Grandma's Here!

I think Arabella recognized her after seeing her on Skype so often! I try to show Bella pictures of all of my close friends and family as often as possible, as well. I guess it helps, because she was all smiles. Their first reunion was joy-filled - tears, hugs, kisses - the whole nine yards. Arabella was still groggy from her vaccines earlier that week, so her mommy was extremely proud of her for waiting so patiently at the airport and being the ideal little baby that everyone wants to meet. She was cute and sweet and giving Grandma big huge smiles. “See how great she is, Mom??!!” I bragged. Ten minutes later, when we put her in her car seat, she started screaming and didn't stop the entire ride home. "Nice to meet ya, Gramma!"

My mom and I have been working on numerous organizational projects around the house since she's been here. We have gone out to buy some shelving and storage boxes, and other random miracle makers that make life a breeze. We've hit some roadblocks, though. Every time we start a project, we end up running into some unforeseen detour. The shelves don't fit right, the tiles are too scary for us to drill holes in, and we bought a refrigerator that is too big. Oops! I guess it's time to think creatively! Bella helps us keep our cool. Every time we get frustrated, we just have to stop and take a little break and make her smile. Baby smiles could work well in therapy sessions. They are the purest high.


Making Bella smile is pretty easy to do now. Her favorite thing to do is play "Roly-Poly Naked Time". I was explaining this to Alex over the phone (I make up dopey names for all these games and when I tell Alex, he gets really confused). I said, "I put her on the floor when she's naked and then I roll her around on a blanket." He said "who?"





I didn’t feel the question warranted a response.