Thirteen years ago today, November 3, 2000, our daughter gave birth to our oldest grandchild. It is hard to believe that she is thirteen already. It seems like yesterday that she was born. In 2000, we still lived in Stoughton, WI. I will never forget getting the call from my daughter around dinner time on November 2. She said that it was time to go to St. Mary's hospital in Madison, Wisconsin to have the baby. My daughter's husband was working in Madison, my husband had recently had cataract surgery and couldn't drive, and my daughter was ready to give birth, so that left me to drive to the hospital. For some reason we took our pick up truck. I don't have any idea why we took the truck. I was trying to act calm as we approached the hospital and when we got to the front, I asked them if they wanted to drop Me off. Sarah said "no mom, I can walk from the parking area". I wasn't too nervous. We went in and then we waited and waited and waited. As it became clear that it would be a while, I took my husband home. He had been sitting the entire evening in the back of the room clutching his coat. I wasn't the only one who was nervous. I tried to rest at home, but got up at 3:00 in the morning and went back to the hospital. Pretty soon it was time and our first grandchild was born. She has been a joy and as it turned out, our one and only granddaughter. The next four grandchildren have been boys.
Today we had a little family party with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Even great grandpa was there.
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| Great grandpa with Sam and Jack |
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| Aunt Heather, Mom Sarah, Ewan and puppy Piper |
Through the years with Melissa.
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| Three months old |
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| Melissa at 2 1/2 years old |
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| Dance recital at four years old |
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| Five years old |
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| Nine years old |
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| Eleven years old. |
Then today...thirteen years old.
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| She likes accessories. Her mom always liked to wear hats at that age. |
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