My parents came to visit over Halloween and we had a great time! While I have so much to post regarding their trip and the things that we did with them...this post is dedicated to a funny conversation I had with Garrett just as we were driving away from the airport after dropping my mom off (my dad left a week earlier).
As we were pulling away from the drop-off area, Garrett notices a 'smoking' area and is quite intrigued as we aren't around smoking people all that often. He asks what the area is for and why there are only certain areas for smoking and about a million other questions as is his usual habit. I start in with my explanation of the designated smoking area and explain it's benefit of keeping all the dangerous smoke in one area so that we all don't have to breathe it. He then asks the inevitable...why do people smoke? "Hmmm, I'm not quite sure...but once people start doing it, sometimes it's really hard to stop...their bodies hurt if they don't have it...it's called being addicted" and my explanation goes on and on. He seems to accept the answer and we go on our way.
Heart-wrenching sobs are heard more often than not from the backseat as we try to find something fun to do to take our mind off our necessary errands and off the fact that Grandma is not here anymore. He does calm down a bit and can function normally (well as normally as a 5 year old can do while doing errands with his mom!) But then, as we're driving home about 1 1/2 hours later, Garrett starts BAWLING again. (Seriously, it breaks my heart to hear how sad he is!) But this time, through his sobbing, he chokes out the words (and you can hear how deeply he believes what he's trying to say), "I think I am addicted to Grandma! My stomach is hurting without her here!!!" Oh, my poor babe...we're all hurting to have her leave!
So thanks again Mom and Dad for coming to visit. We loved every minute of it - well except the good-bye part! :)
