gram & gramps

what a fun week we've had.  last friday my parents came into town to visit us for a few days.  i've been anxious for them to come and experience pflugerville. it was fun to show them around, to spend quality time with them, and to watch them with mae. 

you can always count on either gram or gramps (or both) to have an ipad handy.  or as mae calls it...pipad.  i try to limit the amount of pipad and tv time that little lady gets, but those rules don't apply when special visitors are here.  homegirl got some good quality viewing time while they were here. 

 

and of course gram came with gifts.  this little lady got spoiled!  but, that's the point of grandparents, right?  i absolutely love this little backpack my mom got for her!  it even has her initials on it. 

 mae's started to say "cheese" when we take pictures.  i love it!

 she was so excited to see her gram and gramps.  when she got up in the morning, she would walk to their room to see them.  it was so fun to for me to see her relationship with them.  we were so lucky to live to close to them before we moved.  but, it seems like their relationship is even more special now that we live farther away.

 and seriously, girlfriend's hair is wild.  i don't really know what to do with it, or how to tame it.  so, she runs around with a little afro.

 she's a special girl to convince gramps to take her for a ride on bad addie.  not very many guys would get on that bike.

 she loved to cozy coupe so much in houston that i decided to get one for her.  she knew exactly what it was before it was even put together.  she tore everything out of the box, and was very antsy while gramps was putting it together.  we had to leave to meet cody for dinner before it was done and she was not a happy camper.

 and then came the playhouse.  gram really wanted to get her something for the back yard.  so, we found this little gem.  my dad "conveniently" had to leave before it got put together.  so mom and i went to work during nap time.  i'm pretty sure we picked the windiest day to do this, so stuff was flying everywhere.  it took us a while, but we did it.  and with only one injury.  i'd say that's pretty awesome.  it was pretty addicting.  we couldn't tear ourselves away from it until it was done.

i love my parents so much.  i think the older i get, the better my relationship is with them.  maybe that's because i'm a parent now, and i have a whole new level of appreciation for them.  they're awesome.