March 8th ~ Grandma Judy & Grandma Sherry

Sunday, March 8th ~
We took Hope to meet "Grandma" Judy and "Grandma" Sherry. Sherry is Judy's daughter and also the one who made the beautiful Christmas stockings you saw photos of a few months back. We met Judy many years ago when I sold their farm. We became fast friends and are now like family. Many of you know Baxter, our lab chow mix that we had. He was Judy's dog before she moved. They couldn't take Baxter with them, so we adopted him and so glad we did. He was such a good dog!! We still miss him.
So Sunday, we went to Sherry and Warren's home for a wonderful lunch and visited. I didn't get the camera out and wish now I had so I could have gotten a photo with Hope and Sherry. Then we headed over to the nursing home to see Judy. She looked so beautiful and we all teared up as we got there. I was so excited for her to meet my daughter. This day was long overdue for all of us. When I was pregnant, Judy dreamt I was having a little girl and she was going to have blond curly hair just like Shirley Temple. She was right about the girl part, but Hope has board straight hair... no curls anywhere. Judy took us to her room where we visited for about an hour. At first, Hope didn't want to go to her, but then Judy started feeding her Cheerios and they were fast friends!! It was a wonderful visit. I just wished we all lived closer.
After visiting with Judy and Sherry, we went over to Uncle Mark and Aunt Jennifer's house as they live literally minutes away. We saw their beautiful place and then went out to eat Sushi!! I haven't eaten sushi since before Hope was born and knowing I want to get pregnant soon, I thought I had better get my fill soon before I can't eat it for a while. It was so yummy!! I ate more than my fill and then we headed home. The only downside is that Hope was in a carseat for 2 hours to get there and 2 hours to get home. She only slept about 40 minutes on the way there and none on the way home. She was anxious to get out a good portion of the time, which I don't blame her. I guess we are going to have to invest in a DVD player for the vehicle to keep her occupied. Other than that, it was a truly wonderful day! We are going to have to go back and visit more often!!