We are the luckiest family I know! There are 25 (1/3) grandchildren and 1 GREAT grandbaby and every one of them have a birthday each year. What isn't so lucky is the fact that many of them live at distances and must rely on phone calls & mailed cards or PKGS when their turn comes each year.
Every year the Baker family serenades each of us with a birthday ditty that never fails to please. Today we "forgot" Jon, although the truth is we postponed calling until we got home this afternoon and had company every hour until 10PM CA time.
So while Jonny wasn't exactly 'forgotten' - and Ben will be celebrating tomorrow - I have grand hopes that both grandsons will receive calls tomorrow. We hope you had a fun day, Jonathan, and Happy Birthday to Ben in about 15 minutes. xoxoxo
PS I hope Jon's card arrives tomorrow, in the mail...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
HAPPY 26th BIRTHDAY, SYDNEY...
Tonight is a good time for reflection. I just received a facebook comment from Sydney's pediatrician's wife. He was one of our first visitors at the hospital, Victor Ince, MD. He was a big teddy bear of a man, with rather unruly hair and a salt and pepper beard.
He bounced into the hospital room with a huge smile on his face. The first words out of his mouth were, "Congratulations folks, you have just become the parents of a very special child!" From that moment on, and although we'd never met him before, we knew Sydney was going to be in a warm and caring physician's hands.
And so she was...
Victor Ince died a few years back. He had retired due to poor health, but we have always missed his wise advice, his encouraging and loving ways. Sydney's start in life, with such a caring doctor, has been reflected many times and in so many ways, throughout the years.
Today as we ate lunch with her dear friend, Charlotte, she spoke of times in school when other kids called her a "retard." We agreed it wasn't very nice, but also that perhaps they were retards, too...
It made me think how wise Sydney has become; how far she has come down the pathway of life and how much she has impacted so many along the way.
We are so grateful for her coming into our lives 26 years ago - and we continue to marvel at the guileless, yet intelligent adult she is becoming.
Happy birthday, Sydney... you have more joy into our lives than we could ever say.
I love you so very much and so does your dad. xoxoxo Mom
He bounced into the hospital room with a huge smile on his face. The first words out of his mouth were, "Congratulations folks, you have just become the parents of a very special child!" From that moment on, and although we'd never met him before, we knew Sydney was going to be in a warm and caring physician's hands.
And so she was...
Victor Ince died a few years back. He had retired due to poor health, but we have always missed his wise advice, his encouraging and loving ways. Sydney's start in life, with such a caring doctor, has been reflected many times and in so many ways, throughout the years.
Today as we ate lunch with her dear friend, Charlotte, she spoke of times in school when other kids called her a "retard." We agreed it wasn't very nice, but also that perhaps they were retards, too...
It made me think how wise Sydney has become; how far she has come down the pathway of life and how much she has impacted so many along the way.
We are so grateful for her coming into our lives 26 years ago - and we continue to marvel at the guileless, yet intelligent adult she is becoming.
Happy birthday, Sydney... you have more joy into our lives than we could ever say.
I love you so very much and so does your dad. xoxoxo Mom
Monday, February 9, 2009
Another chapter in life now beginning...
It is always exciting when another baby is born; most certainly when that baby is part of our blended family. We are the grandparents of 25 grandchildren, with the anticipation of more to come.
However, there is something magical about becoming a grandparent ~ or a GREAT grandparent, for the 1st time! Today, Feb 9, 2009 another generation of children began. As Megan, and husband Riley, welcome a sweet baby daughter into their lives, we watch the circle of life beginning again.
It is marvelous to be alive and healthy, as this latest generation begins. Being the first little girl on the paternal side of the family to enjoy 4 doting uncles, but no aunts, Margaret 'ZuZu' brings new joys and great expectations of all.
This a time of great celebration and yes, new beginnings, too. We are happy to be part of this eternal family and to be able to once again witness [via email] the incredible miracle of birth.
God Bless you Riley, Megan ~ and Emzy ~ and your brand new grandparents, too.
xoxoxo Great-Grammy Joyce
However, there is something magical about becoming a grandparent ~ or a GREAT grandparent, for the 1st time! Today, Feb 9, 2009 another generation of children began. As Megan, and husband Riley, welcome a sweet baby daughter into their lives, we watch the circle of life beginning again.
It is marvelous to be alive and healthy, as this latest generation begins. Being the first little girl on the paternal side of the family to enjoy 4 doting uncles, but no aunts, Margaret 'ZuZu' brings new joys and great expectations of all.
This a time of great celebration and yes, new beginnings, too. We are happy to be part of this eternal family and to be able to once again witness [via email] the incredible miracle of birth.
God Bless you Riley, Megan ~ and Emzy ~ and your brand new grandparents, too.
xoxoxo Great-Grammy Joyce
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Anxiously awaiting the birth of Emzie/ Maggy Zu/ EM... our 1st GREAT grandbaby!
Emzie is due tomorrow to Riley and Megan Bingham!! It is very exciting to contemplate the birth of a great grandchild! I am alreay enjoying the many compliments one receives with the birth of their first child, grandchild or great grandchild.
The first being... oh you're too young, you couldn't possibly be a ... great grandmother!! Yep, I sure love that one...
Particularly since there is a very good chance there are still to be more grandbabies on the way...
My biggest regret however is that many of our grandchildren live at great distances from us and as such we don't get to see them all that much. We'll see little Emzie in March, but then it will be late summer before we have the opportunity to see her again.
It seems the more we have - the broader the distances become.
It would sure be nice to begin again - therefore making exactly the same mistakes we made the first time no doubt.
One thing is for sure! I would never take time spent together with family for granted - never, ever again.
The first being... oh you're too young, you couldn't possibly be a ... great grandmother!! Yep, I sure love that one...
Particularly since there is a very good chance there are still to be more grandbabies on the way...
My biggest regret however is that many of our grandchildren live at great distances from us and as such we don't get to see them all that much. We'll see little Emzie in March, but then it will be late summer before we have the opportunity to see her again.
It seems the more we have - the broader the distances become.
It would sure be nice to begin again - therefore making exactly the same mistakes we made the first time no doubt.
One thing is for sure! I would never take time spent together with family for granted - never, ever again.
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