Baby J

[jadecat]

We got the call late last night- Jake Steven decided that last night was a good time to make his introduction to the world. :)

He was due on the 6th, and we went to spend time with them at the hospital on the 10th, but little Jake was having NONE of it. He missed his due date, his missed his sister's second birthday (which pleased my step-daughter) and missed his Grandpa's predicted birthday of 11-11. We got a call last night from the hubby's ex-wife who let us know "We're having a baby!" Then last night around 11:30 the step-daughter called to let us know that 'He's here!'

Yeah, she called, after giving birth... Apparently she got her epidural this time (last time she had pitocin and they waited too long to check and then couldn't give her the epidural... this time there was no pitocin and there was an epidural). So she was in good spirits, and couldn't really feel anything below the waist so it didn't hurt yet. *grins* From what we could hear through the phone the boy has good lungs, . :) 7lbs, 8oz, 21 inches long. Respectable weigh in. :)

So now I have a grandson AND a granddaughter.

Since we were there Saturday we were able to see Baby B and give her birthday presents. :) The educational one first (for her little LeapPad), then the bright pink stuffed pony, and THEN the bright pink Barbie ballet outfit (complete with 'ballet slippers'). (Yeah, she's a girly girl. :) ) Before she really understood what the dress was she insisted on wearing the shoes (girl loves shoes...) and demonstrated her dancing for us. Which is when I discovered that my camera takes good video. :) Once she figured out what the ballet outfit was (and that it was like the dancing Barbies on the wrapping paper) she wanted to wear it. I got a little clip of her dancing in it- but hubby had showed her how the camera worked, and I made the mistake of showing her the prior video clips of her dancing- so when she saw the camera aimed at her she wanted to watch herself dancing... I may subject you to these clips.

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks!! :)

[jmfunnyface.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the grandbaby! You should post the dancing clips, they sound cute! I fully support girly-girlness-LOL!

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

*grins* I'll see if I can't figure out how to get them loaded somewhere.

Thanks. :) Oh, and you may appreciate this one- Baby B (now an older sister) picked out a little puppy stuffed animal for brother... but insisted she needed the little kitty that came with it's own black faux velvet hand bag to carry it around in. ;)

[jmfunnyface.livejournal.com]

LOL that's so cute! A girl after my own heart!

[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!! And it's always good to have a new member of the girly shoe tribe!

I'm a great-aunt to people ranging in age from 29-16. I see them once a year and my role is largely ceremonial. What does it feel like to be a grama?

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

She's definitely an up and comer in the girly shoe tribe! I think in the future she'll be in the lead. ;)

It's a little weird being a grandma, but I'm getting used to it. I keep joking that I get to be the young and cool granny. ;) Plus there's the whole 'we can spoil the grandbabies!' and claim cuddling privileges over aunts and things. *laughs* So that works out. Being a step-mom is the really weird one, especially since M is only 5 years younger than me. But since she was an adult when her dad and I met, she and I can just be good friends rather than 'mom' and 'daughter.'

[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

*grin* There is a 50 year old woman in Los Angeles who likes to drag me around her parties and introduce me as her aunt Shannon. (She's four years younger than my husband, her uncle.)

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

You a granny?!?!?!

Brain broked.

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Yup, I'm a granny twice over now.

It's entirely possible to be a granny at 32 when you marry an older man (who claims he was seduced by the baby sitter. ;) )

My husband is 17 years older than me, and was married briefly when he was in his early 20s, which resulted in a daughter that's only 5 years younger than me. :) I was married October 8, and a month later on November 8th became a granny. So cool, all the fun stuff without actually having had to be a parent first. *laughs*

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

It's entirely possible to be a granny at 32 when you marry an older man (who claims he was seduced by the baby sitter. ;) )

OK. That made me LOL!

And of course, the babysitter is HAWT so he was unable to resist.

:)

The kids are gonna call you granny before you're 35. People are gonna assume you're much older and that you look great for your age. You'll need to work that. Turn it into an infomercial.

:)

[losgunna.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Gramma Anney!!!

(we still on for Sunday? :)

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

And most definitely on for Sunday! I need the 'seeing friend' time AND the stitching time. (a little Mr. Darcy wouldn't go amiss either...)

[mr-spock.livejournal.com]

Congrats! My first grandkid is due the beginning of March, '08. They do have a mind of their own, even pre-birth. Nobody tells them when to introduce themselves, that's for sure.

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

Well, once this boy made up his mind he made it up! Step-daughter started laboring at a little after 3, hit serious labor a few hours later and Boyo arrived at 11:28 pm after 25 minutes of pushing! She preferred this birth to the last one. ;)

I really hope you're able to enjoy some good times with your grandbaby. :)

[mr-spock.livejournal.com]

It would be nice, but right now I'm not so sure it's even going to live.

My daughter is a brittle Type 1 diabetic. She's always been brittle, which means that her blood sugar is very unstable.

Pregnancy makes it even more unstable, and so her pregnancy is high-risk. You'd think that would make her ultra-careful, right?

Wrong. She doesn't want to test herself at all, and has manipulated herself into a situation where none of the 3 other people living in the house with her knows anything about diabetes. She can do as she pleases, and they won't be any the wiser.

Even if she survives this pregnancy, I don't think my grandkid will. What's worse, she could end up killing them both, or being on dialysis the rest of her life, because she's too stuborn to accept good advice when it runs counter to what she wants.

She's too damn selfish. I don't know how it happened, either. I know neither I nor her mom (my ex-wife) taught her that.

[zorathenne.livejournal.com]

Yay!! Congrats! =)

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! :)

[tears-embrace.livejournal.com]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!

[the-heartless.livejournal.com]

Congrats. :)