Gotta Love Grandma

We've been lucky to have a steady stream of grandma's visit in the last few weeks. The girls are so fortunate to have so much love in their life.

In early October, Ben's mom came to stay from Friday to Tuesday. She was great with the girls and they had a wonderful time getting so much attention. Ya-Yai also helped with cooking and cleaning and laundry. Yeah Ya-Yai! She also stayed up late with me to help with feedings. Between feeds, we bonded over cooking shows late into the night!

After Ya-Yai, Nana came for the weekend. It was a wonderful relief since I was having serious issues with my milk (see post below). She also helped with cleaning and laundry and feeding. My mom is also a former infant child developmental specialist. That's a long title for "person who knows lots of stuff about infants and what they should be doing when". Well, maybe that's the short way:-) Nana was very helpful in showing us exercises to work on with the girls and evaluating how they are doing developmentally. It was the first weekend Nana had been able to come in a while and she had a great time. The girls were once again thrilled with all the attention.

Finally, last weekend, Nanny was here for a visit. (Poppy was here too, but we are talking grandma's right now:-)) It had been several weeks since they'd seen the girls and were of course surprised at how big they are now. Nanny is amazing at feeding the girls. I don't know what she does, but the girls eat so well for her. There are several houses for sale in our community...I've been trying to get them to buy one and move in! Of course, the girls were once again entertained, held, and loved all over.

The girls really are lucky to have grandparents so close that they can visit so often. The fact that we could be in Maui right now, is never lost on me. Although paradise would have been amazing, we would have desperately missed our extended family. When I see the grandparents with the girls I am so grateful we are here and the girls will grow up knowing their grandparents. I can only hope they have as close a relationship as I have with my amazing grandmother.