When Grammy Came to Visit

My lovely MIL, Ann Nichols, came to visit us all the way from South Carolina last week, and we had a great time. Unfortunately, a lot of her trip was spent helping me prevent dehydration and clean up disgusting diapers since Jack had a stomach bug. It was great having her help trying to force feed Jack. We were, however, able to slip in some fun and good meals out at our local French bakery (I think we went 4 times to the same place in the 4 days she was here).

Jack is a very lucky little man when his Grammy comes to town, because she showered him with some great gifts. One of my personal favorite purchases was more board books, because I was going a little nutty reading the same ones over and over again. Jonathan or I read Jack 1-2 books per night before bed, and I could read most of them without even looking at the pages. Now we have a little bit more variety to spice things up. We also found some great deals at Babies R Us on clothes since the seasons are changing, so Grammy helped beef up Jack's size 12-month wardrobe. She also got him a cute little ball cap. She actually purchased a blue one, but here's Jack trying one on at the store:
Jack's favorite gift of all arrived in the mail shortly after she left. Jack LOVES his 2 new Haba wooden block sets (Jonathan and I have fun with it too):

(Note the cute pair of shoes Jack is wearing in the above picture...little baby Crocs!)

Here's our cute guy snuggling up next to his Grammy:

Having someone always equiped with a camera was also nice, because Jonathan and I got some cute photos with Jack. It's nice to be on the other side of the camera every once and a while.

Jonathan hung out with us over the weekend when he didn't have to work, so we headed out to the beach. Like a few other blog posts, we headed to Laguna Beach again. We just never get tired of it, because it's so beautiful and has all the things we like to go to (ie 2 Starbucks).

Here's our first attempt at a Grammy beach picture with the little wiggle worm:

And one with a gorgeous back drop:

Overall, it was a great visit, and we love that she had the chance to come and hang out with Jack. He's growing up so fast, and we love that family gets to have a chance to be a part of it as often as possible. It's hard sometimes living so far away from family, but at least we live in a beautiful place people enjoy visiting.

Next up is a visit from my parents next week!