Uncle Matt and Gramm

They FINALLY made it! Thursday, August 7th we anxiously waited all day for the arrival of Uncle Matt and Gramm. Gramm was flying in from FL. Uncle Matt happened to be in Phoenix for training at work all week. Gramm was to connect thru Phoenix and fly in on the same flight with Uncle Matt to arrive about 9:45pm in Burbank, CA. Needless to say, this did not happen. There were terrible monsoons in AZ which kept all the planes grounded. Around 11:30 Thursday night when they realized they weren't going anywhere- Gramm and Uncle Matt got a hotel near the airport for the night. They flew in Friday morning on the 10am flight. When they arrived in Burbank to pick up their rental car, the 'check engine' light went on in the car. Luckily they were finally able to get a working vehicle and drive to our house only 15 hours later than originally scheduled. We realized after they arrived at the house, the fine people in Arizona left their luggage on the tarmac all night. Lots of Uncle Matt's clothes were ruined (luckily American Eagle was having a GREAT sale) as were several of the books Gramm brought for Madison's birthday. We were so happy to finally have them here safe and sound. Now if only our little girl would make HER great arrival!!!

Madison just LOVES her Uncle Matt. She had such a great time chasing him around the house. Too bad he couldn't stay and play longer. He did help unpack all the pieces of Madison's new birthday kitchen before he left- but enjoyed pushing Madison around in the box instead of helping put all the million pieces together (Thanks a lot Uncle Matt- HA!). As he left he showed Madison how to wish on a dandilion. I think Uncle Matt wished to come back and see Madison soon. Check out more pics.

Mommy managed to convince Uncle Matt to pick her up for a few pics too. Mommy looks a LOT bigger in Uncle Matt's arms than she does standing up- Yikes!