Render Me Speechless!

This is a beautiful picture of mother-t0-be Beth and mother-to-be Leslie..........ok, you can close your mouth now! Yes, you read that correctly. Clay and Leslie are expecting our 2nd grandchild December 8!! I was given the go ahead tonight that I could announce the happy, surprising news. So here's the story of how we found out.
About 3 weeks ago, Clay was mowing our grass and came inside as usual to see what there was to eat. Clay said he and Leslie were going to come by that night. The first thing I asked was, "For what?" I usually ask him when he and Leslie are coming over for a visit and I get, "Come all the way over there? For what?" So this time I turned the tables on him. He said Leslie missed seeing us and wanted to stop by to catch up on things. I told him that would be wonderful and I'd have ice cream and chocolate sauce for them. Around 7 that night they came in, took their usual place on the couch and we started visiting. After a few minutes Clay got up and left the room, coming back with something in his hands. He hands it to me and I look at a nice picture frame with 3 picture openings. At first I see an ultrasound picture and I'm thinking they gave us the frame to put Elliotte's latest picture in. I say, "Isn't this nice!" Then I look at the 2nd opening, without my glasses on, and I see what I think is the word "Surprise." I put on my glasses to make sure I'm reading it correctly. It says, "Surprise, grandbaby #2 due to arrive December 8." I look back at the ultrasound picture and see the name Leslie Robinson. My mouth drops open. In the meantime, John has read what the frame says and is congratulating Clay and Leslie and everyone is hugging except for me. I'm still sitting in my chair with my mouth wide open unable to speak. I have been rendered speechless........a rarity! I finally gather my thoughts and ask Clay if he's joking about this. He smiles and says "No, it's as much as a surprise to us as it is to you." Now there is some background here that I won't go into because it's their business. But it really wasn't supposed to happen for a while. So when it finally hits me what's going on I'm hugging, laughing and congratulating. Leslie says she's feeling good so far and is excited once the shock wore off. I think Clay is still in shock especially when he thinks about how much this little being is going to cost him!! This was one thing that wasn't in his plans for now. God has a way of surprising us when we least expect it. When they got ready to leave that night, I asked Clay if he thought he was mature enough to be a dad. His answer was, "No, that's why I married Leslie. She's the responsible one." No truer words were spoken.
John and I are thrilled that we will be the grandparents of 2 little ones, 3 1/2 months apart!! Oh, I forgot to tell you that Clay and Leslie were scared to death to tell Beth and Ben. Since Beth and Ben had trouble getting pregnant, Clay and Leslie didn't want B&B thinking they were trying to steal the attention away from them. But, Beth and Ben are as thrilled as we are and are excited both babies will be so close in age. Kyle was the first one Clay told (isn't that surprising) so I was afraid he might feel a little down about all this baby business. But he is excited for Clay and Leslie. Kyle told me that it looks like he's a little behind now. To which I replied, "There is no hurry to catch up!!" So, if you see me out and I look like I'm off in space somewhere, I'm having "deja vu." I will be keeping 2 babies while their mommies are working. I'm having flashbacks where I'm seeing myself doing this sort of thing before. Some of the memories are a little cloudy but I clearly see 2 babies. Oh wait, now I see a toddler in the picture as well. Yes, I believe I'm starting to remember...........a 14 month old and 2 babies. Did I really live through that?? Why I can take care of 2 little grandchildren with one hand tied behind my back! Oh wait, I'm not 25 anymore...........Oh My Goodness!!! GOD IS GOOD! God bless you all.