We love visitors, not so fond of goodbyes..

Gabriella's Nana and Gaga (aka Mommy's parents) came for a short visit and left today. It was to give mommy a little break, and give Gabriella some extra playmates. She loves them and has a wonderful time with them (as does Mommy) so it was great...until the goodbye. Unfortunately with this military life this sweet little 2 year old seems to have developed an abandonment issue. But we'll be okay, we always do.

While Nana and Gaga were here we did some fun stuff. Some shopping, lots of playtime, out to breakfast this morning, and grocery shopping. Oh and Gaga made Gabriella peanut butter bread for lunch yesterday. I'm not sure if you've seen the commercial where the grandfather makes the granddaughter a peanutbutter sandwich and writes their initials in it. Well my parents think it's very sweet (as do I) so Gaga did that for Gabby yesterday. She thought it was pretty darn neat that Gaga made her lunch. I thought it was pretty darn sweet and the best part? When Gaga thought he was done at one piece that they shared. Gabriella reached over with her sticky hand, tapped him on the shoulder and said "More please Gaga!"

Above are some pictures of the sweet event. Note the concentration while the peanut butter's being added (and then eaten).

So while grocery shopping today Gabriella turned into that child. Half way through the store she refused to be in the cart, wanted to run up and down the aisles, refused to listen to her Nana or Mommy and it was just chaos. So much for thinking this parenting thing is doing any good. We made it out in one piece, but not without running through the doors twice with items not paid for (don't worry, we didn't actually shoplift, and nobody noticed anyways).

Ah well, she can be sweet. We're both currently sitting here with stickers sitting here on our faces, courtesy of Gabriella. Oh wait, only Mommy has stickers on her face.