griswold is an only child again...

...but only temporarily! addy is with g & g gerbick from wednesday through sunday. that's 4 whole days of wonderful alone time with the 'rents for griz. although he is quickly slipping down my list of favorite things in the world as spring shedding continues (we are seriously vacuuming every other day...piles & piles of dog hair are everywhere! ARG!). when we arrived home from meeting g&g gerbick & trading cars & giving up addy, griswold was very unhappy for a few minutes. he was looking all around making some funny noise (similar to the one addy makes when she's wondering something... ''hhmmmhhhh''...he seemed a bit sad that addy was gone. or maybe that he wasn't lucky enough to get an avon lake/grandparent vacation.

this morning, addy seemed to fully understand how luxurious her life will be over the next 4 days...hardly ever being told 'no,' getting grinders (next time you see addy, ask her to give you one, then you'll know what it is) from grandpa, drinking lemonade with grandpa, going for long walks to the park & pool with grandma...and of course eating most of what she wants (although she is on a no-dairy diet due to a minor virus--EGADS, no ice cream with the grandparents!). we traded cars with sue, hoping that bruce can fix our A/C problems (please! for the love of all things pregnant!), so addy was very distraught when she was put back in her car seat in HER CAR...b/c she thought she was going home with mama & daddy. so she cried & started to flail her legs a bit & then i told her 'no, grandma's driving you to her house' & then grandma sue got in the car & life was all good again. addy happily waved 'bye bye' to mama & daddy, smiling & joyfully kicking her legs this time. (we must believe in our hearts that she loves us & misses us). i'm sure we'll miss her dreadfully by tonight. but we will persevere!