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30 January 2007

Update on the grandbun and my folks Well, we made the visit today...→[More:]

It went very well. The first sign was when I called to say we were on our way-Mom asked if we had had lunch-we hadn't-and she said she had lunch meat and such for us. We got there and she had quite a spread and selection plus my favorite soda-Diet Pepsi with Lime. Which they do not drink. So, I knew she'd been shopping specifically for our meeting.

I have a cold so I couldn't hold the grandbun-but mom said she'd hold the baby while we ate. She did-and I could see her trying to be gruff and failing miserably. She held the baby most of the rest of the time.Meanwhile my father asked my daughter to go out to the shop with him to see how he'd fixed up its second floor (two story garage/shop with upper game and rec room-all of which he constructed himself from the ground up.)

He'd made a rocking horse with a shag carpet mane for the baby, which he gave my daughter. I'm sure he already had the horse around, as he does make them and sell them occasionally, but I've never seen one with a mane made specifically so "the baby wouldn't bump his head" and I quote.

It's a start.

Meanwhile my father took

post by: bunnyfire at: 17:27 | 27 comments

Meanwhile my father took

What? What did your father take??

posted by essexjan 30 January | 17:39

I too want to know!

posted by TheDonF 30 January | 17:39

Oh, and I'm glad it all went well too.

posted by essexjan 30 January | 17:40

I am dying of curiosity too!

posted by getoffmylawn 30 January | 17:43

Meanwhile my father took the baby and said, he's so cute, I'm running away with him! They jumped on the horsey, which had been fitted with a special engine, and rode off into the sunset.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 30 January | 17:55

Meanwhile my father took pictures non-stop, saying "I just love this little baby and I want to be able to show everyone I know my beautiful grandbun!"

posted by Specklet 30 January | 17:59

Actually that last phrase was meaningless. I had started a sentence, worded it differently and forgot to rid myself of the sentence fragment.

Sorry!

The baby was his cutiepie best, btw. Awake, alert, yawning, burping, "tooting" (if I did it it would have been a fart) and other such kinds of baby entertainment.

posted by bunnyfire 30 January | 18:11

I'm very happy for you. Babies are usually really, really good at melting the hearts. It's so we don't eat them.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 30 January | 18:12

I had started a sentence, worded it differently and forgot to rid myself of the sentence fragment.

Then let us all continue to finish the sentence.

Meanwhile my father took one look at the baby, his heart melted and he said to your daughter "you have made me the happiest great-grandfather in the world."

posted by essexjan 30 January | 18:23

Meanwhile my father took one whiff of the baby's "toot" and passed out on the floor.

posted by essexjan 30 January | 18:24

Meanwhile my father took a good, hard look at himself in the mirror and realised that he felt really good about starting to bring his family back together, and that he would do everything he could for his new grandbun.

posted by TheDonF 30 January | 18:27

Meanwhile my father took one look at the baby and took off all his clothes, saying "if it's good enough for the baby to lay around on a blanket naked, it's good enough for me, too".

posted by dg 30 January | 18:29

Meanwhile my father took back every bad thing he'd ever said about grandson-in-law, at least for the day.

either that or...

Meanwhile my father took his 19-inch tube TV set in one hand, lifted it over his head and said "now can ya do THAT" like Lloyd Bridges in that Seinfeld episode.

or...

Meanwhile my father took a box of the baby's diapers we had in the back of the car for himself.

What the hey.

posted by wendell 30 January | 19:06

This is a great story. Thank you. Kisses to grandbun.

posted by rainbaby 30 January | 19:15

Good to hear, bunnyfire! Hope relations continue to improve.

posted by jrossi4r 30 January | 19:34

I'm really glad for you bunnyfire!

posted by pieisexactlythree 30 January | 20:08

Very good news, bunnyfire. Sounds like a nice visit all the way around. I hope they just keep going forward - looks like a strong possibility.

posted by redvixen 30 January | 20:13

This is wonderful to hear, and I hope we'll soon be hearing the next chapter.

posted by PlanetKyoto 30 January | 20:23

Mazel Tov!

(Guess we'll have to cancel Dr. Phil now. ; )

posted by Pips 30 January | 21:18

I'm so happy for you and yours, bunnyfire. A very encouraging start, indeed. Thanks so much for the update.

posted by elizard 30 January | 21:43

Pips, I was holding out for Oprah, actually ;-)

Don't worry, as events warrant, I will certainly update, folks. Thank you all for your support, truly.

posted by bunnyfire 30 January | 21:59

One sad thing about all this, however, is my poor son-in-law. I know this might be a little hard to believe but apparently this is his first exposure to real honest to goodness racism. He's pretty hurt. But I am proud of him, he is keeping a good attitude through all of this, and there is no chip on his shoulder.

posted by bunnyfire 30 January | 22:02

She did-and I could see her trying to be gruff and failing miserably.

Grandbun is winning. I knew the little bugger could do it!

posted by jason's_planet 30 January | 22:17

That's so wonderful, bunnyfire! It was a big step for your parents and I'm glad they took it. Now they just need to keep heading in the same direction.
:^)

posted by deborah 30 January | 23:22

Then if you had no doubts that you loved your son-in-law, this should really cement that your daughter is with someone who respects her and her family more than pettiness and ignorance and fear. And that is saying a whole lot.

posted by Cinnamon 30 January | 23:44

I'm glad things went well.

posted by brujita 31 January | 00:15

This made me smile.

I hope things continue to improve, bunnyfire.

posted by mike9322 31 January | 07:42

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