Grandparents to the Rescue

Finally (FINALLY) Catherine has come to realize the value of grandparents! Catherine was napping when Grandma and Grandpa arrived on Thursday, so it took her a few minutes to get oriented when she woke up (with Daddy, of course) but I think she was holding Grandma's hand taking her for a walk outside before they even had the car completely unloaded. The last couple days have still been very nice, so Catherine has convinced Grandma and Grandpa to take her on dozens of walks and wagon rides around the neighborhood and a few rock raids on the neighbor's driveway. Honestly, she's pretty hard to resist when she goes and gets her shoes and hat and sunglasses and purse and stands there looking at you expectantly, with a quick glance towards the door now and then just in case you're really dense. Catherine has also assisted Grandpa on a few work calls, read them several books, and relayed hours of 15-month-old wisdom to them both.



Not even three vaccine shots at her 15-month checkup yesterday kept Catherine down for long. Daddy and Grandma went to the doctor with her and said she was none too excited about the whole outing, but some lunch and a nap when she got home and she forgot all about it. Catherine is still super tall with an acceptable amount of baby pudginess (she's about 26 pounds now) and she is still the smartest and cutest and most advanced 15-month-old the pediatrician has ever seen (at least, I assume that's what he said).

We have just enough done in the bedroom in the basement to give Grandma and Grandpa a place to sleep semi-comfortably (heat and a bed - I don't think you can realistically ask for much more). It at least means Catherine doesn't wake them up so early, although since I started covering her window completely at night she has gone back to getting up between 6 and 6:30 instead of 5:15, which was her habit for a couple weeks when the sun started coming up earlier. Anyway, from the number of tools that came out of Grandpa's car and the amount of noise I've heard down there in just two days, I'm thinking the basement could be done by the time they go home. :)

Here's a couple videos for you. Catherine mastering Grandpa's blackberry (he thinks she is going to be an engineer) and Catherine and Grandma barking at dogs.