A visit from Nana and Papa

A few months ago, Jeremy's dad (Papa) was diagnosed with colon cancer. We were all very worried and with Jeremy swamped with residency it was particularly stressful for him not to be there for his dad. Papa had half of his colon removed and with it "bye-bye cancer!" His lymph nodes were all clear so we're all optimistic that there will be many, many more years of grandfathering left for this man.

Papa was finally recovered and strong enough to travel so his doctor Ok'd him to make the trip to Pittsburgh to visit baby Owen (and us of course, but we're always secondary these days ;))

They had not seen Mr. O in three months and were astonished at how much he's grown (and that he no longer tolerates being held like a baby!) Owen had a blast playing with his grandparents. Nana played with Owen in his exersaucer and Papa brought Owen an adorable cloth doctor's kit made especially for him (thanks Gail!)

Papa even tried a hand at feeding Owen some solids!

"Are you sure you know what you're doing?"

Papa's mouth was open wider than Owen's ever was!

Nana and Papa even watched Owen while we went on a date and again while I went to a doctor's appointment. SO NICE! It was wonderful to have company and Jeremy had an unprecedented two days off in a row(only because they forgot to give him days off last month...but who's counting. Ahem.) We celebrated birthdays, ate lots of good food and there were lots of snuggles for baby Owen.

Admiring our boy - how BIG he's gotten!

Smiles for Nana and Papa

We are all so happy that Papa is recovering well and our prayers were answered. Thank you so much for your visit - COME BACK SOON!