Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Granmama Wanda and Poppa Jim arrived! At first Nathan was a little shy, but he quickly warmed up to them! Thursday and Friday he stayed home from school to have one on one time with them. They went for walks and went swimming, they played and ate and went through I believe five outfits the first day!
Thursday was our 4th anniversary but we celebrated Friday evening. Gotta love free babysitters! We had dinner reservations at Oceanaire Seafood Restaurant. It has a 1930's ocean liner theme on the inside and has been voted Denver's Best Seafood in town - our dean of culinary recommended it. It was fantastic! They had "Happy 4th Anniversary" printed on our menus. We started with an amuse of a scallop and fried spinach leaf (and other stuff) that was to die for. They also brought bread and a tray of picked & raw items (herring, black olives, pickles, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, celery, etc.). I had shrimp scampi like I have never had before and Jason had a chili rubbed salmon. Sides were ordered family style and we got salt & vinegar chips(skinny fries with a bite), fried green beans (our least favorite) and steamed asparagus with cream sauce. For dessert they brought us a flaming Baked Alaska that was about 10 inches tall - on the house!! They had a card signed by the staff and rolled up our menu and tied it with a ribbon.
Weather was great so we walked from the restaurant to Comedy Works. We saw some great comedians - the headliner being John Heffron - who won Last Comic Standing. We were front row - my feet were on stage we were so close! Jason and I have now seen two winners of LCS - Josh Blue was the first. We laughed so hard my face and chest hurt.
We then came home to find Nathan up - so I got to put him to bed. It was a perfect evening.
Saturday Wanda let us sleep in a little - then we showered and went to breakfast. After that we had some much needed rest and relaxation time and then went to the park. Nathan had a great time walking Grandmama an Poppa all over and playing in the playground area. Then we returned for our picnic feast and finally ended our day with feeding the water fowl. Nathan loved it and had one or two up front that he was almost hand feeding.
Sunday we got up nice and early to have breakfast before Jim and Wanda departed for SC. And boy did Nathan miss them when they left. First he cried.....then he napped and went to church. I think the nursery play took his mind off it, but when we returned home alone - he realized they were gone again. Monday started our week off cold and rainy - and Nathan having to get use to going to school again after being off four days. He was a little need that evening, but still fun!
We are already looking forward to our holiday trip home where Nathan can see all his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins!
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