Wednesday night, I had to the chance to get together with an old friend (Lori). I figure it had been 12 years since I last saw her. This is a photo of her family! Noah was particularly chatty while we visited, which made it hard to chat but it was still very nice to spend some time getting re-acquainted as well as meeting her family. Unfortunately, I did not get a decent photo of her & I as Noah was in charge of those photos and they didn't 'quite' work out - LOL!
Noah had the chance to visit with Nana & Poppy as well. It was a quick visit with both - which is probably best for the young and old! It's been a rocky year for both my grandparents.
Poppy took a massive stroke last September (losing his ability to be independent - loss of speech, paralyzed on his left side, leaving only his right side that his arm already had already been mostly immobilized from having polio when he was a boy). Poppy now lives in a home - which he absolutely LOVES. He is slowly regaining some independence back - limited use of his hands such as feeding himself and using a tv remote control (with the hopes of being able to write one day), scooting around on his wheel chair (pushing & pulling with his legs), a little bit of walking with the assistance of a walker, some very limited speech - though through body language, motion & guessing, I have been able to figure out most of what he is saying.
The progress since we last saw him is AMAZING. Both Noah & I are THRILLED to see his spirits high and a smile on his face. Noah, my little talkative man was a hit during our visit with Poppy. I don't think the smile left his face the whole time we visited.
When we left, Noah expressed how happy he was that Poppy was okay.
Nana - who just celebrated her 80th birthday in June - broker her hip earlier in the year (requiring a hip replacement) and moved into a smaller apartment. Noah was perfectly behaved while visiting Nana - it was so nice (not that he is not usually well behaved - just that it's tiring for her when the kids are running around, making lots of noise)!!
Noah was very confused and has asked me a few times why Nana & Poppy don't live together anymore! He would say "Mom, can you remind me AGAIN why Nana & Poppy don't live together?". It must be confusing for kids!!
We spent a night at my cousin's (Jackie). While there, I finally got to meet their 4th child - PORTER. What a little cutie pie (top row of pictures)!!!The other three Kayden (bottom left), Easton or IGGY (bottom middle) and Tanner (bottom right) - are still as cute as ever. I got to spend a few hours in the morning with all of them alone while Jackie took poor Keith (her hubby) to get FIXED!!! Man, did we ever have some good laughs on his account.
The kids were really well behaved and I was happy I got to spend some time with them.
Ahhhh....heaven. My sister & I decided to get pedicures/manicures and have promised each other that we would do this each visit - from this point forward. It was so nice to sit for almost 2 hours each - together - chatting girlie chat! 
I've been very lucky this visit - Nick (my nephew) is babysitting age - and has been babysitting (or playing with Noah lots) while Tricia & I do running around (school shopping, shopping for us, girl time...etc). Thank you so much NICK!
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