Lucky Spud has another set of doting Grams from far away Holland coming by to visit her in the last 2 weeks bearing a suitcase full of gifts. Yes, one mid-size suitcase full of nothing but gifts of clothes and toys just for her! Spud should be so lucky.

Unfortunately for both Opa and Oma, getting acquainted with Spud was a little bit of a challenge despite they coming by almost every day and spending more than 5 hours around her each time for almost 2 weeks straight. It seems that Spud has recently been at a stage where she has begun to recognise people, and as such does not take on to unfamiliar faces that easily. To add on to that, we had just started to put her on the bottle round about the time they were here. At that time, Spud was mostly super cranky and not easily comforted, which had only made “making friends” a little bit harder than it should.

While both Opa & Oma faced some challenges when they tried to carry her (usually followed by a kahuna of a wail!), they did spend a lot of time entertaining her face to face. If timed at the right moments, Spud will usually respond with Ah-goos, smiles and squeals whenever Opa & Oma talked to her. Although difficult at first, Opa & Oma did managed to bottle feed her several times and (*drumroll*) put her to nap when she got tired! I am glad that despite some hiccups, they at least spent quite a bit of quality time together!

I don’t know how baby’s mind work, but I do hope she is able to retain some memory of her paternal grandparents when we visit them next year!