Grandparents, Tammy and I
Well, I suppose I have put this off as long as I can, this little announcement. All of my regular readers who have been following my blog for at least a couple of years will remember our oldest daughter getting married. It has been a year and seven months since Alisha and Jason were married and we learned over the weekend that around the end of March of next year, Tammy and I will be grandparents.
I have to admit, I have mixed feelings about this. I was hoping they would wait until they were on their feet better financially, but that is not to be the case. Another reason I am worried is because Alisha’s birth mother died five days after giving birth to Alisha. It has been twenty years since that happened, but I can’t help but worry about the possibility of it happening to Alisha.
Outside of that, we are fairly excited about the upcoming months and the events that will happen. Alisha and Randi (our youngest daughter) have been telling me that I will not be able to keep from spoiling the baby, but I really hope I can. It’s not that I will not love it and want to protect it, but I really tried my best to not spoil the girls and I hope I can do the same with this new baby. I will concede that I probably will not be as stern with it as I was with the girls.
So in the next eight months, we can expect to see a lot of changes. I expect Alisha to come into her own as a mother, if we can get her past the morning sickness and the grouchy moods. I know, all of you women out there are probably thinking she has a right to be grouchy, but good Lord, surely not this grouchy. 
Right now, the biggest discussion between Tammy and myself is what the new baby will call us. I have settled on Papa, which is what I have always heard my Dad call his father. Tammy hasn’t decided yet, except to say it will not be Granny, Grandma, Gram, or Nanny. I suggested, Gram Tam or Grammy Tammy, but those were nixed as well. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to speak up.
Keep us in your prayers and your thoughts as we go into this brand new experience. I would be telling a very large fib if I said I wasn’t looking forward to March 28, 2010. Is it too much to hope for a little boy?
Wonderful! Congratulations to the entire family!
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Thanks, Jamison. It is going to be an entirely new experience for us all.
Imagine that! My friend Larry is going to be a grandparent, and most likely a great one, to boot. I have no doubt you will not spoil the baby, as we grandfathers know little or nothing about such things. (Tongue tightly in cheek)
Anyway, congratulations on your announcement, and may the baby be healthy and full of joy. Be very blessed.
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Well, thank you my friend. I appreciate the thoughts and especially the prayers. I surely hope we can be the kind of grandparents the little one deserves to have. I was very humbled when our daughters were born into this world and I fully expect to feel that way when this little one arrives.
I really am going to try to not spoil the baby, but I am afraid I might be fighting a losing battle with myself.
Hey, Larry, what wonderful news. Congratulations! I remember my mother having the same issues about “what should they call me” because while she was thrilled and excited for us she felt much too young to be a grandparent. No Grandma, Granny, Nana, etc for her either. But it turned out that by the time my son was ready to start speaking she was ready to be a Grandma. So tell Tammy not to worry and remember it is a grandparents responsibility to spoil their grandchildren — so have at it.
Congratulations grandpa… now raise that kid right… and when I say RIGHT, I mean rightwing! lol
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Congratulations!! No better news than a new baby is on the way. What a blessing!
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Well, all I can say is, if you don’t spoil it, I will!!!
Thanks for all of the congrats. Like I said, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to the baby being born. If we can just make if from here to there, hopefully everything will turn out great.