Mimi And Papa Moments

With everything that was going on during Christmas, it was wonderful for Mom and Dad to get some quality time with the girls, especially Bella since she's at such a great, interactive age! Papa took Bella on some shopping trips, and Bella and Mimi spent most of their time being in "big trouble". It was a lot of fun!

 

When we go down to Florida, Bella and Mimi have two favorite activities: finding and catching lizards, and picking tangerines off the tree.

Picking the perfect one from way up high!

As Bella would say, "Woo hoo!"

My parents have a little patio on the side of their house that is surrounded by trees, and Bella wanted to know which tree was hers (of course). Mimi let her pick out her favorite tree and Papa carved her name in the trunk!

Lucky for us, Papa is never without his pocket knife!

All done! Evelyn will get to pick hers one day, too!

I must have blocked this out of my memory, but my mom swears that Bella wasn't great with new people as a baby, so they're loving how well Evelyn does with them! She was the same way when Steve's parents were visiting...it didn't take her long to warm up to them!

Some special, Great-Grandparent moments! Mel and I chatting with Grandma before Christmas dinner. Grandma wasn't steady enough to hold Evelyn, but Evelyn loved to coo at her.

Grandpa shmoozing with Evelyn...

Baby kisses! I know having my grandparents in the house added an extra element of stress, but it was really nice to have them around for the "everyday" things!

A few more snuggles before we had to leave for home!

Laughing with Papa on Christmas Eve while everyone else was on wrapping duty!

Goodbye kisses for Great-Grandma!