awesome MIL story

* a little background: when we were picking dates for the shower she happened to mention that "grandpa's" birthday was july 20th, so we chose that date. (this is FIL's father who passed away over 15 years ago. i never got to meet him )



so MIL threw us a GREAT shower yesterday, and sometime during the day, she got all of DH's side of the family together to toast "grandpa." she got so emotional... he was like a father to her, b/c she had a very rough childhood, and she loved him very dearly. DH and FIL got choked up too. it was a beautiful toast, and i hugged her and told her i wished i had gotten to meet him, i knew how special he was to the family, and that was why we were naming the baby after FILs' father.

well THEN the floodgates opened. i honestly thought DH had already told her that the baby's initials would be "A" and "B" (not the real initals) - "A" for FILs dad and "B" for my father's dad, who is also deceased. well he hadn't, so she was hearing it for the first time at the shower on his birthday, which made it really special.

she was soooooo happy, and i think so was FIL, but he never really shows emotion so it was hard to judge

she may get on my nerves sometimes... but she is such a good woman, it was nice to be able to give her this gift.

Re: awesome MIL story

That's great. You're very lucky to have a good relationship with your MIL!

Re: awesome MIL story

Awww. how sweet!!

Re: awesome MIL story

Thats sweet.