Last night Everton and I were having dinner @ Adriano's home (he's our nephew), and we were visiting with Edson & Maria (Everton's brother & sis.-in-law) who are visiting from Idaho. My cell phone rang, & by the time I got to it, I had 2 missed calls from my daughter, Jen. I said "Wow! Jen called twice, I hope there's not an emergency or anything!", so I tried to call her back, but couldn't talk to her directly, I had to leave a message on her voice mail. I sat back down to eat some more dinner, then my cell phone rang again, & I ran to get it (I had forgotten to bring it to the dinner table with me), and when I answered, it was Jen & Shaun. They said "Hi mom, it's Jen and Shaun, can we talk to Grandma Freitas?" I said "Grandma Freitas?? She didn't come down here with Maria & Edson, she's still in Idaho." Then they asked again "can we talk to GRANDMA Freitas?", and I suddenly realized... I said "DO YOU MEAN ME???!!!" And then I burst into tears & started laughing & crying all at once!! I said "Are you pregnant??!!" , and they both confirmed that YES, Jennifer is approximately 7 weeks pregnant & they had an ultrasound yesterday to confirm it. They said they had known since January 1st, but didn't want to say anything until they had the ultrasound done. They wanted to tell us in person, but after the ultrasound, they decided to call everybody...and they had to wait for a day that Shaun was off from work, to get the ultrasound & to let everybody know the FANTASTIC news!! This is an answer to prayer - Jen & Shaun have been going through some infertility problems, and have been having infertility treatments for about 2 years - so this is a miracle that they're expecting & I am ECSTATIC that I'll be GRANDMA FREITAS in about 7 months!!!! After wiping my tears, and letting them know how HAPPY I am - they asked to talk to GRANDPA FREITAS (Everton) and I said "I can't wait to let everybody know!!" and then I said, "but I'll let you guys tell everyone, I'll keep my mouth shut!", then after they talked to Everton, they told him to tell me it was o.k. to blog about it today - so here I am!!! I have a quote that sums up my feelings very well: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!" I feel soooo blessed and soooo happy right now!!
5 comments:
Congratulations!! You will make a fabulous grandma! Tell Jenn I'm very happy for her.
CONGRATULATIONS! I am so happy for Jen! She is awesome, and she will be an awesome little mommy! I am so happy that you are going to be a grandma! My mom says its a blast, and I am sure you will love it just as much. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN GRANDMA FREITAS! Glad you shared the good news! Send my hellos to your wonderful family. See you soon.
WooHoo! A huge congratulations to Jen, Shaun, Grandma & Grandpa Freitas, and the entire family. I am so very excited for all of you. I can still remember the emotional joy that Eric and I felt just 7 mos. ago when we found out we were going to be grandparents. The feelings are undescribable. Debbie... I am so happy and it is so perfect that we are going to be Grandma's together. United we will be. My love to you all. ~ Shae
Thank you my sweet friends!! I love you all!! xox, Grandma Freitas
Congratulations Debbie. You will love being a Grandma. It is the greatest experience. We have 5 grandchildren now. Lisa has a girl 7 years old and a boy 4 years old. Brett has a 2 year old son and is having a girl February 28. Cathy is having a boy April 29.
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