NEWS FLASH: Kara and Claire are moving back to GA on July 8th!

Yup, we are coming home early! Jeremy will stay on a little longer to finish the project but as they grow nearer to "Go Live" the more hours J is needing to work. Not to mention that he's going to be working a lot over the weekends. And if it slips any (Say a prayer that doesn't happen please!), it just adds more work. So since we realized that we pretty much wouldn't get to see Daddy much if we stayed or went, we have decided to go home early. Claire is pretty excited. The night after my last post, she added to the drama of "I need grandparents" with a demand of "I need friends and grandparents". She had just gotten out of her bath (a time when Daddy often cuddles her as a "baby burrito") and she had demanded, "I need my Daddy". When I explained that Daddy was out running and wasn't there, that's when she let out with the "I need friends! I need friends and grandparents" little drama. She's such a drama queen!! But she _is_ missing everyone back home so she was very excited yesterday when we made this decision and let her know she would be going home to GA soon to be with her friends and grandparents.

Absence

Sorry we have been absent lately. We've been entertaining grandparents for the past 3 weeks. They decided to come one right after the other. Claire was so excited as we did the count down until Nona and Bopi came. When we dropped Bopi off at the airport the day he left, all the way to the grocery store Claire would say to Nona, "Nona, I neeeeeeeed my Bopi!". We knew we were doomed after that little drama routine. Sure enough, 4 days later when we dropped Nona off, "Where's Nona? I need my Nona? I need Nona to sit right here! (pointing to the seat Nona had been sitting in all week next to her)". The only consoling her that day was the promise that Grandmother and Grandfather were arriving in 2 days. So today was the dreaded day when we had to take the last of the grandparents back to the airport. I wasn't sure what to expect, but knew there would be some drama. Here's the conversation that ensued after pulling away from the curb.....

Claire: I need Grandfather and Grandmother
Me: Sorry Claire but they have to get on an airplane and go home
Claire: Like Nona and Bopi?
Me: Yes, like Nona and Bopi. They had to go back to Georgia to keep Nona and Bopi company.
Claire: I wanna go back to Georgia
Me: Yes, Mommy does too and we get to go in a month or so.
Claire: I need something.
Me: What do you need?
Claire: I need grandparents!

How do you argue with wisdom like that?!?