Mutti meet Anna; Anna Meet Mutti!

My grandmother (Mutti, which is German slang for mother if you were curious! I am the first born grandchild on my mom's side of the family and so I got the privilege at a very young age of naming my grandparents. I named my grandfather PawPaw and wanted to call my grandmother PeePee...she of course wanted NO part of that name so she named herself Mutti) came to visit Anna August 3-5. She flew into DFW and Anna picked her up on a Wednesday afternoon. Mutti didn't even want to sit in the front with me, but rather wanted to sit next to Anna in the back seat. This was the first time Mutti was able to meet her in person although I had sent her dozens of pictures and gave her updates from day one. It was such a special three days to be able to spend with Mutti and she had all that time to hold and play with Anna one on one and she didn't have to share with anyone except Keith and me. :)

Anna smiled a lot at Mutti and I'm thrilled I snapped this photo!

Six weeks old on August 5...isn't she cute?!

This day was a BIG day in Anna's life as I was finally allowed to take her out in public so Mutti and I went to Big Shuck's (an oyster bar/seafood restaurant) and this is a picture of Anna on her first outing. She did beautifully and slept most of the time.

I learned a lot about when Mutti was raising her kids and how things sure are different now than what they used to be.  My grandfather worked in Alaska for much of the time when my aunt Karen and mom were born and for the first 6 weeks of Karen's life, Mutti lived with her mom while PawPaw worked in Alaska. All three of Mutti's kids were formula fed babies which was quite rare back then but they all turned out wonderfully. My grandfather was afraid of holding infants so he didn't hold his kiddos until they were a few months old. I asked Mutti if he was better with holding his grandchildren and she said he fared much better with my cousins and me! I also learned that Mutti had to use cloth diapers on all 3 kids and when they lived in Wyoming (my mom was born in Laramie), the diapers froze outside quite often while on the clothesline dryine. I can just picture it now...

I am blessed to have such an amazing grandmother in my life and am thankful she will see little Anna grow up and be able to spend a lot of time with her.  Anna will grow to love "my Mutti" just as much as I do!