A Different Way of Grandparenting

From the moment this little guy, Johan Steven entered into our lives, Aug. 29, 2014 - our lives and hearts were forever changed.  I didn't know this kind of love and emotion existed. I had no clue.  I didn't think such emotion and deep deep love could exist outside of having our own children and the first moments of seeing them.

This is my baby and this is her baby!  How does that even......no words to describe what this photo does to me......

And now - he's 2 1/2 years old and still has a way of melting my heart, making me weak in the knees and brings tears rolling down my cheeks and then  makes me laugh from my toes.

He lives in The Netherlands and our relationship exists through "skype" and "what's app" videos and pictures and the occasional visits.  It's rough.....no doubt about it.

Any day now, this little guy will become a big brother.  I woke up this morning as I was dreaming of waking up to a video of being shown my new grandbaby......as I woke up tears were rolling down my cheeks.  I can't wait to meet this new little life. Sadly, I won't even be able to physically hold this new life until he/she is 6 months old.  That thought alone makes the tears roll down.  So I try not to think too much about that.  At least we have the internet.  I'm thinking it wouldn't be so very hard to live there. Not only do we have grandchildren to want to live close to, we have other beautiful European countries at our fingertips. All we have to do is hop on the train and in a flash we are in Paris or Brussels or.......yeah I think moving over there is the right thing to do!