All the girls love Nana (and the boys, too)

Look at Nana surrounded by all her girls!

Last week, Nana came to stay with us, starting from Pinky's birthday all the way through the following Saturday. Lily loooooves Nana! As you can see in the picture to the right, she fits just right in Nana's arms. (I know you can't see Nana's face...more on that later. You'll have to take my word for it, though, that's her!)

Nana basically made life liveable for us that whole week. Little Pinklet seemed to pick that week (specifically, right around bedtime) to really show us the levels of fussiness she was capable of, which under other circumstances might have caused her parents to call the pediatrician, don earplugs, seek Valium prescriptions, and/or simply join Pinklet in crying. But Nana has the magic touch. Some nights, only Nana could soothe our tragic child, just walking and singing until she eventually settled down. I think we probably should have recorded her. But Nana taught us that patience DOES eventually work, and also that it doesn't matter if you know the words, just keep singing. :-) It was really wonderful to have her there, to help us get that extra hour or two of sleep in the morning after a fitful night, and to feed us yummy food. (Mmmmm, adobo...). Nana also proved that it IS possible to put Lily in her bed and get her to sleep there by herself, and we've managed to successfully do it several times since. Yay! Mommy and Daddy actually get to sleep at the SAME TIME now! (Well, sometimes, anyways)

Lily doesn't care about the bassinet or the adobo, though. She just wants the loving. And oh, the loving she got! Nana snuggles are the best, and Lily got LOTS of them last week. Unfortunately, I didn't get hardly any pictures of Nana because she mostly wouldn't let me take her picture without her makeup on, but I snuck one in and I think she looks beautiful.

So thank you, nana, for coming to help us, and giving baby Lily so much good loving. As you can see, Lily says please please PLEASE come see her again soon, and she promises to try and be good!