Our Week at Grandma's

So last week we (Emma and I) spent the week at my parent's house. It was spring break for my sister but she had a college class and couldn't leave town. But my dad had already taken the week off from work so they took off. Since Jackie is such a hard child being so rebellious and all (not really, she's actually a good kid) they asked me to come and watch her for a few days and then just spend the rest of the week with everyone! It was a great week! This is what we learned...
1. Emma does not like her port-a-crib/pack-'n-play (or whatever it's called). She started sleeping through the night before we left and that all went out the window our first night there. And we were there for 9 nights! 9! Don't get me wrong. I loved being there, but I dreaded night time. When Emma's at home she goes to bed around 7:30/8:00. At grandma's we could finally get her down about 9:30/10:00 (except the 2nd night...that was 11:00 - with with only 1 one hour nap that day...it was a rough day)
2. Emma likes to sleep on a soft blanket on the couch. This is where she would take her naps. Decent naps. Like 2-3 hour naps. I was tempted to just stick her there at night, but the risk of her suffocating was too great. :)
3. Tilly doesn't always want to bite Emma. She likes to sleep with her too.

4. Emma likes to watch TV with Grandpa. This is her staring at the TV. There were times when she'd just be watching and we'd try and turn her away. What did she do? She just turned her head back to the TV. So...every now and then we'd just stick her on Grandpa's lap. She'd sit nice and quiet for a while, so we just let the two of them have some bonding time. (Don't worry. We didn't let the TV babysit her. We just thought it was funny!)

5. She LOVES her Grandma. Grandma could always get her to smile and calm down. We got pictures taken while we were there. Who got her to smile? Grandma. When we would drive somewhere and she'd be screaming in the back seat because she's sick of being in the car, who would sing songs and calm her down (and not just in the car)? Grandma. (And Grandma loves her too)

(my mom would like me to point out that that is the same dress she wore at my wedding and she still fits it very nicely) ;)

6. Emma does not like the sun in her face. (We already knew this, but I thought this picture humorous...needless to say she was done taking Easter pictures)

7. She does not like to drink what Grandma drinks. And she doesn't like to drink what Mommy drinks.



8. Emma DOES like to drink what Daddy drinks.



9. Even though she was a bit of a stinker on this trip, she's still a cutie. And we still had fun at Grandma's house.