Mimi & Pa back to "Merica"

We've just finished up a wonderful month w/ my parents here. Among the highlights:
- their arrival the day after I came home w/ Noelle
- celebrating a late Christmas
- Pa taking Isaiah to swimming lessons
- Fish & chips in Anstruther
- Reading library books w/ Mimi at Costa Coffee
- Creating and naming monster block creatures ("Cabbit" was Isaiah's most-used name for his monsters)
- Building train tracks w/ Pa & Mimi (Isaiah had to teach both of them how the set works)
- Luke got a book contract!
- Listening to Noelle's pigeon noises
- Isaiah's nightly pre-bath dance to Veggie Tales' "Jericho" song
- Having my own personal grocery shoppers (I hardly entered Tesco for a whole month - and the kitchen was always stocked!)
- Afternoon Tea at the Old Course
- Hide & Seek w/ Mimi
- Nearly daily "Big Brother Surprises" for Isaiah
- Watching Noelle develop and grow (some of the changes included - weight gain, cheeks filling out, jaundice passing, hair standing out farther, more alertness, and becoming even cuter :) )
- Scones at the North Point
- 3 meals incorporating green chilies (Our favorite was Pa's huevos rancheros. Mmmmmm)
- celebrating my birthday
- Isaiah eating anything on his plate, as long as it was displayed as a face or scene of some kind. Also thanks to Mimi, he ate more raw carrots than ever in his life when they were sliced and called "carrot money".
- taking loads of pics with my new camera
- Having my own personal dish washers!
- Isaiah being generally spoiled with attention, love, gifts, treats, hugs, etc.
- Actually, Luke, Noelle, and I were also generally spoiled with attention, love, gifts, treats, and hugs, too :)

It was a sweet month full of memories to cherish. We'll miss you, Mimi & Pa!