Announcing....

...that I am soon to be married to a Grandpa!  Wait a minute - that doesn't sound quite right.  No, I'm not getting a new husband.  Jim and I are going to be grandparents!

While I was awaiting clearance (permission) to make the announcement, I started pondering my own pregnancy and birth with Christopher.  Now Chris is going to be a daddy!  He and Amy are ecstatic.  Amy is doing well except for the usual indications that she is indeed expecting a baby.  Please pray for her and this precious little one due to arrive sometime in late November, Lord willing.

As I posted on Facebook, close friends were amazed and impressed that I could keep this a secret so long.  Just goes to show that becoming a grandma is helping me grow up.


Here are some quotes in honor of this wonderful news:

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. ~Author Unknown

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change,
and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. ~Gene Perret

A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead
of the television.. ~Author Unknown

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just
a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our
hearts forever. ~Author Unknown

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren,
I'd have had them first. ~Lois Wyse

If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should
advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is
no fun for old people like it! ~Hannah Whithall Smith

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing
old. ~Mary H. Waldrip

One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new
grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather. ~Joy Hargrove

It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you
become one. ~Author Unknown

Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have
around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their
grandchildren. ~Author Unknown

Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother. ~G Norman Collie