Aaron's grandma came and spent a week with us in NC before our big move to Italy. We call her Grandma Sunshine because she lives in Florida. We had not seen her since our wedding, almost 3 years ago and this was her first time meeting Connor.
Grandmas bus wasn't due to arrive until 8:45 on Thursday night. Originally I was going to stay home with Connor, but at the last minute decided that we should surprise her with him when she got off the bus. Aaron and I stopped for ice cream and then waited for her at the bus stop. She took the bus from Tampa, FL and arrived 13 hours later! She had a long day, but had tons of interesting stories to tell us about the people she met.
Waiting for his Great Grandma.
She was so surprised to see him!
We bought her dinner and then went home. We stayed up until about midnight talking about her trip and catching up.
On Friday, we made a big breakfast and Grandma gave Connor a bear that she stuffed and put a wish in for him. He really liked it!
She named the bear Cuddles.
He fell asleep with Cuddles' feet in his face.
There isn't a lot to do around here, but there is a really nice museum called The Airborne and Special Operation Museum. All of our family has been, so we took grandma too.
Aaron's unit
K9 memorial
Connor's has started pointing at everything!
Kylie loves playing with sticks.
Playing at the park across from our house.
Grandma told us she would watch Connor for us so we could go on a date. We were excited since we hardly every have an opportunity to go out... alone. While I was inside getting ready, Aaron stayed outside with Connor and grandma. When I saw Connor, I couldn't believe how dirty he was!
Aaron let him play in water....
We gave Connor a bath right away, fed him dinner, and then put him to sleep. Aaron got ready, and we were off! We had a couple drinks and an appetizer, then went to a friends house. We didn't get home until almost 2! I can't tell you the last time I went to sleep after midnight. Haha!
My hot date!
On Saturday morning, we woke up to exciting news. Aaron finally was on the list to get promoted to Sergeant on April 1. He has been waiting for this for a long time! It got us going for the day and we all got ready. Aaron had to drop off his motorcycle to get a part fixed that was recalled, so we did that first.
Playing with her hair.
We grabbed frozen yogurt after dropping off the bike.
It was the last day that the weather was supposed to be nice while grandma was here, so we went to the park one last time.
Swinging.
<3
After the park, Aaron grilled burgers for us. I made all the sides, and some guacamole to snack on. Connor and Kylie kept begging grandma for some.
On Sunday, it was cold and rainy... yuck! We went to a couple stores, and then spent the rest of the day at our house. Aaron had to get ready to spend the week in the field. One big thing that happened today was Connor took his first steps. It was only a few at a time, but it still counts! I am so proud of him.
Aaron left first thing Monday morning. I was half asleep, but remember saying goodbye. Grandma and I woke up and had breakfast. I had a return to make at the Stride Rite Outlet in Smithfield, so we left for the outlets by 10 and got there at 11. I made my return, bought Connor a couple pairs of shoes, and then went to the Carter's store and bought him a few outfits for his birthday. We were all hungry after shopping, so we went to Cracker Barrell for lunch.
We didn't get home until close to 4 and I was exhausted from Connor keeping me up the last few nights. I wanted a nap so bad, but Connor took one on the way home, so he wasn't tired.
Today was grandmas last day. Her leg was hurting her a lot last night, so she wanted to take it easy today. Plus, I was so tired from waking up with Connor multiple times. Both times Connor went down for a nap today, I did too. That never happens, but I needed it! We watched tv the rest of the night and made breakfast for dinner.
We are so happy that grandma came to see us. I hope she had as good of a time as we did :)
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