Limit of Gaussian random variables is Gaussian?
The following holds: Let $(\xi_n)$ and $(\sigma_n)$ be sequences in $\mathbb{R}$, where $\sigma_n>0$. Let $\mu_n$ denote the Gaussian distribution with mean $\xi_n$ and variance $\sigma_n^2$. Then $(\mu_n)$ converges weakly if and only if $(\xi_n)$ and $(\sigma_n^2)$ both converge, and in the affirmative case, the limiting distribution is a Gaussian distribution with mean $\xi = \lim_n \xi_n$ and variance $\sigma^2 = \lim_n \sigma_n^2$. Here, the case $\sigma=0$ is understood to indicate the Dirac measure in $\xi$.
You are correct in observing that when proving this, the difficult part is to show that $(\xi_n)$ and $(\sigma_n^2)$ when $(\mu_n)$ converges weakly. Here are some hints. Assume that $(\mu_n)$ converges weakly. It then holds that
$$ \lim_{M\to\infty} \sup_{n\ge1} \mu_n([-M,M]^c) = 0, $$ essentially meaning that $(\mu_n)$ is a tight family of measures. Use this and the properties of Gaussian distributions to show that both $(\xi_n)$ and $(\sigma_n^2)$ are bounded sequences. Assume, expecting a contradiction, that the sequences are not convergent. As the sequences are bounded, it must in particular hold that $(\xi_n)$ has two different limit points. Use this to obtain a contradiction. Thus, $(\xi_n)$ is convergent. Use a similar technique to obtain that $(\sigma_n^2)$ is convergent.