This morning E and e will fly up from Phoenix, then E will fly back this afternoon leaving e with us. Since E and K are busy packing up their house and preparing to turn over keys to the new owner on Thursday, they decided it might be easier for them as well as e if she were not there. So we volunteered to take care of her this week. E and K will drive up at the end of the week. This will be e's longest time away from her parents and our longest time caring for her without them.
When Liz was about this same age (just a little younger), Randy and I left her with his aunt and uncle for a week while we went to Hawaii. She had spent time with them but not for an extended visit. Lynn brought her to the airport to meet us when we returned. She looked unsmiling up at us from her seat in the stroller, as if to say, "Who are you?" Or maybe it was, "Where have you been? And why didn't I get to go?" We were glad to have some time to ourselves before the new baby arrived and thankful for Lynn's help. Now we will get to experience for ourselves what it is like to have a toddler without her parents for a week.
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