Emma's time with GranDan over the past 2 years has been very limited, so our trip to Hopkinsville was very meaningful. We not only wanted to celebrate the holiday with our family, we wanted Emma to celebrate the holiday with her family and to establish relationships that were to be grounded and memorable. Thanks to patience and warmth of family, Emma was quickly laughing and sharing with GranDan as they watched the kitty on the front porch. Annie made quick friends with Emma as well by being the perfect "grandma" providing that sweet little girl with sweet little oatmeal cookies. We quickly learned that we could use visits to the farm to see the cows and horses with GranDan as leverage to get cooperation out of our growing toddler. "Come here _______" became the phrase of the trip and that blank was most often filled with Cow, Mommy, Daddy, Grandpa, Papa, Jaaaaaason, Puppy, and most adorable "Cuffy". Cuffy was actually Buffy, GranDan and Annie's cat that Emma desperately wanted to cuddle. We could not get her to call her by the correct name to save our lives, but it became to adorable to correct any more. So Buffy, to Emma, is Cuffy. She would call her and attempt to snap her fingers. You gotta love that. Maybe next time we will get our picture made on GranDan's airplane!
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