grandma's visit...

daniel was soooo excited for grandma karen to come visit us! the day before he just couldn't contain his excitment.... see:

thats right he was showing excitement through his hair!! haha oh that crazy hair.

my mom cam in thursday the 11th and left tuesday the 16th of this month... and it was NOT long enough!!  we had a great time though.  friday she and i went shopping (of course) its what we love to do the most when together.  she also spent lots of time playing with daniel... he was showing her all his new tricks.

friday night we met up with some of the other dentists from base and went mini golfing.  we had a great time and i actually beat chris for the first time... in all fairness though, my mom made up the rule that after everyone made their first shot which ever was the worst shot then became chris' ball... this way my mom wouldn't be so far behind.. haha it was awesome!

saturday we got up and went to willmington an hour away to do some sightseeing there.  first we went to the battleship uss north carolina.  the tour was awesome! we got to see pretty much every level of the ship.  we walked up and down a million stairs (all while i had daniel strapped to the front of me)  the sleeping arrangements were so crazy to see 4 beds stacked on top of one another.  chris loved seeing the dentist office which surprisingly had 4 chairs... 

big battleship guns

daniel driving the ship

after the ship we headed over to the ballamy mansion which is the home of a wealthy bellamy family,,, the house was really neat and had some fascinating "modern" aspects to it.  the upstairs kids rooms had interior windows to help with ventilation and so the parents could see what the children were up to.

yes my mom and i are wearing matching shirts

after the mansion we headed back home and went to dinner at o'charleys.  it was really good and daniel was being so good and cute the whole time.

sunday we went to church and after came back to the house and prepared the usual sunday dinner of salmon, potatoes, carrots, and rolls.  yum!! felt like we were back in vegas!!  after the baby woke from his nap we drove onto base so mom could see the whole place.  we drove by the clinic chris works at and around various points.  we drove out to the beach so she could see the beautiful north carolina beaches.  we walked up and down the beach for a while and picked up a bunch of seashells... she couldn't believe how many there were in good shape... and these tiny smooth little clear rocks.  no sharks teeth this time, but still had fun.  

monday mom and i were super lazy and mostly hung around the house and talked... with a little shopping mixed in.  monday night she babysat daniel so chris and i could go see a movie.. it was so fun to go just the two of us!! she had a good time playing with the baby alone... and took these cute pics

tuesday we shopped a little more and then sadly had to head out to the airport.  i was fine the whole drive there, but when we stopped at the airport i got my moms bags out of the back of the car while she said bye to daniel and when she came to give me a hug she was already bawling... so of course i started bawling and then she walked inside, i got in my car and drove home... and yes i cried the whole 30 min drive home... daniel cried with me the last 15 min. haha we were quite the pair.  it was so fun having my mom come out here and christmas cannot come soon enough!!!!!