gramps

i'm a really lucky girl.  i have an awesome dad.  and what's even more awesome, is to see him as a grandpa.  gramps came to visit this past weekend, and we had so much fun.  he usually comes with gram, but she didn't make the trip this time (i'm not sure how often that will happen anymore, she was a little jealous).  but, i'm so glad that mae was able to have that time with gramps. 

i thought it would take her a while to warm up to him, but right away she wanted to hold his hand, sit near him, play with him.  it was so great.  i love these special moments!

 we had some rainy weather while my dad was here...i'm talking monsoon style.  so we were inside most of the weekend.  we made lots of trips to random stores, here mae and my dad are attempting to play the video games at best buy.  i'm not sure who was better...

mae likes to dip things in sauce...and then just lick the sauce.  i'm not sure how many french fries were actually consumed, but the amount of ketchup was significant...there's tomatoes in ketchup i shouldn't feel that bad about it, right?

of course we made a trip to get some texas bbq.  gramps always does research on where to eat around here before he comes.  he found a new jem.  that i am sure we will be visiting again!

this girl did great in the car.  as you can see she has the perfect set-up with her ipad (sadly, she doesn't say pipad anymore).  

and a few naps were taken in the car.  on her arm you can see her purse.  she did not want to go anywhere without it this weekend.  

this little lady had lots of smiles for her gramps, and we took lots of pictures to send to gram.

she has her moments (like today where we had an epic meltdown that lasted about 35min, or when she's up from 3-5am), like any 2 year old does.  but overall we are blessed with a pretty happy munchkin.

it's so fun to have people we love come to visit.  it makes our time with them extra special.  we're so glad that my dad came to visit.  he's one of the best guys in the whole world.