Bless Your Heart

I was lucky enough to have Miss O with me for Friday night and most of Saturday. Just to clarify our relationship, I love Olivia so very much. Susan refers to her as my neice. When people ask, I tell them she’s my neice. Olivia and her parents are family to me. And I couldn’t be happier about the situation. So I was thrilled to take Miss O for the night. We met up for the big drop off and there were 23 minutes of tears. Then O was a champ. We went to my Mom’s house (Gigi) for the night as Papa & Gigi were babysitting Jake and Joey. O & the boys had a big time playing. O took to Papa & Gigi again like a duck to water. That girl loves her Papa. And P & G just love her right back. Who wouldn’t? She’s smart as a whip, sweet as pie, and cute as a bug. We played and had story time and then all the kids got ready for bed. O & I slept in the guest room. Or rather, O slept and I spent all night worried I would roll over and crush her. Plus that girl moves like nobody’s bidness. I don’t know how she got any sleep. And people who co-sleep? I don’t know how (or why for the love of Pete) you do it. Saturday morning we woke up and I asked her did she want to go downstairs and see Gigi? And Jacob? And she jumped in with “And Jojo?” Those two are so cute together and so in love. After breakfast we went to a big Easter egg hunt. It was only about 10am but I was already worn out from chasing children. And don’t even get me started on O’s car seat! You had to put a puzzle together (the strap thingy) before you could even click it! I broke 2 nails. So we got to the park for the egg hunt. It was so cold though so we didn’t last too long. We met up with Papa out at Red Robin for lunch. Then back to the house for naps. Finally it was time to take O to meet her mama. We had so much fun driving around in the car all day singing songs. She knows all the words & animal sounds for Old MacDonald. I swear her vocabulary is amazing! She was so excited to see Susan. I can’t wait to get Olivia again for another sleep over. As soon as I got back into my empty car I missed her so much. No little foot for me to tickle as I drove (child pulled off her shoes and socks EVERY time we got in the car). No sweet little voice to sing songs with. Talk about motivation to finish up my paper chase!