Pot and Pot/Gam Sitthichai

Raise your hand if you're pretty sure you have the greatest parents in the world. My hand is WAY up! My parents came a few days before Nathan was born and stayed until last Saturday. This was Caitlyn 's first time being around my parents since she's started talking, and she affectionately named them both "Pot", short for "Grandpa" I think. She sometimes adds a "T" to the end of words for whatever reason. If we asked her if she could say "Grandma" she'd say "Gam", but she usually preferred to just keep things simple and call them both "Pot". It was so funny to hear her say, "Pot, sit!" or "Pot, wun!" (run) or say, "Pot, aw you?" (where are you?), etc.


Some of the things my super duper ultra awesome parents did to make life wonderful for the first couple of weeks after Nathan was born include, but are not limited to:
Playing with Caitlyn when she woke up every morning so I could sleep in.
Cooking big hot breakfasts every morning -- great for a nursing mom and for Quinn who is used to having cold cereal for breakfast.
Making adorable curtains for Caitlyn's room.



Playing constantly with Caitlyn, taking her on walks or to the pool so that I was totally free to nurse Nathan, take naps, etc.
Cooking awesome dinners every night -- Thai food almost every night for two weeks, anyone?
Noticing that Caitlyn has grown out of most of her clothes and then buying her a bunch of cute new summer outfits and pajamas.
Helping us move all our furniture and boxes around when we had to get our carpets professionally vacuumed because we discovered a ton of paint dust that was causing some allergic reactions.
Cooking delicious chili, stew, and musuman curry and freezing it so I have ready-to-go meals on days when cooking just isn't gonna happen.

They also threw a mini baby shower for me the day after they arrived and gave us a supply of newborn diapers, cute little boy outfits (which Caitlyn enjoyed pulling out one by one and saying, "Ooooh cuuuuute!"), and an adorable baby quilt my mom made.



We had so much fun while they were here, playing some of our favorite board games and card games, going to the beach, going on family walks, etc. We kept inviting them to move to San Diego and rent the condo next door to us, but for some reason going from no house payment to a monthly rent payment didn't appeal to them.

My parents are a huge example to me of unselfish service. I think sometimes I tend to do only what's convenient for me to do and then feel good about having "served" someone without having put myself out too much. But my parents are always willing to do WHATEVER is needed by the person they're serving, even if it's a pain. I keep telling Caitlyn she's so lucky they're my parents, because we'll try to follow their example with our own kids and she's going to get the benefit of that! Thanks mom and dad! Love ya!