A restful week

Ricardo had to go to England for work last week so my mom flew in to help me out with the kids. The night before Ricardo left we went on our first date since Alexia's arrival. When we left Diego was asleep in his crib and Alexia was asleep in Grammie's arms. 45 minutes after we left Diego was screaming in his crib and Alexia was screaming in Grammie's arms (the neighbors upstairs had woken Diego up). Grammie ran to pick up Diego (while holding Alexia) and carried them both back into our bedroom where she put Diego down on our bed and rocked Alexia to sleep. Diego asked to get off the bed several times, but Grammie insisted that he stay there and he was a really good boy and obeyed. He hung out with her for about 20 minutes and when she asked him if he was ready to go back to his crib he said he was. She called us at 10:00pm to tell us that all was well and to take our time (of course my heart skipped a beat when I saw her name come up on my cell phone!) Ricardo and I really enjoyed our time alone and talked nonstop.
My mom and I were on our own for the week and we had a fun and productive week. When she left on Friday I told her I wanted her to move in! She cooked up a storm (leaving 12 meals in the freezer), cleaned, ran several errands (with Diego of course) and most importantly, helped with Diego and Alexia. Every morning she got Diego out of his crib, fed him breakfast and played with him so that I could rest with Alexia. He loved playing with her and kept her very busy with legos, cars, books, trains and dinosaurs. They built a new lego structure every morning and kept it up until I came out to see it and then he would make it go “boom.”
One day my mom took Diego to Costco with her and when they were at the check-out line, Diego fell asleep in the cart! He had skipped his nap that afternoon so was very tired and couldn’t wait another second to close his eyes. The trooper that she is, she scooped him right up, put the groceries on the belt, paid the bill and carried him to the car while pushing the cart!
Diego became quite attached to Grammie so we were both sad to see her leave on Friday, but we’re sure she’ll be back soon!




Enjoying an afternoon snack



"Tummy Time" with Alexia


The last structure that they built on Friday. It is still standing and he reminds us that Grammie built it.


Hanging out with Grammie


Double duty! Diego loved Grammie reading to him on the couch



All smiles!!