Gamma's Miss Jillian

I have been sitting here all evening editing and playing around with my sight, knowing I needed to write a new blog, nothing else could even come close to the thought of my little granddaughter Jillian Grace...this little person makes an impact on people like no other...she is just that wonderfully memorable! My granddaughter Jillian..my little Jilli is one of the funniest people you could ever imagine meeting. Her dances, her faces, her giggles, her jokes, her out and out silliness. It is so difficult to get on to her, she will make a smirk and it is so hard to keep from laughing..(oh how that will be regretted someday)..but today, how can we not help but laugh at this precious little girl. Such a mixture of her mommy and daddy..a vision only they could imagine. She came into this world on her due date (predictable?) and only 15 hours after her daddy arrived from Iraq for his R&R,,what timing. With the darkest of hair and the bluest of eyes, truthfully a beautiful baby, ready to give love and be loved. This has never changed, her hair is a little lighter and of course not a baby any longer, but a beautiful 3 year old little girl. Effectionate, smart, loving, needy, giving and of course spoilt....but that is ok :)

For me, Jillian was my first granddaughter and I could not have been more thrilled to have this little girl that would remind me of her mother (my daughter) as a little girl. I loved spending all the time with her that I could, holding her, playing, laughing, teaching her to crawl and her being like gamma and wearing reading glasses. I traveled to Colorado as much as I could to spend time with her, missing her so much during our times apart. Last year when she was going to be a big sister, I was so concerned for myself being able to love another as I love her. How was she going to react to this new little being in her life, having to share her mommy and daddy? Well as always Jillian comes through like a charm...loving her sister so much, not sure if she wanted to share her. Paige and I had taken Jilli & Emma to a friends to have photos taken, well the friends little girl (one of Jilli's best friends) got a little too close to Emma and Jilli went into the protection mode...we thought for a moment she may knock her good buddy out just to keep her sister safe.

Today I am so thankful Jilli, Emma and their mommy lives here while their daddy serves our country while being on his third tour to Izrack as Jilli calls it. She says Uncle Boma instead of Obama, she will tell you that "Uncle Boma" is daddy's boss. I ask her if she can get out of her car seat by her self..she says "I think not"....She loves music, painting, coloring, being read to and attempting to read herself. Jilli loves to shop and get new clothes and play shopping with her Aunti Gabi.

Jillian was gone this last weekend, when she came home she came running in yelling gamma, gamma..ran into my legs and gave me the greatest hug and told me how much she missed me. She also told me she had cried for me over the weekend saying "I need my gamma"....I know for sure this is what makes being a gamma the greatest.

This same weekend our family pet had passed away, I explained to Jilli that MoMo had to go live with Jesus because she was so sick..with the saddest little sweet face, she said "are you sad?" and I told her, indeed I was..her eyes welled up with tears, she hugged me so tight crying..my tears fell along with hers. We talked of how MoMo was in Heaven with black and white wings, she included into this "and with pink hearts".....her heart is so big for everyone and everything she loves.

Her mommy and daddy were coming back on a "Pearplane" on Saturday, she asked if she could stay up till they got home, I said sure, if you can stay awake that long....later she was found on the living room floor sound asleep looking like a princess...needless to say she was not up when they arrived home...but the attempt was great.

Jilli is entertaining while playing guitar hero, with her secretly "NOT" plugged in guitar. Saturday night movie night with Aunti Gabi eating a whole bag of pop corn in her big green bowl and a cup of Dr.Pepper, she usually is found sound asleep beside her bowl holding her cup.."Adorable"

I love this little girl so so much, I appreciate every minute I have with her and will do all I can to bring happiness and fulfillment into her life. Our family and friends see life through her eyes and for that we see things we would never have. I am so thankful for this little granddaughter of mine

I am so Thanful to be Jillian Grace's gamma......I love you Jilli Willi :)