Nina, Our Special Visitor

My dear mother came to visit September 23! We had her for a whole week and loved every moment of it. Mom worked so hard getting our new place in order. She unpacked boxes, cleaned, scrubbed walls and floors and ran numerous errands with Cole and me. I feel horrible we did not schedule more fun. Mom, thank you for coming and Dad, thank you for letting us borrow her for the week. Now for the Nina portion, many of my nieces and nephews call my mom Nona (Grandmother in Italian) Cole has been calling my mom Nona for quite sometime. However from the minute mom arrived in Cleveland Cole would call her Nina. "Nina, watch" was his favorite saying. He loved having her love and attention. In the morning I would go in his room and first thing out of his mouth was, "Nina, downstairs...play" After a long days work mom and I were sitting on the couch talking. I said, "how do you like Cole calling you Nina?." Her reply, " I think Cole thinks I'm Nina, the spanish maid." I thought that was so funny. Mom, we love you and can
not thank you enough for coming. We loved your company and cried for days after you left. It was like leaving home all over again. Trent and I are blessed to have such wonderful mothers who shower us with their love and support. Trent's parents helped us move to Cleveland, they were so kind to drive across the country to help us get settled. Our parents are as dear to us as our child and mean the world to us. We miss you "Nina, Grampa, Papa & Granma Jo"