Shots From The Week

My mom will tell you that when I was young, I would play in the dirt for hours and loved picking up bugs. To this day, I'm not a fan of certain bugs, but I can deal with most crawlers (except spiders). I love caterpillars, ladybugs, roly polies and don't even mind worms. So when I went to get the mail yesterday and saw the biggest praying mantis I've ever seen, I had to grab him for a photo opp. His mouth looked gynorm so out of fear of being bitten, I placed him on a piece of paper and brought him to the porch to show Drew. I used my iphone 5 as a reference point for how HUGE this thing was.

Also just had to share this darling exchange between Grandpa and Drew from this week. They were chatting after doing a puzzle and it was just too sweet. Grandpa asked for a hug and my little angel obligingly squeezed him tightly. A grandparents love is a special thing.

Yes, we still put a towel down where Drew sits just in case!

And in other news, we're sad to see Mimi and Grandpa go! They unloaded SO many boxes this week while we worked and put SO much stuff where it belongs. Almost 80% of our items are put in their new spots and Derek and I have SO much less to do thanks to them. We will miss you guys but can't wait to see you next month and so glad you were here for BOTH your birthdays and anniversary!

The new front porch has officially been 'suburbanized'.