Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Grandma finds out baby gender

Our oldest daughter and son-in-law are expecting our first grandchild. She is due August 29 (eleven days after her 21st birthday). They had an appt. scheduled for yesterday and found out the gender. She told me she would post it on facebook so we would all know and I calmly explained that she could call or text me so I,
a) will be the first to know (or second if they tell other grandma first which is ok in my book)
b) won't find out with the world on facebook
c) will be the first to know

She agreed to call before posting it publicly. She thought she would be calling sometime between noon and 2:00pm. Ok dokie. Until I have to run an errand from 11:15-11:45am and realized they are on the EAST coast which means they are a time zone ahead. UGH. I text her, figuring she would have to look at her phone before calling me. Hopefully it was off or on silent. So my message said 'running an errand be back in 30'.

I get a phone call on my cell 15 minutes later with my lovely daughter laughing at me. "Mommy, it's not like I am in labor or anything" so I calmly explain that I didn't want her leaving it on the machine at home or something. She said that she would not do that and she would have called my cell if no one answered at home. Call me silly but I didn't want to take the chance. Better to state what I want so there is no confusion. So she told me they are having a girl. They had boy names picked out so now they will begin the process of selecting girl names. The baby weighs about 11 ounces (less than 3 sticks of butter) and is healthy. Craig was on the phone at the same time telling his mom. Being the grandma's should have some privileges. 
 -19 pounds since starting
+99 days

38 days to Graduation, 99 days to 21st birthday and 266 to Leah's birthday

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