Family

We have been very lucky this past month to have spent a lot of time with our family!  In general, we are not happy about the fact that most of our family does not live close, and wish that we could be able to spend more time with those that we love; this is becoming even more important now that Griffin really gets what "family" means and he is old enough to understand and remember grandmas, grandpas, uncles, aunts, cousins....  In fact, a few days ago we got in the car for a fairly short errand and I needed to call Grandma Khaki, so I asked G if he wanted to talk to her.  He proceeded to burst into tears and exclaim that he did NOT want to talk to Grandma Khaki!  He wanted to SEE her!  When we got home we did Facetime  and that seemed to make it better.  And when Gma Kris and Gpa Tom were up, he would walk up to one of them and ask (sweetly), "hold my hand?"  And after they were suckered in, he drug them downstairs to play trains or cars!  During our March Indy visit, Connor and Griff had the best time playing and I have never seen G so tired.  I can't wait until Erin and Duncan can join in...let the fun ensue!  It is amazing to me that even when Griffin only sees his family for short periods of time, they leave an impact and he talks about them nonstop and always asks when he is going to see them again.  Hopefully as the boys get older we can make "family" time happen more often.  And, although we were spoiled with so much family in March, and we miss them, we are looking forward to more time in April...and a lot of it!

This week, we've been talking about how in a few days we are going to go down to the farm to visit Gma Khaki and Gpa Bill...and see Auntie Kayla, Uncle Eric and Mason!  And...last but not least, tractors!  And a bulldozer!  And, according to Griffin, since Gma Khaki is a "farmer," she should also have an excavator.  Not quite, G, but I hardly think you will be disappointed.  Bring it on!  After the farm trip...we are heading to Florida, which we have also been talking about at length.  And while we are there, G will turn three and share his birthday with Grandma Kris.  And almost right after, we are having G's birthday party and will get to see everyone again.  It will be a full house, that is for sure, and we'd want nothing less (other than to have a couple more spare bedrooms)!

So, although our family isn't as close as we would like them to be, we're grateful for the time we get to spend together and hope that the amount of time will only increase into the future.