Fridays with Kimball!

Yay!!! It is Friday! That means I get to hang out with one of my favorite people! Actually, I have been extremely blessed to be able to babysit Kimball several times this week, and I can't seem to get enough of his "new-baby-smell!" It follows me home, and sometimes I can still catch of whiff of him during my evening. That "new-car-smell" has NOTHING on this little guy! Check out Kimball after Ashley and I bathed him today.

It would be a huge understatement to say that he didn't absolutely and completely LOVE his bathtime, hence the pacifier. He was a trooper though, and once he was bundled in his little bear towel, he was up for the next challenge.

So, I have something to say about being a grandmama that hasn't really been voiced to me so far by other grandmamas. It is true what you all say that being a grandparent is the best of both worlds: Receiving all of the enjoyment and thrill of a new little baby but without all of the work and sleeplessness of a new little baby. True enough! Amen, sister! I love it! BUT!!! Listen up now! I have discovered in these last three weeks that I am equally moved by witnessing my own daughter grow so graciously and lovingly into the role of "mother." Why didn't you tell me how astounding that is? As I sat on the nursery floor today gazing on as Ashley sat in the rocker feeding her baby, I felt so much love for my little girl; a whole new type of love; a love of awe and a love of wonder at how my heart could possibly expand even more with love for her. It is nothing short of exquisite.