Grandparents Galore

Well, by the time this weekend was over we had two different grandparents come through so it was one crazy weekend. Steve's mom came in Friday and they all headed to Discovery Green Park and then the Children's Museum. Jace is getting to the age where he is really starting to enjoy things like that, especially the water games. Friday night we had a night out with some friends while Grandma gladly babysat. Then Saturday morning we went shopping at Babies R'Us. We got most of the essentials bought for baby#2. It has not been that long, but you forget how expensive bottles are- I even internet shopped hoping to find a better deal, but no luck.

Sunday afternoon Steve's mom headed back to Mississippi and my dad flew in. Sadly it was not a happy occasion as we had a dear family friend pass away, Christine Guebard. She was only a couple years older than me, and it was very unexpected. She was a great chef, and a wonderful person. Dad had flown in to Houston to drive with me, since a 3 hour car trip to San Antonio by myself is not a good idea considering how far a long I am. Plus we got lots of talking in- I am not sure my dad and I talk 6 hours in a year (well maybe) let a lone a day. Their whole family has always done so much for us, even taking us all in after Hurricane Ike (even the dogs)- we will miss her.

Jace loved having the grandparents here. It was funny to watch because they shared a bathroom with him now that he is upstairs, so in the mornings when he saw a light go on he would get out of the bed and peer under the door looking for someone (advantage of a video cam- we could see it). My dad said one morning he heard this little voice saying "hi" from under the door. So he decided to peek in and be a good grandad and change his wet diaper. It did not occur to him that there could be something more in there, so luckily I happened to come in the room when he discovered it was more than wet, and did not have a wipe within arms length. Otherwise Jace would have been carried around the room by his feet while dad found the wipes. Even the dogs loved having company- someone more for Kayla to lick- she ran to the stairs this morning looking for someone.