Aunt Megan Comes To Visit

(Let me just preface this post by saying that I had all of this done yesterday, and then gave Bug an opportunity to type his own message he was begging, in fact demanding, to do. In the course of his message he managed to highlight the entire post and press delete. Being overly distraught over the loss of all my hard earned thoughts (my brain connectivity is even weaker in pregnancy), I delayed trying to repost until this morning.)

We were delighted to have Megan come for a visit this weekend. We haven't seen her in nearly two years and she happened to be coming this way for a job opportunity, so she stopped in to see us for a couple days. The boys took to her right away; Nick kept whining at her on the way home from the airport every time she turned around to face front, he wanted her undivided attention. Nick made a permanent residence on her lap every waking moment....and Joey joined him if she allowed him to. I decided not to feel sorry for her for the attention bestowed upon her. If she didn't want the boys on her lap, I made her fend for herself! Megan got a glimpse of how difficult it can be to discipline Bug whenever he flashed her his winsome smile after hearing the word "no".
While at the park, Nick demonstrated his independence by climbing up the stairs to the BIG slide all by himself. You can see by the picture below that the stairs are quite tall and there is a very large gap between the last stair and the platform. I didn't really doubt his ability, but I was still a little concerned nonetheless. He did splendidly, and then spent the rest of the time repeating his remarkable achievement.

He loved the slide, and after reaching the bottom successfully every time, he clapped for himself as if to say, "Yeah Me!"
We have already had two wonderful visits, but we are now anticipating the arrival of our next visitors. In fact, Joey is so anxious he informed Megan that when we took her back to the airport we were going to pick up somebody else! When I got him up yesterday to get him dressed to take Megan back, he said, "Who are we picking up now to take me to the park?" I explained to him that Nanny and Grandma Dooley are the next visitors, but the weren't coming until Baby Ethan is ready to come out and meet us.

I am beside myself with excitement over the arrival of my Mom and Grandma, especially because it should coincide (hopefully perfectly) with the arrival of Ethan. It is sometimes hard to imagine that I am only a couple months away from delivering, and yet other times when I feel as if I can't possibly have any more time to wait. Hopefully the remaining time will speed by.

Have a blessed day.