Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Napa with Grandpa
My dad arrived the day we returned from Santa Cruz, to help with the sad transition of Nate returning to work. Sadly, our lovely sojourn of a two full time parents at home has come to an end. I realized at the end of it how much Lotus blossomed (pun sort of intended) during that time. She is talking quite a bit and her personality is emerging. She is a pretty strong willed fiesty little girl, and she has gotten so comfortable being herself that it is amazing. I think having both of us around has helped so much with her development. Our doctor has been really impressed at how she settled into her new family.
My dad's time here was great and other than a car accident (him not me, he is fine the car is not) we had a wonderful time. Lotus LOVES her Grandpa and even though it had been about 6 weeks since she last saw him she her face lit up when she saw him. She immediately collects all her toys to put on his lap and then tries to climb up there with them. She runs him ragged, but he doesn’t seem to mind too much. Nate. Lotus Art and I all went to the Russian festival in the City on a rainy Sunday where Art sampled the vodka and bellinis and Lotus got a nesting doll.
Art, Lotus and I went wine tasting in Napa (though Lotus stuck to water). I have to tell you I didn't think this was the best idea in the world, but I wantd to do something fun for my dad, but it turns out wineries and kids are a pretty good combo. THere was so much space for Lotus to run around and since we went up mid-week the wineries were all pretty quiet and happy to help entertain the Mighty Lotus. Neibam-Coppola brought out boats for her to play with in the fountain. Artesa had crayons and coloring books. We had all sorts of people offering to hold her and run around with her.
We stayed somewhere Nate and I have stayed at many times both with and without Lotus. There are horses and cows at the edge of the property and Lotus was very excited to see them. My little city girl ran up to the fence and yelled “puppies!” at the horse. I decided we had to go to the zoo a bit more often.
