a visit from g-ma

violet was a happy baby all week with grandma in town from washington dc. they hit it off immediately, and violet was extremely impressed with all of grandma's bling. the gold bracelet was the first item in the mouth, and after that, violet tested grandma's boundaries and began chewing on the beautiful gold cross that grandma wears around her neck. "i wouldn't let just anyone do that, you know," grandma said.

nana and cousin kristy were able to join us for a jaunt to violet's favorite los angeles destination, the grove. kevin endured the day of lady talk. to show his solidarity, he went shoe shopping while the girls hit the nordstrom ladies lounge so that violet could eat. it also wasn't kevin's first visit to the american girl store, nor will it be his last. if he wanted to punch any toddlers in tiaras and their stage moms, he suppressed the urge well.



given how many workdays i've missed lately, i couldn't ditch out, but i was lucky that g-ma wanted to visit the office. kevin got to meet all of violet's new teachers. violet's attempt to chomp on my boss's collector's edition grover doll was thwarted. it was a good day.



but mostly we spent the week just hanging around the house and enjoying the warm weather. violet was sad to see g-ma go but looks forward to seeing her again soon.



and of course the other babies miss her too.