Grandpa and Grandma Visit!

This past week, my parents came to Pittsburgh to visit. We haven’t seen them since Christmas, so Emry has changed a lot and had a whole lot of new things to show them…once she warmed up.

She was not happy when Grandma climbed into the backseat of the car with her. She cried. But once she was happily munching on tortilla chips at the restaurant, she didn’t mind Grandma sitting next to her. After dinner, Emry was introduced to a pool for the first time. At first, she wasn’t sure what to think of the biggest bathtub she had ever seen in her life. (Since it was an indoor pool, it was a bit like that…) Again, she adjusted to her new surroundings and was soon happily kicking and swimming with Grandma, and splashing with Grandpa.

The next day was another adventure: the zoo. It was also my first time at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium, which was very nice (plus it was a lovely day to be out). Emry loves animals, so she was happy to be introduced to goats, kangaroos, monkeys and elephants in real life. I think her favorite was the aquarium, though. She loves to watch fish and here were fish much larger than her swimming about in huge in tanks. She liked the sharks (which I personally thought were creepy), turtles, penguins and all the various colors, sizes and shapes of the fish.

That evening, Grandma and Grandpa babysat while Ed and I went out. They took her over to a popular local restaurant (Eat ‘n Park) for the salad bar. They said I should have warned them how much Emry likes strawberries. I think she ate every single one they had. It is rather amazing to see how many such a little body can put away!

By the time my parents left on Sunday afternoon, Emry was quite happy with her grandparents. After all, it is two more people to play with who pay attention to her and laugh and clap at all her antics. When you’re that age, who doesn’t love an audience? And my parents enjoyed spending a few days with their only granddaughter. We can’t wait to see them again in September!

Emry petting the goat – she wasn’t at all shy.

Emry sitting on the bronze turtle at the zoo.

Showing Grandma and Grandpa our scrapbook.