Poppy comes to town

I know if may seem odd to some that my parents visit on separate weekends but it truly is a blessing. When they come together there is a "fight" for attention and one parent inevitably feels sad that Emma chose the other over them to show most of her attention and affections. I think this will change as she gets older and there are more things that she can do with both NaNa and Poppy but for now this is what works for US! :-)

So as the title suggests Poppy (my dad) came up for a visit. With owning a business he can never stay gone too long so we are lucky if he stays more than 24 hours but we pack in as much as we can in those 24 hours!! (side note...thanks so much to my awesome little brother Hunter for running things back home so Dad can eve get those 24 hours away!!)

Dad made it up by 5 on Friday and Michael arrive shortly after that. We were so happy to see that he had brought Emma a brand new pink John Deere wagon! 

Now Poppy was excited to pull Emma around but she would have none of that. :-( Maybe next time he comes for a visit they can take a stroll around the neighborhood in her cute little wagon! Not a lot else happened on Friday night but Saturday was a whole other story!

Morning we all rose and had a great breakfast prepared by our resident Chef Michael. Then we played around the house, in our swing and still refused to ride in the wagon. And by 9:35 we were on our way to the Walton Life Fitness Center (where Michael and I met 8 years ago) for Emma's first baby and me swim lesson. Because we could only have one person watching on the deck both Daddy and Poppy went to the upstairs viewing area. Next time Michael is there we will get some better photos for memories. It was not all fun and games but there was laughing and I think we will continue to go! ;-)

Here we are practicing jumping in and going under. She did remarkably well with this!

Here you can see some reach and pull action with the help of our teacher. :-) 

Then it was off to see some art at Crystal Bridges with Poppy.

Emma was pretty tired from all the swimming but she didn't feel like falling asleep in her stroller like mommy had hoped. Instead she insisted on being carried by her Daddy.  She really was a daddy's girl this weekend. :-)  We got to see some art but it was not the leisurely stroll you would look for so after about an hour were were off and EJ was smooth passed out in mere minutes once the car was moving. This nap took on a 3 1/2 hour slumber and we finally had to open her door to hopefully wake her up before 4. She did finally arise around 3:45 and we went over to get our photo shoot on!

Poppy must have just said something very funny! 

It's a bit dark but she was having soooo much fun 

Poppy left shortly after our photo shoot but he could not have been happier. Emma said Poppy all the time, she gave him hugs and kisses and let Poppy hold her! We grandparents don't see their little grandchildren often they can shy away from this "stranger" but that is no longer the case with Poppy!! Hooray!

And on Sunday we finally got our 17 month pictures done! :-) And you are seeing correctly...my little girl is losing her sweet little belly. :-(

Running...

Making it a little fancy with our pearls that mommy got for Tri Delta national convention! 

That will do it for us this week! Here is the start to a GREAT new semester for all those faculty, staff and students at the UofA and schools everywhere!

Be blessed!
Jill