Grandparent Central

As you know, my mom was here for a whole month in August/September. Now Brian's mom, Bev, is visiting for three weeks this month. Next month my dad, Ed, will be visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday. Then in December, over the Christmas holiday, Brian's dad Jim and his wife Delora will be visiting for about ten days. As you can see, we are running grandparent central around here, and the kids are absolutely LOVING it. And frankly, so am I.

Both kids are finally starting to fully remember all their grandparents and are completely comfortable with them, which means they no longer require a several day window in order to get used to the grandparents' presence. In fact, the kids have done a 180 on us, and actually seem to prefer the grandparent's attention over ours, most the time anyway. This is particularly a huge step for Zander, who (as most of you are aware) is a complete momma's boy in every respect (always has been). But FINALLY he is cutting me a break, and the last two grandma visits officially mark the beginning of preferring grandma to mommy (most the time anyway), probably because grandma is WAY MORE FUN. So here I am, during both Grammy visits, wandering around the house aimlessly, not knowing what to do with myself now that two little kids are not demanding 100% of my attention at all times . . . like a lost little puppy. I know, I know, pretty pathetic.

But hey, I'm sure it won't take me long to get used to it.