Vacation?

I was in WI visiting GG ( my Grandmother and Short Stuff's Great-Grandmother). I am pretty sure it was supposed to be a vacation but getting a 16 month old on and off a plane, keeping her quiet, adapting her to the time change and having her meet family members she hasn't seen in months... Vacation? Not so much.

That's OK. I love my family and GG has been bugging me to have kids since I was about 14. (Having a baby at 14 would have actually horrified her but I am pretty sure she didn't want to wait until I was in my 30's.) I have the very first great-grandkid since one of my younger sisters had her baby 13 days after me. Whew, I just slid in under the wire there.

My sister was there too and I found myself comparing Short Stuff to her kid. Silly but true. Why do we do this to ourselves? It is like kids give us a whole new way to beat ourselves up about our lives.