To Grandma and Grandpa's House She Goes...

For the last three or four days Ella has talked of nothing else but going to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. She kept asking to go, then would go through her list of favorite things to do there… “Go ride Rocky, play outside, see Peanut, see James and the tractor, eat corn and green beans…" Rocky is Travis’s old rocking horse, Peanut is mom and dad’s yellow Labrador, James is their neighbor who has a tractor and Ella LOVES the corn and green beans from their garden.

So this morning we were enjoying a lazy Saturday – Ella was watching Dora and I was folding some clothes – and she starts again with “Go to Grandma and Grandpa’s house?” Ronnie suggested that we just give them a call to see if they had plans and would like to meet us halfway so she could spend a few days with them. So Ronnie calls and of course Dad nearly loses his mind when Ronnie says, “Do you guys want Ella for a few days?” Ella has my Dad wrapped around her little finger…well, all her fingers and toes. He says he needs to call Mom to make sure they don’t have plans, then about ½ a second later the phone rings again and he can barely talk from the excitement. So I started packing her suitcase and Ella basically ran in circles for the next hour with “Going to Grandma and Grandpa’s house!” on repeat.

So we set off for E-town. Ella went back and forth between quoting the Lion King (which she was watching in the car) and making sure that she was still going to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. We met Dad and Travis at Texas Roadhouse and enjoyed a yummy lunch. We had never been there before but we discovered that they have awesome rolls, fried chicken and sweet tea. Thanks, Dad, for lunch!

After lunch Ronnie and I went to the car to get her stuff out. Ronnie started fiddling with her car seat (because he had to put it in Dad’s car) and Ella nearly burst into tears and cried out “Go to Grandpa’s house!!!!” She thought we were going to put her in the car seat to go back home. After we explained that we had to move her car seat to Grandpa’s car so she could ride with him she was on cloud nine. So we got her in Grandpa’s car, supplied Grandpa with Ella’s traveling necessities – The Lion King and a Veggie Tales CD – and she was off, barely telling us “bye!”

We’re excited that Ella will get to spend some quality time with Grandma and Grandpa and I will get to rest for a few days before my resting days end for a LONG time! We will meet halfway in a couple of days to get her back, or if Kendall arrives soon (COME ON KENDALL!!) they will bring her up with them. Ella's “Big Sister” outfit is packed in her suitcase in case they have to bring her to the hospital. :)