My Son called tonight and it was so unexpected of him that I was afraid to call back because I thought there might have been a miscarriage. If you know my son and his history then you would understand my dread when I get an unexpected phone call. Chris lost there first baby and if anything would happen with this one, I honestly think he would lose it.

Thank God it was happy news and he wanted to let me know that they had done the 3D sonograms or ultrasounds and he just wanted us to know that they saw some really good pictures of the baby and have the CD so I can see it and hopefully make a copy when we go to Kentucky in August. They decided on Ethan David which I like, he decided against Eric David Jr, but the initials are the same.

I want to try and time it so that I will be there when it’s born, but even though they have been told that it will be Aug 6th or the 8th and not my birthday which is the 7th , since it’s a first child and at 38 it could be early or late, but I’m hoping it will be born on my birthday, now how great of a present would that be?

Eric said it looks just like him except the jaw line which is his wife’s and he says he has lots of hair which Eric did not. They were able to see that he had all his parts and that takes a worry off new parents especially older ones. Since she’s a nurse she would know any signs to look out for if something wasn’t right and she has had all test done to insure everything is okay.

It wont be long and now that it’s getting nearer I am getting more excited. I could tell by the way he was talking that he hoped when we come down that I will stay a lot longer than was originally planned. Of course Bill can’t, but I could and either take a bus back because I’m frugal or I could fly, but I’ll have to wait and see. I’m going to bed because I need to get up early in the morning.

Both Bill and I had a great Nate day, but we picked up a bug. He has some type of stomach virus and I have it in my head, nose, and throat. However that didn’t stop us from riding the bike Friday and Saturday, but we’re suffering now and I look like a red raccoon from where my glasses were, thank goodness they are small glasses and not goggles.

I was on this computer very little this weekend, but I did answer a few e-mails and comments, but not many. I also apologise for not getting very much dropping done, but I’ll make up for it when I feel better. We did go to my previous place of employment today “Lowe’s” to pick up a power washer and I have so many stories I could tell about that place, which I might do soon.

I have to admit that Lowe’s was not one of my most favorite places to work because I felt like I was in a concentration camp with all of their rules and too many managers that liked to try and run someone else’s section. Remember that old saying about too many Chiefs and not enough Indians? Well, believe me I didn’t find it a nice place to work even though they have plenty of peons to push around they all try to out do each other.

I really feel like crap so I’m going to bed hopefully this icky feeling will be gone tomorrow. Goodnight!

You might be wondering what in the heck Nate Day is so I’ll tell you so you don’t think you have forgotten some special day. Nate is our Grandson and any time we do something special with Nate that’s what we call it. Tomorrow is Grandparents Day at his preschool and like a good Nana and Pappy Bill took the day off and we’re going to school.

It’s very important to keep those lines of communication open starting early in life. We always want him to come to us if he can’t go to his parents and he adores Pappy, but doesn’t care much for Pappy’s motorcycle, he stays as far away as possible. I’m sure it disappoints Bill a little that Nate wont even get on it even with the motor turned off.

But he will be happy if Nate doesn’t take up riding later because that will be one less person to fret about. I have never seen a man worry so much, he is now worrying because Billy his son is looking for a crotch rocket for the Mother of his Grandchildren. They are grown people and there is nothing he can do to stop it.

If it’s nice after the school visit since Bill will be off we plan on taking a bike ride. Since it’s Nate Day we were asked to babysit him later in the evening so Mom and Dad can have their date night. I think that’s a great way to put a little romance back into your marriage and it must have worked well because after 5 years a baby sister for Nate will be here in August.

I probably wont have much time on here tomorrow because I’ll be busy enjoying the real world.

Bill and I do not have the Peter Pan syndrome, where we refuse to grow up. We simply don’t know how to act at this phase of our life and what the expectations are. I love getting older and hopefully more mature and I wouldn’t want to be young again for anything in the world, of course I’m speaking for myself and not Bill because he is totally opposite.

We hear the phrase “Act Your Age” quite often, but who gets to decide what that age is and should be? Just because I think a person should act a certain way at a certain age doesn’t make that the way it should be. I guess that’s why I have always adopted the thought of to each his own so long as no one is getting hurt, why should it concern me if my 90 year old Grandma wants to wear a mini skirt.

All the studies that are being done about what is normal at certain ages that were done in the past are constantly being updated because our young are expected to be the level of high schoolers in the first grade now a days. Even the television show “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader” shows that the level of learning for young people these days is astounding. It makes me feel totally stupid, but hopefully it will mean better advancements in the future to save our Earth.

I’m not exactly sure what it means to be Grandma because to me that has always meant old and feeble and sitting in your rocking chair not riding the Harley with Pappy so what does it mean to be Grandma or in my case Nana and how can I adjust to that role that I’m suppose to take on when our children have children? Okay so my golden years means that I’m suppose to “Act My Age”, that means Pappy and myself need to start acting like Grandpa and Grandma even if we don’t want to.

Hey, we didn’t do anything to become a Grandma or Grandpa. We simply did the best we could to raise our son or daughters to be responsible young adults and nature did the rest. Bill’s children have made me a Nana and it’s a role that I accept wholeheartedly because I only had one Grandmother that I knew and she was always sick, but I loved her and I’d like to be a Nana that will be important to our Grandkids and do all those Grandparent types of things.

The really fun part of being Pappy and Nana is we get to spoil them and then send them home. I can’t wait till Eric has his first one and I hope it’s just like him. You don’t have to spoil them seriously but what’s the fun of going to visit Pappy and Nana if there isn’t always something fun to do and I know Nate loves to visit us and we feel very happy because of that. Nate always draws us pretty pictures and always asks to go to Pappy and Nana’s house.

It’s the parent’s job of course to provide the discipline and rules and we always try to uphold what they tell us when we babysit. It’s so easy to give unconditional love to Grandbabies and of course Grandma and Grandpa are always ready with the hugs and loving smiles and we always try and give our time to the Grandkids and we’re always willing to listen when there is a problem.