Grandma & Grandpa Preisler in town!

We dropped my mom off at the airport on Oct 9, and waited there about 30 minutes to pick up trey's parents, who stayed for the next 7 days.  So, we had 2 solid weeks of help!  It was great having them here - their last visit was over 5 years ago, when we had just moved into the house.  And of course they were excited to meet haley in person!  Unfotunately it had been 3 hours since we left the house till we got back from the airport, so i had to feed haley right when we got home.  So, grandma had to wait even longer before she could hold her.  But, they got plenty of bonding time in and there weren't many moments that week when she wasn't being held!  ;-)  Grandpa warmed up to her too and was holding her like a champ soon enough. 

Trey worked some during that week, but also spent some good quality time with his parents.  Dad really helped trey out with fixing the fence, gate & stairs in the back yard.  The fence was bowing out and we got a letter from the homeowners association saying we needed to fix it.  So, dad used his experience to get the right items (auger anchors) to help trey fix it.  And, they made the stairs look real nice & put rebar down to ensure that they don't shift, even when the dirt washes away. (there's a hill right behind our fence, so lots of soil erosion.)  Everything looks great, and now i can actually open the back gate!  They also put up a motion detecting light in the back, so we are all fixed up! 

In addition to bonding with haley, grandma helped out around the house with cooking, laundry and cleaning as well!  That was a big help for me since i was busy feeding haley every few hours!  and haley got two more baths with  me and grandma that week--she did so well.

We also tried the first bottle that week.  It was at Carrabas on Saturday night, after we went to church.  I didn't have a way to heat it up, so it didn't go over that well, but she managed to drink about 2 oz which was enough to hold her over a few hours.  it was a team effort with trey holding her and me holding the bottle!  hahaha. 

by sunday night, i was so exhausted that I agreed to let grandma give her a bottle for the midnight shift so i could get several hours of sleep in a row.  this time, it was heated and grandma said she did really well.  It was awesome for me too, to get 4-5 hours of sleep in a row!  so, we kept doing that the rest of the week while they were here.  i really appreciated that. 

we also went on a few trips with grandma to babies r us and in haley's jogging stroller around the neighborhood.  the jogging stroller was a gift from lorie, sara, kerrie, and lindsey (shower hostesses) and works so well going up and down over bumps in the sidewalk.  haley slept with her mouth wide open the entire walk, but luckily did not catch any bugs!  ;-) 

here are a few pics from grandma & grandpa's trip here. 

Grandpa & Haley!

i love how haley is looking at grandma!

haley was working grandpa - making him put her passie in each time she spit it out!  ;-)