Our trip to Dallas

Rebekah and I spent the last week in Dallas with all 4 of her grandparents! We had a great time and ate lots of yummy food! Of course, Rebekah's obvious genius was noted with great delight!

She learned that each of the 4 grandparents were "good" for something-
Grandmama (my mom)- aka "Mama"- purse- Rebekah asked to go thru her purse every time she saw her

Grandaddy (my dad)- aka "Dada"- side- R asked to go outside with him to see the turtles, which she also asked for by name

Nana (Phyllis)- aka "Nana"- glasses- R looked for her glasses and asked for them even tho she was repeatedly told no touch (similar to her purse experience)

Papa (Mike)- aka "Papa"- there wasn't a word for Papa, except that he was her fave this week- she would look for him and ask for him by name frequently even tho he was the least familiar- we attribute this to his similarity to Josh. She also assigned her toy ladybug to Papa's safekeeping. If ever Mike were to put it down, she would bring it right back to him. Fun side note- when we returned from TX, Rebekah was perplexed at seeing her Dada, then she squealed his name excitedly...then she examined his face with great seriousness and said questioningly, "Papa?"

Rebekah learned so much so quickly- it was amazing!

With her 3rd cousin, Olivia...

With Papa- notice the plastic ladybug at his side...

With Papa on the stairs...

2 of my college roommates- Tammy, her 11-week-old daughter, Isabella, Kathryn, her 9-mo-old daughter, Sophie, and us...all 3 of our girls have Grace as their middle names!

My brother Billy and his wee one, Riley...

Me with Riley...she was a sleepy little cuddlebug!

...add Becky...

Apparently, R still remembers "so big"....

With my dad...
We weren't very good at taking pics, but that's what my mom sent me, so at least we have these!