Some things just never change. Last week I was talking to Amanda, and she told me that Patti had the day off work, so they took Kaelin to the zoo. The first thing that ran through my mind was, "Dammit, she had ALL the firsts with my daughter, now she's going to get them with my granddaughter, too?"
On the other hand, Kaelin probably won't remember this zoo trip, so there are always other times. Plus, there's just not a damn thing I can do about it anyway.
And on the plus side, Amanda referred to me as Grandma Lauri when she passed me the baby to hold. I wasn't totally sure how she was going to do that. I did take the opportuity to mention it the other day ... can't remember how I worked it into the conversation, but I told her how Sean and Nick have all their grandmas ... Grandma Jane and Grandma Gwen and Grandma Peg. Plus if we start NOW, it'll just be that way her whole life. So it must had made some sort of impression.