My friend Nikki, her 2 1/2 year old daughter Anna Grace, and her mom Katrina came from Goldsboro today to visit. I've known Nikki my entire life. When we were kids, Nikki and I used to dress up in her dance costumes and make up dances to Madonna. Her mom and my mom have been best friends since high school. Ironically enough, even though both our parents are divorced, our moms are still friends and so are our dads. My Mom met them at my house so we could all visit together. Anna Grace immediately fell in love with JoJo and kept wanting to play fetch with her. JoJo was game for awhile then got tuckered out. I think she was also confused as to the rules of fetch when playing with Anna Grace. Usually JoJo brings the toy right back to you and drops it in front of you if she still wants to continue to play. Anna Grace, however, wouldn't ever give JoJo a chance to bring it back before she was running up to her to take it away from her and throw it again. Eventually, JoJo learned to run the other way away from Anna Grace in an attempt to hide under the coffee table with her toy.
We decided to give JoJo a break from Anna Grace for awhile and go to On The Border. Unfortunately for JoJo, I don't think our lunch was quite long enough. Afterwards, we came back home and Anna Grace and JoJo played some more until we convinced Anna Grace that JoJo was tired and needed a nap. When she saw JoJo lay down in the middle of the floor to rest, Anna Grace took a blanket from the couch and draped it over JoJo so she could go "night night." Eventually, Anna Grace settled down too and laid down beside JoJo to watch a bit of the movie UP before they left to head home.
When the girls all left, Marshall went to meet a local sound mixer Carl for coffee to discuss some upcoming film projects (most of which Marshall was going to have to turn down due to his prior commitment to Army Wives). While he was gone, JoJo and I went into the nursery and started sorting through all the clothes that Dino gave us so I could wash them. It seems like we have a ton of clothes for the baby but once they are sorted into sizes, we really don't have that many at any given age. We just have clothes up through the first year and a half of the baby's life! A few hours later than he anticipated, Marshall returned. We went to Slice of Life and grabbed some dinner then came home and watched Dexter. Tomorrow Marshall has to leave to head back to Army Wives so he started packing a bit tonight before we went to bed. No matter how many times we have to leave for work, it never gets easier.
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