What a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday we had. We spent four days in Clovis with all of Larry's family. It was so wonderful to get together and enjoy one another's company. Angel spent the entire weekend with Daniel at Tia Diane & Uncle Joe's house. I think my son would leave me in a heartbeat to stay with them for a few months. He's assured me that he would never want to leave us, but I dunno 'bout that one. He loves his cousin Daniel and both boys *cry* when they have to leave eachother. Alliah loves to hang out with cousins Alexis, Santana and Amy. Uncle Tommy and Lori are gracious enough to add one more girl to their clan and they take Alliah in. Little Miss Gracie is stuck with mommy and daddy ~ although Grandma Silvia tries to keep her most of the day. The funniest part of this trip to Fresno was Grace. As we were packing the car, getting ready to leave, we made the mistake of telling Grace we were going to visit Papa. Papa D (David) is Gracie's most favorite person *next to mommy* :) She cried the en-tire way there. She did laugh at Angel and Alliah a few times as they tried to amuse her anyway they could. Yes, she'd laugh or get distracted for a few minutes then she went right back to crying, "Paaaa-paaa!" She did this all the way to Los Banos. We stopped and got some ice cream there so she took a break from the constant whining. But once we got back in the car, the crying continued all the way to Madera - when she finally fell asleep. She tired herself OUT! We stay at David & Silvia's trailerhome while in Clovis. They live with Tia Sandy & Uncle Laz most of the time so their trailer is always available when we visit. We arrived at Papa's trailer about 11:30pm and Grandma Silvia tried to wake Grace up. She kissed Gracie all over, raised her arms in the air, took off her shoes, turned on lights, but Grace was not about to wake up anytime soon. Finally, at about 12:30AM we went to bed. At 8am the next morning,guess the first thing out of Gracie's mouth? "Papa!" Thankfully, Papa and Grandma came over early to see the kids and Grace jumped with excitement and ran into Papa D's arms. Each day there, she was inseparable from David. She would wrap her arms around his legs - he could barely walk! Then she'd move over to Grandma Silvia's arms and just nestle her little head on Grandma's shoulder. After we returned home Grace began to really miss Papa D. Even in her sleep she'd cry and yell "Papa!" I had to wake her up one night because she was so upset. We called David the next day to tell him and he couldn't believe it. He sounded so happy that she loves him so much - and THAT she does! Grace spent the first 11 months of her life falling asleep in his arms so she's got his name written all over her heart! :) Another thing to be thankful for this season....Grandparents and family who love us so much and whom we love even more!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Gracie's Papa D
What a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday we had. We spent four days in Clovis with all of Larry's family. It was so wonderful to get together and enjoy one another's company. Angel spent the entire weekend with Daniel at Tia Diane & Uncle Joe's house. I think my son would leave me in a heartbeat to stay with them for a few months. He's assured me that he would never want to leave us, but I dunno 'bout that one. He loves his cousin Daniel and both boys *cry* when they have to leave eachother. Alliah loves to hang out with cousins Alexis, Santana and Amy. Uncle Tommy and Lori are gracious enough to add one more girl to their clan and they take Alliah in. Little Miss Gracie is stuck with mommy and daddy ~ although Grandma Silvia tries to keep her most of the day. The funniest part of this trip to Fresno was Grace. As we were packing the car, getting ready to leave, we made the mistake of telling Grace we were going to visit Papa. Papa D (David) is Gracie's most favorite person *next to mommy* :) She cried the en-tire way there. She did laugh at Angel and Alliah a few times as they tried to amuse her anyway they could. Yes, she'd laugh or get distracted for a few minutes then she went right back to crying, "Paaaa-paaa!" She did this all the way to Los Banos. We stopped and got some ice cream there so she took a break from the constant whining. But once we got back in the car, the crying continued all the way to Madera - when she finally fell asleep. She tired herself OUT! We stay at David & Silvia's trailerhome while in Clovis. They live with Tia Sandy & Uncle Laz most of the time so their trailer is always available when we visit. We arrived at Papa's trailer about 11:30pm and Grandma Silvia tried to wake Grace up. She kissed Gracie all over, raised her arms in the air, took off her shoes, turned on lights, but Grace was not about to wake up anytime soon. Finally, at about 12:30AM we went to bed. At 8am the next morning,guess the first thing out of Gracie's mouth? "Papa!" Thankfully, Papa and Grandma came over early to see the kids and Grace jumped with excitement and ran into Papa D's arms. Each day there, she was inseparable from David. She would wrap her arms around his legs - he could barely walk! Then she'd move over to Grandma Silvia's arms and just nestle her little head on Grandma's shoulder. After we returned home Grace began to really miss Papa D. Even in her sleep she'd cry and yell "Papa!" I had to wake her up one night because she was so upset. We called David the next day to tell him and he couldn't believe it. He sounded so happy that she loves him so much - and THAT she does! Grace spent the first 11 months of her life falling asleep in his arms so she's got his name written all over her heart! :) Another thing to be thankful for this season....Grandparents and family who love us so much and whom we love even more!
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