Bestagrandma

The last week has been extremely sad for me and my family. A week ago, my grandma fell and broke her hip (technically she is my great grandma, but she is the only grandma on my mom's side that I actually knew, so I just consider her my grandma). I call her Bestagrandma because it means great grandma in Norwegian. (She was born in Norway.) She ended up in the emergency room and had surgery. She was in recovery when she got congestive heart failure. (which you don't recover from) So we found out she was dying....we just didn't know when. So the last few days were torture. Me and my mom were there every day watching her. She mostly slept, but sometimes she was alert and talking. But she kept saying "I'm ready to go home. Can I go home now?" "Ingo (her deceased husband) is coming for me." It was really hard to hear, but we knew it was time for her to go. She ended up being moved to a hospice where she would be kept as comfortable as possible in the mean time. My mom called me early yesterday morning and told me that she had passed away at 3:30 am that morning. I knew it was going to be coming, and I thought I had prepared myself. But I was wrong. It was a lot harder than I had thought it was going to be. There are some things I didn't get to say to her before she passed away.

Bestagrandma,

I'm going to miss the big smile you got on your face everytime me and mom came to visit you.

I'm going to miss all of your fun Norwegian stories, songs, and words.

I'm going to miss sitting on the patio, enjoying your flowers and view with you.

I'm going to miss hearing you ask me if I want a pepsi.

I'm going to miss having you walk me and mom out to the car when we leave, arm in arm.

I'm going to miss you telling me how wonderful I am and how Jordan is so lucky to have me. :)

I'm going to miss picking my favorite licorice candies out of your candy jar.

I'm going to miss your laugh.

I'm going to miss your hugs.

I'm going to miss visiting with you by your pool.

I'm going to miss bringing lunch/dinners to you with my mom.

But most of all, I will miss hearing you say "Jeg elsker deg." (I love you)

You had the sweetest, most generous spirit about you Bestagrandma, and I will never forget it. You saved my mom and I am eternally grateful to you for it. You will live forever in my memories. I know you and Ingo are so happy to be together again. I will see you again someday. :)

Jeg elsker deg Bestagrandma



(Here are some of my favorite pictures of me and her growing up that I could find.)

Tiny Rolly

Here is one of my favorite pictures of Tiny. She is sitting on her bum on Jordan's belly. You can see her cute little feet poking out. So adorable. She was just chillin there for a while. haha. Anyway, she also has the new middle name of Rolly (from 101 Dalmations...if you've seen it, you know who I'm talking about) because she is such a fatty! She is starting to majorly get the round hamster belly look. When we first got her, she almost looked like a mouse, but now she is definitely getting a belly. We love her. :)

Happy Birthday Jordan!

Today was Jordan's birthday and we had a fun, relaxing day. We started the day with a treasure hunt in order for Jordan to find his birthday present from me. I thought it was fun and really funny to watch Jordan figure out my silly hints. Anyway, after that we went to get breakfast at the Pancake House. Very, very good. Our new favorite breakfast place. Then we went to see Dark Knight---FINALLY. We have been wanting to see this since before it was released, but we just never make it to the movie theaters much these days. Anyway, we LOVED it and can't wait until we can own it on DVD! We ended the evening with spare ribs (that I cooked for the first time--go me!), cake and ice cream. I hope Jordan had as much fun today as I did, for it was HIS birthday. haha. I love you Jordan! :)

Our little Tiny

We got a new pet!! It's very small, but she is so fun none the less! She is a Dwarf Robo hamster so she does not get very big at all. I think maybe 2 inches at the most. Hence, her name. We named her Tiny. She is an adorable little ball of joy. We have a little ball for her that she runs around the house in and she loves it and gets a lot of exercise that way. We also call her our little fatty because she is constantly eating...or stuffing her cheeks so that she can eat later! Haha. It's great. The way she sniffs in the air to make sure there is nothing there to hurt her is the cutest too. And these types of hamsters are neat freaks as well, so she is constantly bathing herself. It is the cutest thing to watch! Especially when she bathes while in my hands. Our land lady won't let us have a dog, so the hamster was the next thing on our list so we got her! Someday when we live in our own house, we will get our puppies. :) But Tiny is wonderful and helps keep us busy!!