Good times

This last week was full of family! I love having family visit - even if I am a little edgy during the time they are here. Which is something that I hate about myself, I wish I could just enjoy the whole time, instead of feeling bad b/c of how I might have acted while they were here, or I was there - I love seeing Kaia w/ them, and know how important that time is for her. Even though we live so far from both sides of family, that is an important thing for me, for her and this new little one. I lived, growing up, close to both sets of grandparents - one set lived about 3 hr from us, thats pretty close in comparison to the 6hr that Marks family lives - and looking back that was a great thing for me. I knew both of them. I had friends who only saw their grandparents like 2 or 3x a year. I hate to think that its going to be like that for our girls, but thats what happens when a southern girl marries a northern boy, we can't live close to both sets of family : )

Anyway, it was great to have my mom and sister and brother visit. My poor brother was on crutches b/c he hurt his leg - I'm still not real sure how, or doing what, but he did - and if you can imagine walking around NYC on crutches you might not think thats the best way to do it, its not! I think they had a good time, I know Kaia enjoyed seeing them and having them read books to her, and play w/. I had a good time, I enjoy having my mom around, I forget what thats like to have her so close. I've been away from from for a while now - going on 5yrs - and I just get use to the way things are right now, but no one can take the place of your mom! I'm blessed to have a good relationship w/ her. My friends who don't get a long well w/ their moms - even now as adults - I pity, b/c I know how great it can be. What a great relationship it can be. Don't get me wrong, there were years that we didn't get along, to say the least. But being a mom now, and even when Mark and I got married, it was like this switch happened, I wasn't just one of her daughters I was an equal of sorts - an adult whos in the same part of life as she is. . . . Its weird how that happens, or happened for me anyway. My sister that came up is my favorite, so its always good to see her. We get along the best and its always fun to see her, and even though shes my youngest sister, learn from her as well.

After they left, Marks parents came up - or down - for a quick trip. We love having them too. Its always enjoyable and relaxing to see them. Kaia loves to play  with them, and 9 out of 10x see what they brought her : ) I know its a good time for Mark as well to see his mom and dad and spend time talking w/ his dad - who is also a pastor. They talk church for most of the time and Pam - his mom - and I just laugh @ it, or ignore them! Never a dull moment thats for sure! While they were here, we mad a Target trip - now that we don't have the car we went while they were here b/c its was raining cats and dogs out and took their car - and got Kaia some supper cute pink curtains! Its about time that little girl had something Pink in her room! B/c we didn't know what we were having a girl w/ Kaia, we got all brown and beige things, my idea was to accent the room w/ blue or pink things. Then we moved to NYC into a 1br and I wasn't about the decorate our room like a nursery. So, this is the first time Kaia has had her own room where I can decorate and make her own. It was time for some curtains in her room, the sheet I had been using sense we moved into this new place needed to go! I'll have to post some pics of her new decor -

I guess thats about it - nothing supper exciting, or interesting, or even insightful. Its a rainy day, and I have some catching up to do on the DVR : )