A weekend with Grandma Deibert

This past Friday and Saturday Jillian and I drove down to Elgin to spend some time with Grandma Grace. The original plan was to go together as a family (Jason, Jillian and I) Friday night...but Jason had a bachelor party to attend on Saturday so Jillian and I packed the car up Friday morning and headed to Elgin. Grace had invited me to go to her church's craft show on Saturday, so we had some plans for then but nothing to do but hang out on Friday. So we got there and visited with Grandma. Jillian explored Grandma's house inside and out. She let Grandma know when there was something too low and she knew she could break it (really she was just getting into EVERYTHING). That afternoon we went to Grace's church to drop off her bread for the craft show and play on the playground for a minute (it was a bit chilly)but Jillian decided she wanted to explore the grounds! Here are some fun pictures of Jillian looking around Grandma's church.





Grandma was fixing dinner and chatting with me so Jillian made it up the stairs (her favorite thing to do the whole time!) and came out of Grandma's bathroom with a few Jade plant leaves..."Uh Grace, is a Jade plant poisonous? Because Jillian is chewing on a Jade plant!" So we looked it up online and sure enough the plant was semi-toxic. So I placed my first (and probably not the last) call to the poison control hot line. They said it wasn't toxic and what to look for, thankfully she must not have eaten a lot because no ill side effects took place!




The next morning Grace and I were getting ready to go to the craft show and Jillian (of course) was up and down the stairs. Well I was right there at the top putting the blow dryer away and Jillian stepped off the stair and fell all the way down (it was only 6 stairs and they were carpeted!). I think it scared her more than anything, but she did get a little rug burn on the side of her nose. Grace was so nice to invite both my mom and Grandma to join us to shop at the craft show. Jillian was such a lucky lady to be surrounded by so many wonderful women in her family!

This was at the craft show, in her stroller (she never does this anymore!)
We had a fun time at the craft show, found some good things and had a nice lunch/visit. So needless to say, Jillian kept us on our toes this past weekend for sure!