Grandma's Visit

The kids and I had a fantastic week this past week, mostly because GRANDMA WAS HERE!!  We were so happy to have company and even more so because it was Grandma.  Nate was even glad to have Grandma visit because it meant we got some free time to ourselves too.  :)  The kids loved having someone to dote on them 24/7 (as if they're not spoiled enough). 

Gunner wasn't afraid to show Grandma the crazy things he likes to do, like playing in Grace's walker and running up and down the hall with it.  Grandma thought it was extra funny when he asked for blueberries and was shoving them in his mouth as if he hadn't been fed in days. 

Grace showed Grandma how much she's growing and all the new things she's into as well.  She even got a little time to play with the push toy when Gunner was distracted (he's not very good about sharing with her, but that's a whole other story). 

She's not actually pushing it, but she was standing up holding it, so I'm sure it won't be long before she's cruising down the hall with it.  One day Grandma and I went shopping and it was hands down the best shopping trip ever, you'll see why...

Althought I must add that prior to this blessing, the kids were not the happiest.  :)  But it was great to go shopping while they were napping.  Now if only I could figure out how to do this at the grocery store, I would be set.  Grandma was amazed at how "tech savvy" Gunner is (between the Ipod touch and the Ipad, she couldn't believe what he could do).

While Grace on the other hand, amazed Grandma with her eating.  She definitely is over the baby food and just wanted real food.  Here she is covered with avacado. 

 Nate and I finally got some kitchen storage so the kids helped us move some things around.  Gunner and Grandma built a beautiful can tower.

The kids loved showing Grandma around, we even went to a new park we found.  Grandma tried to get Grace to walk a little, but she's too distracted with trying to find things to put in her mouth...

But Grandma did get a good picture of the four of us enjoying the swings. 

Nothing like getting in on the kid fun.  One night while Nate and I were able to get away for a few hours, Grandma introduced Gunner to fingerpainting.  He's not a big fan of getting his hands messy so I was interested to see how it turned out.  Grandma got great documentation...

At first, just one finger, very unsure.

Then, warming up a little, but the face definitely shows his uncertainty...

But, then he realized, "this is a lot of fun"...

I love this picture of him!  So animated.  The last full day Grandma was here we took her to the aquarium and beach.  She loved seeing Gunner so engaged with the fish (Grace too!)

We had to take Grandma to the beach so she could see what we meant when we said it was nothing like California beaches.  She was amazed and couldn't believe it either. 

All in all we had a wonderful visit and were so sad we had to take her to the airport today!  She will surely be missed!  I had to smile this afternoon when Gunner was counting his crackers (he counted everything with Grandma: crackers, fish, shoes, hands, everything!).  But it's so cute to see him soaking everything in.  We can't wait to see Grandma again or have any other visitors for that matter (hint hint people!).