Oh Where Have the Grandparents Gone?

Yale's parents came to visit us (really, they only came to see Olivia) this weekend. I'm afraid my life has been permanently altered as a result. Oli has had nonstop attention for the past three days, and now that her grandparents are gone she doesn't understand why the constant doting isn't still happening. Her Grandpa Kaul spent a lot of time holding her hands while she walked around the house. She thinks this is the coolest thing since her stuffed bunny! She wants to walk everywhere, all of the time. I think I will need the services of a chiropractor very soon. Both grandparents had her practicing crawling up both flights of stairs -- they called it her first fourteener because there are fourteen stairs. Now we are trying to teach her how to safely go down the stairs because she has gotten quite comfortable hanging out on the stairs, maybe a bit too comfortable. I'm guessing that the next entry will be about Oli's first tumble down the stairs. You can tell Gary and Carolyn are completely smitten with Olivia, and she with them. Gary and Carolyn were so excited to hang out with Olivia that they would swipe her from her crib in the morning the minute they heard her stirring. They both would pace around waiting for her to finish her bottle or wake up from her nap. I think the only reason they were able to leave without kidnapping her, is they know we are planning a trip to Montana at the end of June.