Nana's Visit

My Mom came to California last week to meet her new grandson and visit with Ava and the rest of the family. It was GREAT to have her here and see her with the kids. She really made me feel like I can do this.. heck she handled my sister and I being 10 1/2 months apart... :)

She was a HUGE help with helping me get into a routine. She changed countless poopy diapers... helped with the first bath, and kept Ava busy and happy when I was working on getting the whole nursing thing down with baby Jack.

Grandma even got a name change while she was here. After many conversations on what the kids would "refer to" Grandma and Grandpa as, My dad had settled on GrandDad (much better than GrandBob, his original idea!) and mom was going to keep it simple with sticking with Grandma. Ava, however, had another idea. After a few days of trying to get her to call Grandma by name she began to call her Nana instead! So, that settled that.. Grandma P. is now Nana!

I survived my first full day without her here, but we miss her tons already. We are all looking forward to seeing her over the Holidays if not sooner!