Nana and Grampie

Last weekend we headed down to my parent's house and had a really nice visit. Dad had just gotten home from a long stay in the hospital and mom's foot was still a bit troublesome, so we were really glad to be there to help out with some things. It was of course also nice to visit! We came in early on Friday, so it felt like we had a whole extra day to have fun! Miles really stole his Nana away and occupied the majority of her time, but I don't think she minded too much! We hung out on Friday and on Saturday, we went to the Harvest Homecoming parade in New Albany. It was a good time and fun to show Ahmad what a small town parade was all about. Then we headed to Gretchen and John's and had a real nice visit with them and their kids, Micah and Abigail. Sunday we celebrated Grampie's birthday a bit early and had a nice brunch and cake. At some point, I pulled out some storage boxes with my name on them and went through a few things. I found all my old dance costumes and had fun reminiscing. Hailey is going to have a ball playing dress up in a few years! We were all sad to see the visit come to an end, but Miles especially was missing his Nana and Grampie and really hated to leave. Hopefully we'll see them again soon!

Miles helping Nana feed the birds

Hanging out with Grampie

Bug-bugs with Nana

Harvest Homecoming Parade

All ready for church!

Playing with Grampie's birthday balloon

Visiting with Micah, Abigail, and the cat-Friday

This week has been back to normal, but kind of busy! The kids are doing great and are always up to something. Miles is still on his motorcycle kick and gets very mope-y at times because he can't ride one. He continually tells me that he can reach, but I remind him he has to be 16, it doesn't matter if he can reach. He even gets teary about it.

When we got back home from my parent's house, they kids started playing-by themselves. We went to see what all the laughter was about and found this scene!

Hailey continues to crack me up! Sometimes when she's nursing, she'll make a "MM!" sound, almost like a little grunt. I do it back at her and we go back and forth. It cracks her up. Miles also cracks her up and we're sure she's going to get him in trouble at some point. She just laughs and laughs at him and his crazy antics-more motivation for him to be silly! It's also fun now at bedtime because we've gotten into a good routine. I ask her if she's ready for Nite-Nite and she smiles or otherwise indicates 'yes', so we kiss Miles and Daddy goodnight and go to her room. I ask her if she wants to read a book and she looks over at her books. She loves her books, especially the ones where she can touch the fuzzy animals or look in the mirrors. In the mirror books, she often turns the book over to try to look for that baby she saw! She's also trying to turn the pages while we read. We read a quick book and then put it away and I sign All Done Book. Then I sign Light and tell her we're going to turn it off and she looks at the light switch. She cracks up as we turn it off and head back to the chair to nurse and snuggle and sing. Except for tonight of course! Tonight she was completely off and had a hard time going to bed-I actually had to walk her around her room and it took her about an hour to go down. I hope that phase is short lived!