They call them "Great" Grandparents for a reason

It's one of those things you can't be 100% grateful for until you become a parent. When you have a little one of your own and go from just being someone's child to being someone's parent, you get what family is all about in a whole new way. It is really special that little Di has so many GREAT grandparents living right here in Florida that are healthy and active and can enjoy time with her. Great Grandma Sally (or "Gigi") lives only 25 minutes away in Tamarac, as do Great Grandma Ann and Great Grandpa Manny (or "Nana" & "Poppa"). And Danny's grandparents ("Great" & "Poppa") live just a few hours north up near Tampa.

We went down to visit my grandpa or Bisabuelo Rubio (great grandpa in Spanish) in Coral Gables (that's south Miami) this past Saturday afternoon. Because of busy schedules and Danny starting school after the new year, we hadn't seen him since right before Christmas, when Diana was 5 months old. Imagine his delight to see her crawling all over his apartment, standing up and gobbling up our California Pizza Kitchen takeout! We had such a great time just hanging out in his apartment, visiting and talking about baseball, family and life in general :)

Rubio had some old pictures he's been wanting to sort through and we had such a good time looking at photos of me as a baby, my dad as a kid and even pictures of Rubio and my grandmother Diana when they were dating. Little Di is named after my grandmother who passed away a few years ago and it was very special to be able to show her pictures. As she gets older, I will continue to show her pictures and tell her stories so she knows how wonderful her great grandmother was. It always takes my breath away to see my great grandparents' beautiful wedding pictures - her dress was just gorgeous and everything looked amazingly elegant.

After a couple hours visiting and eating an early dinner, we had to head home so Danny could get some work done and we could get Di in bed at a reasonable hour (something that's harder to do these days since she discovered that crawling around the house and getting into everything is WAY more interesting than sleeping!)

What a wonderful afternoon with Bisabuelo - we promise to not go another 31/2 months before visiting again!