Barb and Wes Visit

We are very fortunate to have surrogate grandparents

here on the sandbar for Piper and Elliotte.

My wonderful friend, Jessica,

who I met in Yellowknife,

is from PEI

and her mom and stepdad still live here.

They have been so welcoming to us,

but especially to Piper

(and now Elliotte)!

Last night they came to our home,

brought dinner with them

and then showered our girls with lovely presents.

Though Piper loved her new alphabet game,

crayons, colouring books and spiral doodle,

she loved all the attention she received most of all.

She was literally in knots of laughter 

for most of the evening!

Elliotte,

on the other hand,

didn't have quite so much fun.

She had her first bad gassy fit

and cried really hard for most of the visit.

Barb and Wes were wonderful help

as we all took turns walking the floor 

trying to help Elliotte pass the gas.

At one point she finally did an

"ass-blaster"

(Wes's description, not mine)

and immediately went back to being our 

sweet calm little baby.

After a quick top-up of milk,

she settled in for the night

and slept from 10:30 until 4:30. 

Poor little thing.

She must have beat herself out with all of the crying!

It would have been a lovely long sleep for Mommy,

except that Piper had a nightmare at 2:30

and woke up crying.

Either way,

our visit with Wes and Barb was super enjoyable.

To top it off,

today they showed up on our doorstep

with a GIANT box of diapers and wipes.

They said that after experiencing Elliotte's

"ass-blaster" 

(once again, Wes's words, not mine)

that they couldn't pass up the chance to bring us

something to help out with her.

They figured that the box of 215 diapers 

should last us about 2 weeks. 

Hahahaa!

Such great people!!

Piper and Elliotte are so fortunate 

to have them in their lives!

Mark and I too!!

xo

xo

Piper playing her new alphabet game with Barb!
Piper would stay and play with her for days
and not even know if I was there or not!

Wes enjoying some new baby cuddles with Elliotte.
She was crying when he first picked her up,
but then immediately calmed down.
I wasn't going to let him go home!!!