First visit with Angelina. My first visit with the baby was surreal. She was so tiny and cute! I spent the night at the hospital with the baby and was treated like royalty by the staff and nurses. They are all angels sent from Heaven.

The Adventure Begins....... Angelina was born on October 20, 2011 in Roswell, New Mexico. I boarded an Amtrak train the next morning and spent over 40 hours working my way to New Mexico from Michigan. The train trip was tiring and amazing all at once. Fifteen minutes out of Chicago, the train hit a man on the track and we were delayed 4 hours. The man intentionally put himself in front of that train. I was shaken from the sadness of the event, as was everyone on the train. Once we started back on our journey, things started sinking in.....I was on a double decker train alone.... and I couldn't wait to get to New Mexico and meet my new granddaughter. I received a text from her other grandmother (in Roswell) containing 3 pictures of the baby. I studied those pictures for hours, and memorized her profile, the lines on her face and her large hands. She was so swollen and blotchy.....but somehow, I loved her already.