed him that the trains are magnets and can stick to one another! Way cool!
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And while Ryan and Sara were not home for Christmas, they did come home the weekend of the Feast of the Epiphany--so we still had Christmas decorations up throughout the house.
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| Sara and Ryan at their home |
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| Just some of our Christmas decorations taken with my cell phone, kind of blurry |
One evening before going to bed--it was dark outside and all of the trees and bannister lights were on...he looked around and he looked up at the bannister lights and Christmas trees--and when he looked up at me he pointed and said, "Wow! Cool!" Okay, it may seem like two simple words to you...but to me, it was magic!
Since they don't live close by, I really want his visits here to be special. I want to create for him, what hopefully we created for our own kids growing up...a feeling that the holidays at Nonna and Papa's house are are very special.
He is so loved...he is blessed to have wonderful grandparents on both sides of the family--with Gigi, Gumpa, and Mimi. He has truly captured the hearts of us all!
I remember as a young mom, when I was getting close to giving birth to our son, Adam--Joe and I had just gone through our ritual of bath time, story time, prayers and night time song--tucking Sara in for the night-- Sara was almost 2 years old at the time...well from fatigue of being pregnant, not to mention the added adventure and energy needed to chase around a toddler, coupled with the hormones raging, and the anticipation of having "children" I started to cry. Not a weepy cry, but a sobbing cry.
Joe asked me, "Kathie, what's wrong?" and I told him, "Joe it is just too awful to say out loud!" He said, "Kath, you have to tell me why you are crying!" I said, "I am so worried I won't love this baby that we are about to have as much as I love Sara!" Well, Joe, not having hormones raging, fatigue from pregnancy hugged me and said, he couldn't imagine a sillier thing to worry about--especially from me.
What I didn't realize was when Adam (and then later Jenna) was born--my capacity for loving grew exponentially! It reminded me of when the Grinch's heart grew three sizes larger.
It also gave me a glimpse of God's love for us! "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." ~ Jeremiah 1:5
In July, Sara will have her second baby! Yes, Sara and Ryan will have children!
Which means Nonna and Papa, Gigi, Gumpa and Mimi will have another little grand baby to smother with love!
From where I sit, it is hard to imagine loving another grand baby more than I love Landon, but I know that I will be blessed with my heart growing larger! What a miracle, what a blessing...the gift of life!
In July, Sara will have her second baby! Yes, Sara and Ryan will have children!
Which means Nonna and Papa, Gigi, Gumpa and Mimi will have another little grand baby to smother with love!
From where I sit, it is hard to imagine loving another grand baby more than I love Landon, but I know that I will be blessed with my heart growing larger! What a miracle, what a blessing...the gift of life!
So for now, I Lasso loving one grand baby at a time!
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Nonna and Landon saying Good Night Moon!
Seeing the world through the eyes of a child,
it was a complete thrill to introduce my grandson to the moon!
Sara, thank you for snagging this precious picture!
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3 comments:
Great post. My favorite picture, his face with the trains, learning they are magnetic. Good-night Moon a very close second! Your blog a great way to Lasso those memories. Lori
This is my second try to comment. turn off comment moderation, I'm going cross eyed. My favorite picture the one with the magnet trains and his facial expression, Good-night moom a close second. You lasso you memories in your blog. Post more! Lori
Lori! Sorry I frustrated you!
I turned off the comment moderation!
Thanks for your sweet words!
Kathie
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