I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.......

I feel like the 'little engine that could'......facing a big hill and just chugging along hoping to be able to make it to the top!  I think I am almost to the top though!  I was able to accomplish a lot last week....hit the ground running every morning.  Have almost all of my gifts bought....haven't wrapped any yet!  Took my Christmas cards to the post office and they are on their way to family and friends as I type this. 

BJ facebooked this weekend a picture that Chloe drew with her bath crayons while taking a bath Saturday evening.....it was a picture of Gigi, Pop-Pop, and Austi!  As parents, you go through so many firsts.....first tooth, first word, first steps, etc.  I didn't realize the special firsts that grandparents go through....the first time they say your name....the first hug.....the first 'I love you', and now my first portrait drawn by my very own granddaughter!  I thought my heart would burst when Chloe said 'Gigi' the very first time or how wonderful it was when she said she loved me....and now....she drew a picture of me.....when I wasn't even there.....that she was thinking of me! 

I guess this little engine needs to get her caboose in gear and get to the top of the hill!  I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

Gigi