Today Brayden is three. I can't help but remember the day he was born and I'm so thankful that I got to be there. Zach had been in Japan for 8 months and they let him come home for the baby's birth. Amy and I flew out to spend his birthday with him and when we got to the airport, we had to wait because they were at the hospital and the baby was imminent. We spent the rest of the day going back and forth to the hospital and the night at the hospital and little Brayden didn't make his appearance until 17 minutes after midnight giving him a different birthday than his daddy.
So yesterday was Zach's birthday and today is Brayden's. I so wish I could have flown out there again to celebrate with them. Its so hard to see Bailey and Brayden growing up in pictures only, but at least with internet, they can put pictures up often for me to see.
I love those babies and they will grow up knowing there is some old woman in Texas they go see once a year and have no real relationship with me. Each year they will get bigger and then will come a time when they won't even want to come any more. Such is life when the daddy is in the Navy.
Finally getting caught up on my blogs! OK, I have to respectfully disagree with your thoughts on this one......and truly hope that I am right. My grandparents lived in Humboldt. I moved away from there when I was 1, and my cousins in HI never lived there. We were always separated from them. Yet......they were still a huge part of all of our lives. I saw them once a year until Grandpa passed. My cousins, living so far away, saw them less. But, we always felt close to them. We didn't even have the internet! I was terrible at writing letters, but Grandma wrote often and always sent cards. The quality time spent with her still sticks in my mind to this day. In fact, she did a lot to shape the person who I grew up to be! I wish the same for you and your grands!
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