Nanny Comes to Visit

Did you know we have the best Nanny in the world?  Yep, we sure do.  My mother has set the bar pretty dang high in the grandparent department, including coming to visit for every child's birthday.  Mom and Dad came to visit in August for McKenzie's birthday, which coincidentally (NOT!) coincided with my book launch.  There was so much going on from the launch party to surprise visitors from Atlanta to a pool party for the birthday girl.  It was exhausting!  So it was really nice to have Mom here for Madison's birthday and nothing else.

Madison chose to have her birthday dinner at Joe's Crabshack, which worked out beautifully.  We were seated on the back deck so the kids could play.  It warms my heart to see the girls play together and love one another.  Mom let Maddie open her gifts from Nanny and Pa.  She received a pair of peace earrings (the peace sign is all the rage again), a scarf covered in peace signs, and a beautiful green shirt.  Mom and Maddie were so cute opening packages together. 

I remember the day Mom met Maddie or Maddie met Mom.  It was the weekend of my 30th birthday and Maddie was 2 months old.  She was still super tiny and suffering from colic.  The ideal scenario of care for Madison was to hold her 24/7, which wasn't realistic for 2 working moms.  And then Nora walked in.  Mom picked up that baby and never put her down.  In every picture from that weekend, Nora is somewhere in the background holding the baby.  Nora became Nanny and Maddie broke her in well.  The two of have been connected at the heart ever since. 

So thank you, Nanny, for sharing in this week's special celebration of Madison's life.  We love you and can hardly wait to get you back for Christmas.