Our first Grandbaby is almost here!

In just a few more days......I'm going to be a Grandma!

I'm surprised by my emotions. Our first Grandbaby....my heart and mind are in a whirl.

Becoming a Grandma sure brings back the memories.  Each stage of our daughter's pregnancy - from the morning sickness to the swelling ankles - I marvel that my "baby" is going to have a baby - in.just.a.few.more.days!

Our daughter and husband chose not to Find Out what they're having.  They're going about it the old-fashioned way.  They want to be surprised....like it was back-in-the-day when she and her siblings were born.  Sonograms....now called ultrasounds...were not the norm when our kids were growing in the womb.  It was still a lab procedure and not done routinely as they are now.  (Although, in my case - I had C-sections for all my births, so the ultrasound became routine for my situation.)

We are also being held in suspense as to what names they've chosen.


When we were having babies, we thought we had the name picked out.  It never failed - once we held that newborn in our arms, only then were we certain what we would call that new little person.  Our twins had to wait a couple days before we were decided on who would get what name.  They are labeled Baby A and Baby B  for a few days.  The nurses began to tease us that they didn't have names.  Heck!  We didn't even know we were having twins until 8 weeks before their birth-day!

Then, there was the "boy" welcomed into our family a couple years later.  But, since we didn't know whether we were having a boy or girl the names were still up for grabs.

So, as we added three more children, we became more comfortable with our method - we waited until we saw our new little one before making the final decision.

It wasn't only just choosing a name we liked, but, what that name would mean.  We wanted our children's names to have significance.  The Bible often shows purpose and meaning behind names given, so we chose to follow that example.  Some of those meanings are: Gracious One; Innocent Lamb; Gift from God; Honorable Ruler; Strong One; Noble; Protector; Rose of Sharon; ....(those who know our kids, can you guess which meaning applies to which child?)

I can hardly wait to hear the name of our grandchild...to meet this precious blessing in just a few.more.days!