192

That is exactly how many days Della stayed with us to help out.  That is how many days Della was away from her home and her hubby.

Della did countless things for us.... watching boys, teaching Ryker how to situp, collecting Ryker's first laugh, watching Aylen speak, watching boys for date nights and tennis lessons, helping finish a bathroom, painting lots and lots of things, cooking, organizing, doing our laundry, cleaning and keeping our house organized, coolest of all keeping Ryker out of daycare for 6 MONTHS and the list goes on.

Della pretty much rocked her time here.  She became friends with our neighbors and was immediately asked to become a regular Bunco member.  She because a well known face at the Rec Center attending all the water aerobics classes she could.  And was going out to dinner and walks with other friends and family all the time. 

For 192 days, Della got to hear Aylen John say "GRANDMA!" and come running with his little feet to her in the morning.  Made my heart happy every time to know that Aylen knew his Grandma so well.

And I have to give her kudos because she really did an excellent job helping, but also devoting time to herself and her friends and health.  It didn't feel like we had Grandma in our house alot of the time because she was so busy doing her thing!

So thank you Grandma for the love you showed the boys and to Russ and I.  Thank you for giving up a little of your New Jersey life to be here.  Thank you Grandpa for letting Grandma do that too.

I'm so happy you two are reunited and can go to the city and watch your wildlife together-Facetime is awesome, but still not the real thing.

Thank you Grandma.
Momma