Last week, my in laws came to visit from Louisiana and were such a huge help. I went a whole week without washing bottles or doing the dishes, and I so appreciated the extra sets of hands around here. The last time they saw their grandkids was when we surprised them by flying to Louisiana on Memorial Day weekend (and my mother in law was so shocked she sobbed and sobbed!)
Needless to say, they love their grandbabies and now that both kiddos are walking and jabbering along, they are a lot more fun to play with than the early days when we had to give them 6 bottles a day and be up at all hours of the night. Even my mother in law commented on how much easier things are than they were in the beginning and boy is that the truth.
Perhaps the best part of the whole trip is that I took a completely impromptu nap one afternoon. I can’t ever nap anymore, but I was so exhausted and writing in my room and all of a sudden zzzzzz. I can’t remember the last time I took a break like that.
Needless to say we love having visitors here and I know the Beans loved snuggling with their grandparents.
Here are some pictures of each one of the kiddos with their grandad and their grandmother (“Milly”).
Cute, right? Beanette had to wear those pink sparkle shoes that day. No other shoes would do. That’s my girl. 🙂
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Every time I take I nap I think about how that wouldn’t be possible if I had kids, no joke, haha. Thanks for the love. Enjoy your weekend!
Adorbs! I love the sparkly shoes! I’m sure it was great to have your in-laws in town too. 🙂
It is really cute! Bonding time with grandma and grandpa is really priceless.
Gosh, I so love Beanette cute pink sparkly shoes! Glad that grandparents visited their cute grand twins!
These photos make me so happy! Love that the beans got to spend time with their grandparents. Sounds like you had a little break, too!! 🙂
This mad me smile 🙂 I love my Grandma. These babies are so lucky to have such wonderful grandparents.
Love those photos! They are just adorable and getting so big :). Glad to hear you all had such a nice time with the grandparents!
Such a sweet time to have your grandparents around! There is no greater gift than a presence of a loved one.
That must have been amazing for you. Letting your child spend some time with their grandparents can be very helpful to them. I’m certain that your kids did bond with their grandparents in a way that they now realize that they have other members of the family apart from the immediate nuclear.
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