Grandma and Grandpa came to visit!

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit!

Zoe spent weeks waiting for this moment.

Every night she'd pull down their picture and ask for

"Bampa" and "Bampa" and it looks like they heard her request!

Grandma and Grandpa came all the way from Vermont

to spend time with Zoe!

Zoe was excited to show them her favorite spots in our neighborhood.

Zoe wouldn't let go of Grandpa's hand the whole walk.

So sweet.

First she showed them the best dirt in the Valley.

Hey kiddo -- drop the dirt and smile.

That's better.

We stayed until the sun went down.

Grandma had a few surprises up her sleeve.

Here she's lulling Zoe to sleep with some magical rubs! 

Hey, that feels good...

Starting to get sleeeeeepy...

I will do anything you ask.  Just keep stroking my face...

Grandma and Grandpa brought Zoe some 

wonderful gifts for Valentine's day!

How did you know I loved books?!

I love learning from Grandpa!

Zoe also got fun presents from Mommy and Daddy...

Curious George!

This book is all about Curious George, too!

And Grammie and Grandad got Zoe an airplane 

so she could get used to the idea of flying before

our big trip in April!

And a friend of Grandma and Grandpa made Zoe this beautiful quilt!

Then Zoe got the best Valentine's day gift of all...

A CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE!

This was Zoe's first chocolate.

Ever.

She loved it!

Grandma and Grandpa took us out to lots of fun restaurants 

so Zoe got to try other foods that also started with "C" like...CALAMARI!

 

...and grilled Cheese!

Okay, so she's had grilled cheese before...but not like this!

We had so much fun dining out together.

Zoe even broke out her "Mother Theresa" impression!

Deb and Brian drove all the way up from San Diego to join the fun!

Grandma and Grandpa practiced taking selfies with Zoe...

And there was lots of time to read together.

And eat together.

Curious George wanted a bib, too.

And play together.

Zoe thought Grandpa would look dashing in this apple hat.  She was right!

Zoe learned how to color, too!

She even colored her own eyelids just like Mommy does every morning! 

And we colored some eggs before cooking them!

We still love going to see Dream.

And he loves the attention!

Zoe decided that she wanted to go to the Zoo!

She ran upstairs and tried to figure out what to wear!

First she tried on Mommy's sunglasses...

These are too big for me...

So she grabbed her own sunglasses!

Much better!

Then she grabbed her froggy hat and practiced an 

Italian accent in front of the mirror.

What'sa matta-you?

Ready for the zoo!

Zoe knows all the animals at the Zoo!

This chimp came up close to say hi!

We love visiting with the Giraffes.

There's so much to see!

After we got home Zoe showed Grandma and Grandpa

where we walked on the map!

 

But Zoe's favorite part of the visit was just 

spending time together.

Eventually Grandma and Grandpa had to go back home.

Zoe was exhausted after working so hard to show everyone such a good time.

Thanks for catching up with us!

See you again soon!