My Big Girl

Eliana is getting really big... after taking these pictures I realized how much my baby doesn't look like a baby anymore but a toddler! My baby is growing up. I cut her bangs because they were getting in her face and it was really beginning to bother me. But the reality moment of when I realized how bad it was when I was at the store to pick up some random items one of them being a small pair of scissors for myself and the check out clerk looked at Eliana and said "Oh you going to cut her bangs so you can see her beautiful face..." to which I quickly replied, "um...yes." LOL. Oh well the cutting didn't go as planned I cut a little to high, but she still looks cute. Don't think she could look bad even if I went in zig zags.

Christmas Pics

Sorry this is so late but here they are...Eliana's Christmas pics.

My Grandma

Eight, no maybe Nine o'clock at night, I can't really tell. My eyelids are getting pretty heavy, it's got to be way past my bedtime. But if Grandma is letting me stay up I am not passing up the opportunity to sit and watch some more tv even if the show isn't something I recognize. "Jerry, turn it down. It doesn't have to be so loud." my Grandma was shouting at my Grandpa from the kitchen. (Later I would find out that this would be an uphill battle my Grandma would fight for years to come.) She emerges from the kitchen carrying two trays filled with popcorn bowls and a couple of drinks. She hands one to my Grandpa and then one to me and my sister to share. A snack right before bed!

I remember my sister and I would spend the night frequently at my Grandparents house and I always loved it. Back then I never thought about not being able to have her in my life, because she was always there for me. From when I was a little girl who was afraid of the dark to when I was living on my own and needing a couple extra dollars to get by. But tonight I received that phone call that I have been dreading since returning to Wyoming, the news that my Grandma had just passed away. In the back of my mind I knew it was coming the day that Chris and I left to come home I knew it wouldn't be long before she left us, but that doesn't make things easier for me. But thankfully I can look at the picture above and it brings me joy to know the wonderful things that my Grandma was able to see and experience. There are four generations of women in the picture, my Mom who my grandma was able to raise into a beautiful woman who would have her own daughters (and son). She was able to see her Grandchildren grow up also and get married and have their own children.
There are some many things that I could say about my Grandma and how wonderful she was to us but I won't list them . . . the thing that I will miss the most though is something that only recently have come to see is the over whelming look of joy she gets in her face when she would see Eliana come into the room. I can't even describe the look of happiness on her face, she just glowed. No one was prouder then her.
I Love you so much Grandma, you be truly missed.