Waiting for Connor

If you know me at all, you know that patience is not one of my virtues. So when we found out that Kristen & Derek were expecting, I figured it would be a long 8 months. I wasn't entirely right. It was fall when we learned the news and then soon it was Thanksgiving and then Christmas so that time went by fairly quickly. Then in mid January I started my new job and worked full-time for 5 weeks so there wasn't a lot of time to sit and wait. But then time started to drag. There were the showers and the fun of seeing all the cute little outfits he has to wear. There were the sonograms - the regular one and the 3-D one. I think the 3-D one is the one that really brought the excitement to the surface for me. Seeing his little face and his chubby little cheeks - getting to see what he looks like just made me want to hold him. So now the time is dragging and I am just waiting. I can't wait to meet him, but I am also anxious for the delivery to be over and to know that both Kristen and Connor are fine. I am anxious to see my baby boy holding his baby boy. (My camera is in my purse all the time now so that when the time comes to go to the hospital I don't leave it behind!) I can't even begin to imagine what it will feel like to become a grandma. I am anxious to watch Derek & Kristen grow from being a couple to parents, to watch them experience a new kind of love that they have never felt before - the love for their child. So I am trying to be patient and enjoy each day as it comes for what it brings, but I am also so looking forward to the phone call that says they are headed to the hospital, where once again I will wait....But I know the waiting will soon be over and it all will have been worth it. The piece of our family that we didn't even know was missing will be here and new joys and new excitements await us.