Some (of the many) reasons I'm grateful for Nana

As most of you know, Norm's mom lived with us prior to moving to GA. She made the move as well BUT bought her own house and is living there with her dad (Cubby's great-grandpa a.k.a. Vovo). In fact, she moved down in August last year and had to wait until November to be reunited with her precious grandson.

Anyway, having Ilya's Nana here has been a HUGE help as far as getting settled and helping Cubby adjust to all the newness going on. She & her friend set up the room I am only allowed to walk through and never touch anything besides the coffee pot my kitchen which would still be a complete disaster had they not taken the lead on that project.

Let's just be honest people - - my kitchen is & always will be a disaster so long as it is MY KITCHEN. But I digress.

She spoils Cubby rotten, as any grandma should and still cooks for us more often than not. If she notices things on sale at the grocery store that we use, she will pick up extra for us. She was more than willing to spend the day with Cubby last week when daycare closed because of the snow(??????? HA!!!) the news folks say we got. It actually looked more like a few sugar packs exploded in one patch of our back yard. But, whatev.

So while all of that is great and we truly appreciate everything Nana does, the absolutel best thing she's ever done for us is keep THIS gift from Santa at her house:

We love you, Judy! We really, really do!

And as a side note to Santa - please consider what's on the parent's wish list as well next year. You kinda overlooked our needs (and eardrums) in 09.