It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

It has been so long since I have added to our blog. After I go into why it has been so long you will see. Lets see.... it started back in August when my first grand baby was due. She was due August 13th so I decided to fly up to Utah on the 9th thinking that would give me plenty of time. As it got closer and Melissa was progressing Steve talked me into changing my plan ticket to the 6th of August. He told me I would never forgive myself if I missed this big event. He was right about that, however the baby didn't come till August 14th. Babies come or don't come when you want. :) So a day after Chelsea's due date they had Melissa and Brad go into the hospital early to induce her labor. The baby still had not dropped. Long story short, after many hours of nothing much happening and the baby still not dropping the doctor came in about 5 pm and they decided to take the baby c-section. At about 5:30 pm we had a new grand daugher. Chelsea Ruthe Petersen weighing in at 11 lbs 7 oz. (No this is not a typo) She was the talk of the nursery. She was the most presious thing ever. I couldn't stop staring at her. I couldn't believe I was finally a grandma. I called everyone to give them the news including Steve (the new grandpa) He could'nt believe how big she was. It truly was a great day.

Chelsea Ruthe Petersen - 8 /14/2008

Welcome to the World!

August 15th was my 50th birthday and since Melissa just had a baby and Steve was still at home waiting for his vacation to start I was alone. Or I thought. My best friend Nancy who nows lives in Utah took me out to a movie "Mama Mia" and to dinner. It was so much fun. It was like old times. We laughed and just enjoyed talking about the old days. Before we went into the resturant there was a motorcycle just sitting there so I had Nancy take a picture of me. (Harley Mama)

Good Friends are hard to find. Thanks Nanc for a great time.

On August 16th Steve and Greg drove up to Utah to see Chelsea and visit with Brad and Melissa. Greg was so excited to be an Uncle and Steve was such a proud grandpa. He just kept saying how pretty Chelsea was.

Grand Babies are a Gift from above.

We had a great time getting to know our newest member of the family. We all took turns holding Chelsea and helping Melissa out. She had a tough go of it. She had a rough time nursing Chelsea as Chelsea would not coroperate. It was very frustrating for Melissa. It was hard for me to see my daughter so heart broken as everything she wanted for the birth of this child didn't come to pass. From the delivery (she wanted to have it natural and had to have a C-section), to nursing her baby (not going to happen in this life time). I never had any problems so it was hard to comfort her. I know it all happened for a reason but it was difficult to watch. I was scheduled to stay till after the blessing of Chelsea which was August 31st and return home with Steve. As it turned out Melissa ended up with a really bad infection from her inssion and had to go back to the doctor to have it looked at. It was the size of my fist. The doctor gave her some options and she took the option to have the strong antibiotic by IV to see if that would help. She did not want to be cut open again. As fate would have it an hour or so later the inssion burst and she ended up in the hospital and they had to remove the infection. That set Melissa back and I had to stay two more weeks till she healed. I know this was hard for Melissa. It was hard on me to as I missed Steve but I knew I needed to be her for Melissa. The good thing was I was able to bond with Chelsea for a few extra weeks and I loved every minute of it.