Nana and Papa's Visit

Nana and Papa came to visit and help out after Luke was born.  As always, they were great in helping take care of the house and kids so I (Kristy) could get some rest and focus on taking care of Luke. They cooked, cleaned, ran errands, took the big boys to school and even got to attend the school's Thanksgiving Feast.

One warm afternoon, Luke got to enjoy being outside.

 

Eli and Micah had been asking for opportunities to earn some extra money, so Paul got them to help vacuum the cars

 and wash his car before he sold it.

Eli and Micah enjoyed playing with Luke early one morning.

 Nana got to babysit when I went to a Doctor's appointment and she gave Luke his first bottle (with Joshua's help).

While we had the extra hands in the house, Paul and Papa got the Christmas decorations out of the attic and set up our tree. Eli, Micah and Joshua loved hanging the first ornaments on the tree.

Joshua hung all of his ornaments on the same branch.

Papa, Micah, Joshua, Eli, Nana and Luke

 

Joshua LOVES his little brother!

Right before Thanksgiving, we went to get family pictures taken. Joshua was unsure about the experience, but at least we got a couple of half-smiles.

Eli, Micah and Luke, Joshua

Luke- 2 weeks

We had a great time spending time with Nana and Papa and really enjoyed their help. It was quite a shock the first morning after they left and we were responsible for all of the kids and housework again. We look forward to seeing them again at Spring Break in March!