Imagine if you had two sets of hands, two times the patience, and twice the energy. Now imagine if all the doubled parts were much better than their originals. That sums up having my mother-in-law stay with me for five days while Will was out of town. If you have a trouble-making MIL, you may want to skip this entry. Having Grandma Sally stay with us was fantastic. I got to go to my yoga class, grocery shop by myself, take a trip to a clothing store alone, have a run in the park muy solita... you get the picture. It was like a vacation but without missing your baby.
Sally also helped me navigate Ms. E's first ever fever. Edie has the remarkable and tragic talent for staying awake more hours than usual when she is sick and therefore extra tired. So small one was flowing back and forth across the lines of sanity and insanity for several days. In fact, she is still marching on in this fashion as I type. Super-grandmom MIL kept baby happy and mommy a lot less nervous than she would have been. On top of that, Grandma bought and built a walker for her first born grandbaby. All of this and she even spent her birthday with us!
She stayed long enough to see her first born son arrive back home safe, sound & exhausted. Will did not arrive bearing gifts, per se, but he did buy a three-pack of toothbrushes from Rite Aid. The US didn't have as many bargains as he'd recalled. Apparently, inflation has hit Jimmy John's something fierce. But he did come manage to find that trio of brushes for $2.50, so we'll basically be making money as we scrub our gums with those off brand beauties. Thanks, hon!
We miss you, Grandma! Thank you for staying!
Judging from pictures, Little E feels right at home in grandma's arms. That was really good timing to have Sally there while the little one got her first little bout of fever. And the walker will be enjoyed for months to come. I love the pictures.
ReplyDeleteRakel, I haven't visited much lately, I am sorry.. but E looks great. I see you have conquered your first fever.. that is no fun... I think I called the nurse every 4 hours with Tyson 's first fever.. they are just miserable oober cranky, and refused to sleep unless your holding them.. not fun. Glad to see Sally was there to help. Glad you got to go shopping on your own.. I have found that I have bought some very interesting articles of clothing when shopping with a child , just because your selection process relies so much on their mood. I have gotten home to find this somewhat broad shoulder girl picked up a xsmall tee shirt with the writing Hot Lady on it, just because I thought it was a large regular black shirt. Oh the fun. Great to see you had a good visit with Sally.. will start visiting the blog more I promise :o)
ReplyDeleteStina - that is so funny! I don't even try things on with E. I just eye them, buy them, and pretend that I'll actually return them in time for the returns deadline (hah hah. won't happen.) I'm sure the Hot Lady tee went into your "to-do" pile and then, one day, into your Salvation Army pile instead :)
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