Tootsie & Pop's 2009 Holiday Visit

Tootsie and Pop made the long drive from sunny south Mississippi to freezing cold southern Illinois just to see Dexter and Desmond!  We all had a GREAT time.


Then she got some Desmond time while Pop and Dexter watched some Yo Gabba Gabba.

Desmond got a bath from Tootsie.  Not sure what he thought about it.

Tootsie and Desmond got plenty of bonding time during the day but even more at night, since Tootsie took those wakings so Desmond's exhausted Mom and Dad could get some sleep!  Thanks, Tootsie!

We finally got around to opening presents on New Year's Eve.  (You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to get a reasonably good picture of these four!)

Dexter and Desmond each got one of these really neat alligator bench/stepstool things.  VERY cute!

 

Desmond was pretty worn out after all of that.  For a kid who doesn't sleep so well, he certainly managed to do so in some fairly contorted positions with both Tootsie and Pop that night.

One last bottle, ok?

And, lest we forget, Desmond saved his first smiles for Tootsie & Pop's visit, too!

We love when they come visit.  I wish we didn't live so far away.  Can't wait for them to come back and hope to be able to make the reverse trip before too long.