On Monday, we took Aidan to visit his Great-Grandparents. They live in an assisted-living center and I know it's been really difficult on my grandfather - moving out of his house, being separated from his wife (of 53 years) - she is now living in a separate section of the center due to her dementia. So, we thought it would be nice to bring Aidan to see them, seeing as how he doesn't get too many visitors during the week.
Well, I didn't see his face when he saw us, but Alex said that his face lit up like the fireworks on the fourth of July. He was that excited to see us. It just makes you feel so good when you see that. I'm glad that we were able to "make his day."
He was so proud, too, when we took Aidan for a walk down to the dementia center to see his Great-Grandma. Great-Grandpa proudly showed Aidan off to all of the other residents - he exclaimed, "This is my GREAT grandson!" Of course, everyone thought Aidan was adorable (who wouldn't think that?)
Great-Grandma didn't have any idea who Aidan was, much less who we were, which is really sad. But she smiled at Aidan and said that he was cute, so that was good. She told me that she was going to "steal" him... I asked her if she was going to feed him and change his diapers and she just grinned and said "YEP!"
It's nice that Aidan's great-grandparents are still around for him to meet. I vaguely remember my great-grandmother - all I remember is that she was VERY old and VERY frail. So it's nice for Aidan to have great-grandparents who are able to be a little bit more interactive with him - it's going to be fun watching him grow up WITH his great-grandparents. Now that's what I call heritage!
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