Gammy strikes again!

Husband was out of town this Friday thru Tuesday so my mom came down to help me with the baby!  She got here Saturday and left Wednesday morning.  Elliotte sure did have fun with her Gammy.  We went out to eat all the time (I have gained 20 pounds) and even got to spend the night in a hotel!  Elliotte had her first swim thanks to the Radisson's indoor pool, it was really funny watching her sport her ladybug swimsuit complete with fat rolls hanging out every direction.   At first she didn't even seem to care about the water but than all of a sudden she took it very seriously.  Her face was pretty much on concentration overdrive, that is until she started trying to grab and eat all the leaves that were floating in the pool.  She didn't cry once, but really didn't giggle once either.  I on the other hand have decided to stop eating all together because that was the first time I was in a bathing suit since childbirth.

It was a fun, relaxing time but of course every stay has to have some drama to it.  On Sunday night we stayed at the Radisson, well when we got back home we found Ike missing from the backyard.  It had stormed the night before so I am sure that is what spooked him.  Luckily my mom was there to watch Ell because once I found him missing I got in the car and started looking for him.  About an hour later a policeman called and said they had found him on highway 75 on the access road about 3 miles away from our house.  He had almost been killed when the officer saw  him.  But what's really crazy is that he had gone by SMU right where the Radisson we were staying at was.  Its like he knew we were there.   I went to pick him up and lived a Kodiak moment..  I yelled his name and he started running to me as fast as he could (think Homeward Bound).  We embraced.  I cried.  We went home.  I am so glad he is okay, God is in control even in the small things.

Once the drama was over I went back to my mama.  Gammy and I cleaned the house and she gave me a few sewing lessons (so now I am a legit homemaker) and have many grand ideas on new projects I want to tackle but probably will never do/and or finish.  But its fun to dream about it anyway.

Finally Josh came home and we had a great dinner out with the whole family and topped off the night with a couple of games of Pinochle.   Gammy cleaned our clocks. 

Thanks mom for coming down, Elliotte already misses you!