I planned to go down to help with Meredith after Rachel had the baby and the timing worked out well because since he was a week late Tom had to go back to work and she definitely needed another pair of hands. Since they live in Orlando I don't get to see them nearly as much as any of us would like and I've really never gotten to "take care" of Meredith. She turned two in March and is a walking, talking, bundle of curiosity. We had so much fun. Matt's mom made her a special little apron so she could help me in the kitchen. She wore this to help with every single meal and also to help put away the dishes.
Since it's always nice to have a distraction I packed five new little activity toys for us to do each day. She likes anything new, of course, but her favorites were the re-stickable fairy stickers and the tiny fishing pole. Rachel even let her use play doh for the first time! Meredith loves holding baby James and is very concerned about what he is doing and if he is okay. She even checks on him in his bassinet. We wore her out so much that she slept until 8:30 every morning and took a 2.5 hour nap every day. Playing with Aunt Leah is hard work.
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| Our fishing pond |
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| You can never have too many bubbles |
Grandma and Grandpa Wolford stayed at the new house with Jackson. The two of them were busy bees and helped us get things situated since we'd only been in the house for two days when they arrived (and Matt was gone those days so he didn't know where anything was either). From installing baby locks on all the cabinets, assembling furniture, cleaning shelves, organizing, and cooking gourmet meals for Jackson and Matt we can't possibly thank them enough. I know they enjoyed spending time with their boys, but whew!
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