The Sunday after Grandma got here, we had a small gathering of friends and family who wanted to visit--us, Grandma Welker, Grandpa and Grandmother Bobo, Uncle Brad, and the Hos. My cousin also stopped by later for some good times. It was fun to another little rugrat for Lacey to run around with.
Most of the pictures that we took came out kind of fuzzy, but a few are decent.
The whole time, Lacey wanted to climb up into my chair. It's hard to eat dinner with a little kid trying to grab at everything. So I think that Grandma invited her over to her chair eventually. And Lacey stole my water bottle. Oh well.
Uncle Brad being Uncle Brad.
And Lacey playing with Grandpa Bobo. I just love her little pony tail on top of her head. She doesn't usually let me touch her hair. And actually it was a fight to get that one in, too. But it's so darn cute!
On subsequent days, we did lots of fun stuff. Lacey was a bit wary of Grandma at first, though I think that may just be because she wasn't feeling well. I thought she was teething, but I think she had a sore throat, since a few days later I woke up in the middle of the night with a killer sore throat, and then my mom woke up with a sore throat. And then, we talked to my aunt in Arizona, and SHE had woken up with a sore throat, too! We decided we must have texted it to her.
Anyway, one day, we went to the park. Grandma and Lacey had a little bonding experience over the wood chips.
Another day, we went out to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Simmons and Uncle Brad. Lacey was extremely well-behaved at the restaurant, for which I am extremely grateful. She played with a straw and a cup of ice water the whole time, and told stories to everyone at the table. I tell you, she's a hit wherever she goes. We didn't get any pictures at lunch, but we did get some cute pictures of Lacey playing with Uncle Brad.
We went to the farmers market at the football stadium at BYU. It was actually lots of fun. I'm excited for next year when it will be bigger. Anyway, we got some cute little things for Lacey--some finger puppets and a cute little red tote bag. Evidently, when Lacey's mommy was little, she would put little books in her purse and carry them around like a big girl. Lacey loves carrying around her purse, too, and even has her own keys and cell phone to put inside. You can see the bag there, and Lacey reading with Grandma.
And then, on Saturday we went to a birthday party for Phil's mom. It was a surprise birthday party, too. There was much sneakiness that went into making it happen. Grandmother Bobo was very surprised to open the door to 8 of her 13 grandchildren. I'm pretty sure that Lacey's favorite part was the balloons. And this purple witch's hat.
And here's Lacey with her Aunt Emily. Emily gave Lacey that cute little purple dress that she's wearing. The ukulele was a big hit with all the kids, and here Lacey is having a turn with it, too. Lots of purple going on here.
