Attachment Grand-Parenting

 Many of you know my parenting style of Attachment Parenting, well mostly anyways. I follow my children's cues and try to meet their every need and know the difference between need and want. I will always support and encourage my children with love and an open heart. My children are very happy and adjusted, besides Logan's normal grumpy-ness anyway. But this post isn;t about me and how I parent my children, it's about how their Nana and Papa do.
 My kids Nana and Papa are The Marine's parents, who live close to us (about an hour away or 'up the mountain' as Ladybug says). They LOVE my kids, pure wonderful love. I know my kids seem to lighten up their lives and make them so happy. They were the first family memebers to meet both kids after they were born (They drove 12hrs straight after I went into labor with Ladybug and came to meet her at 1am in the hospital). They have always been there for the kids, and always always enjoy having them over.
 Ladybug gets to spend nights with them at their house, she has since she was about 11 months old. Recently she started asking me daily to call nana/papa and 'go nana papa house up mountain'. So I would let her call them and talk for a little while but things have been working against her recently, Papa was sick, Thanksgiving happened, I was sick and we waited to see if the kids would get sick (they didn't). But finally Ladybug got her way and she was able to go to their house this past Thursday and holy cow she couln't have got out the door faster if she tried! When she woke from her nap I told her she needed to pack her overnight bag and we went downstairs for me to get the carseat ready and install it in their truck. After that was set she kept saying lets go lets go! So she was off! I knew she was as happy as can be then cause she loves her Nan and Papa so much, sometimes I am pretty sure she loves them as much as she loves me and her daddy.
 The little Mister and I drove up Saturday to spend the day and bring Ladybug back home after her stay. He was so happy to have time with his Nana and Papa too. He loves being tickled and loved on and watched over and have everybody watch what he is up to and play his funny games with him. Sometimes it is harder for me to do all that and keep the house up or get dinner going so it is nice that his Nana/Papa are so very hands on. I say they do tend to me more AP minded than they might think.... they are such hands on and active with the kids there is hardly ever any 'down time' with them cause somebody is always laughing playing and going on and on. They don't tend to let my kids cry for anything besides a simple temper fit that Ladybug has prefected. Nana always involves them in whatever she is doing, cooking, and even has a game to play when she has to potty! (ha ha don't kill me for saying that cause I think it's cute!!). What really brought it home for me today was seeing that they had moved a glider into the room where Ladybug sleeps at their house. I knew then that they had been rocking her to sleep at night and making her as comfy and loved as possible there. When I went into the room to gather up her princess blanket and baby I saw that and it touched my heart to know that yes they are amazingly awesome grandparents to my kids.
 I love my in-laws deeply and now while we may not have always saw eye to eye they are amazing people, truely amazing people who I know are always there for The Marine, myself, and my children. We are lucky to have them so close and I hope that we always will for my kids sakes because they are such a blessing to have in their lives. Today my heart was filled with so much love from such a wonderful day.  It's no wonder my husband is who he is and I love him so much.