Grannie Annie

Not even being on the other side of the world could keep Emily’s mom from visiting her first grandchild. She arrived on Saturday after about 24 hours of traveling and then amazingly stayed up for another 12 hours! We’re so happy to have her and she’s happy to be here with her grandson. She has also been a big help around the house (she is a cleaning machine), by the time she leaves next Saturday we’ll probably have the cleanest house in Australia.

The first thing we did when we got her home was have some nap time…for us! You know you’re tired when you ask a jet-lagged weary traveler to watch your kid so you can take a nap. She assured us she was up for the challenge, but when we got up we found that she had over estimated her ability to fight off sleep. She and Enoch were asleep on the sofa together.

When I woke her up she said, “We both fell asleep didn’t we Arthur?” Arthur is her family cat back home. I said, “Boy you really are acting like a Granny – falling asleep sitting up and calling the grandson by the cat’s name!” Then she realized what she had said and had a good laugh at herself. Getting senile already… ;-)

She also came bearing gifts! She had a suitcase full of stuff from friends and family back home from Tennessee to Texas. Thanks so much everyone! And a special thanks to the Legacy ladies for the beautiful quilt!