Thanks for all the input and advice everyone! I am nervous I guess, because I am not crazy about babies. Don't get me wrong, I love babies, but not comfortable handling them. Strange, I know, having had 3 of my own......
And, I took good care of mine when they were babies, but I was always relieved when they were older. Now, when they are 2 or 3, I love that age. To me, that is the most fun time. But the tiny ones just make me so nervous.
I worry that I won't be able to show what I am really feeling inside. Does that sound stupid? Is there something wrong with me? I am so nervous and excited, but nervous.
Carlin's wife, Jaimie, knows that I just think she is the greatest. I love that girl as if she were my own, and I couldn't ask for a better daughter in law. She loves all my dogs and isn't afraid of them, she likes my cats and the bird, and loves to just hang out with me.
Just an instance of how in tune she and I are.....for Christmas last year, she brought me a rusty old metal wheel. Now, my son was mortified, but she insisted that is what she was getting me. I was estatic. I LOVE stuff like that and she knew that it didn't have to be a new shiny thing to make me happy. I love this kid and I know she is going to be such a good and fun mom for any kid and I know that my grandkids are going to be lucky to have a mom like her. I just hope I can be as good of a grandmom as she is going to be a mom....