Meeting Nana

Garret has met all of his great-grandparents!

This past weekend my grandmother, Nana, flew in from Montana with my Aunt Lou.

It was a quick trip, they flew in on Friday afternoon and out on Sunday morning.

My grandmother was born and raised in Berkeley so she was able to do a bit of sightseeing on Saturday morning. Luckily Lou brought "Karen" to help navigate through the old stomping grounds. After a brief trip down memory lane Lou and Nana came and spent the afternoon in our living room. Typically we entertain our guests with more than a baby on a coffee table/ottoman, but that's about all we can manage these days. G didn't let us down, he really hammed it up while they were here.

We did a lot of talking about birth and babies. I didn't share the fact that we were going to do a homebirth with very many people before Garrett was born (I didn't feel like defending our choice). Turns out, I would have learned a lot from my grandmother and Aunt. Lou was a Lamaze instructor for many years and we share a a similar philosophy on childbirth and rearing. Lou is the giver of Garrett's lambswool "Lambie" she credits the skin as helping create a well adjusted and secure child - so far so good with G, he instantly calms when placed on his Lambie and has gained weight and slept soundly on it since birth. (We just purchased a 2nd one to break in before I go back to work. G will have one at his nannyshare. I'm hoping that he'll feel at home with it there.)

I also found out that fast births run in our family. Nana said about birth, "I just had 'em." She was basically in and out of the labor room with each of her 5 children. Lou's labors were fast too, 5 hours for the first and faster with each kid. It's nice to know that I come from such good birthing stock! Thank you, birth gods!

Back to Garrett: he did a TON of talking while they were here. I think he's still recovering from his show, he's slept a lot more this week than he had been. Either that, or he's growing.

Here are some choice photos from their visit.