Grandpa Dave Visits!

We have been so blessed to have so much support from family. After Grandma'Nette left, the next weekend Grandpa Dave came (their plane ticket vouchers couldn't be used at the same time, but all the better for us!). We had a great time visiting and playing with Grandpa!

Ruby's first (and only so far) bottle feeding of pumped milk. She really enjoyed snuggling with her Grandpa!

Grandpa took us to see Tangled in 3D. We had the theater to ourselves to enjoy such a cute movie.

Sweet glasses, eh?

Grandpa spent lots of time over the weekend he was here having tea parties with Gracers. May I just say that he is an excellent (and very patient!) tea party companion. He also spent a lot of time working on our car that didn't pass emissions. What a blessing to have such a wonderful "car doctor" who was able to come visit and help us in the nick of time so we could get our car registered. It was so fun to have Grandpa-only time! Thanks for coming to visit and help us!

Sisters

Looking like sisters!

Grandma Annette's Visit

Right after my parents left, we were blessed to have Rob's mom come and help and visit for a few days.
(Thanks to Annette for taking all the pictures!)

Grandma and the girls

We had lots of photo shoots


Grace and Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for her!

We ate at Neely's BBQ (you know, from the Food Network show Down Home With the Neely's).

Can you say delish? Yummy!


We saw the pretty lights and neon downtown.

Grace helped Grandma put on her makeup.

We had a little adventure in Mommy's glitter drawer.

We visited the Nashville Temple.

We had lots of tea parties.

The ladies

Grace got her hair did by Grandma. We will miss her sweet hair-doing skills!

Thanks Grandma Annette for coming to visit and play and help! We love having visitors!

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa Bunker

In anticipation of Ruby's arrival, my parents came for a visit to Nashville. Since she ended up waiting an extra 9 days, we had lots of time to do some fun stuff.

Grace had so much fun with Grandpa. He got to ride next to her whenever we went anywhere in the car and they had the best time together. They did a good job of tiring each other out on long walks...everyone got good naps those days!

Opryland re-opened (from the flood damage) so we got to tour the hotel and see all the lights they had on display. All that walking may have also helped the labor start too!

Amazing lights

Cute parents.

Grandma and Gracers exploring the incredible interior gardens of the hotel. The lights were as amazing (or more!) than the ones outside.

Little family...can't wait to get that 10 lbs out of my belly!

Can you believe that this is inside the hotel? Many of the hotel rooms overlook incredible indoor garden courtyards that were all lit with twinkle lights. The hotel is gigantic and amazing!

We also got to take a really cool boat cruise lunch down the Cumberland River with my parents.

We had dinner and a really fun Christmas fiddle show while sailing down the river.

I think I made everyone nervous being so pregnant! It was a really fun way to see a different view of Nashville and the show was so fun too!

Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa for coming to visit and play and help us! We had a great time visiting and showing them our new home here in Tennessee. It is such a blessing to have great family!

Happy Birthday Rob!

Today my sweet husband turns 27! Rob is the best husband I could ever imagine and my best friend. The past few days have been so fun watching him snuggle our new little baby. There's nothing sweeter than a daddy snuggling his baby - it makes me fall even more deeply in love with him every time I see it. He is also so amazing with Grace - all day long she talks about her Daddy and can't wait for him to come home and the fun to start. Thanks for all you do for us - we are so blessed to have you as a hubby and daddy!

Happy Birthday to our favorite person in the whole world!

Love, Amanda, Gracers and Ruby

Helper

So today I ventured to take my first shower while both girls were awake with no additional adult supervision. Exciting I know. But really, it is! :) When I stopped the shower I could hear the sound of little feet running back and forth (why do toddlers run everywhere they go?). Not too soon after Grace came in and told me "She warmy!" My sweet little helper girl had put every blanket from her bed onto Ruby so make sure she was plenty warm enough.