How it all began...

This is grandpa and I waiting at the
small airport in Appleton. I was so
excited and anxious, it was such a
long hard wait. Your flight was
delayed which made things even
harder. We had a beer to try and
calm our nerves. You can see the
balloon that we picked out for your
welcoming. It says "Welcome Tizu"
on it. I held on to it so tightly so it wouldn't get away before I had it safely in your little hands.







And then we finally saw your plane
landing and we waited and we waited
and we waited. All the people had come off the plane and the pilots and
flight attendants were coming off, too.
We asked people if there was a little girl on the plane, they said "yes, and she is just beautiful." Finally we saw you and your mama! You were walking and so pretty and charming!
You are clutching the little mimi that I bought for you long before I even knew your name! I fell in love with you at the first moment I laid eyes on you. I was already in love with the idea of you, but now it was real!

And