On Friday we drove to Alexandria to visit Grandma. When we got there she was sleeping, but seemed very happy that we were there when she woke up. She even sat up! After awhile, her hospice nurse came in and even helped her into her wheelchair. (According to my parents this is huge - for the past couple of weeks she has stayed in bed when they have visited her her and slept during most of their visits). Grandma loved meeting Ben and seeing Ethan again.
After our visit with Grandma we drove back to Fair Lakes (with Ben crying the entire car ride) and had lunch at T.G.I. Fridays and did a little bit of shopping. Dad, Paula, Meg, Bobby, and Hannah all came over and we hung out and ordered pizza and subs for dinner. It was so much fun with everyone together - but not the same without Sean and little O!
Saturday morning I had a wonderful breakfast with Jill at IHOP. It was so good to see her and catch up! She is an awesome friend, indeed:) After Ben had had enough of IHOP (2+ hours later...) we said our goodbyes and Ben and I headed back to Mom and Dave's, then went to Manassas to see my cousin, William's, new house. Aunt Deb, Uncle Bud, and Page were there, too, so they were able to meet Ben. Saturday ended with an awesome dinner at the Japanese Steakhouse-YUM!! Dad and Paula came and joined us - it was so fun being together, laughing and having a great time! It was Dad's first time being to a Japanese restaurant so it was also entertaining watching him stare at the chef and all of his tricks.
It was incredibly hard walking into the airport Sunday morning, but we were greeted by a happy little boy and a happy daddy when we walked out of the airport in New York:)
Jill and Ben
At the Japanese Steakhouse!
