Nice to meet you Grand Dad

Back in September we took a crazy risk of traveling across country...with a 5 month old. Before we left for the trip, Steve's parents were able to come to our house for a few days. Mimi had visited before, but in September, Jaden met Grand Dad for the first time.



I love my father in law. I really do. One thing that I love about him is his predictablilty. I am confident that every time I ask him how he's doing he'll respond "Fair to partly cloudy". :)

I watched as grand dad Loeffler played with Jaden and even walked the floor with him one night when he couldn't fall asleep. I mentioned to Stephen about how it was bitter sweet to me. While I'm thankful for the time that Garry has to spend with him, it's also sad to me that Paw Paw Larry, (my dad) will never meet little Jaden. I know that he would have loved his grandkids, so very much. I wish that J would have had the chance to know him, to play ball with him like I did, and take candy from his truck. He probably would have carried pictures around in his wallet of his grandkids and showed them off to everyone he could get to listen. That was my dad. :)





I'm realizing that I'm more like dad than I ever thought. Dad enjoyed life through the viewfinder. He was always videoing or photographing us every chance he got. I guess I got that from him. I'm trying to keep in line with Dad's practices and taking photos and videos of J every chance I get. Even though soon he'll probably find it annoying or embarassing, one day he'll thank me for it when I'm gone.

Even though Dad is not here, I am certain that Jaden is loved very much though by his grandparents, on both sides. I'm thankful for that.