Somehow They Just KNOW

My dad, Joanne, Johnny, and Gramma Verna all came down for a visit yesterday to celebrate Gramma Verna's birthday. I told Kelly Friday night that they would all be visiting the next day. I was surprised that she remembered the next morning when I asked her, "who is coming to see you today?", she immediately squealed, "Nana & Papa!!!" I reminded her that Gee-Gee was coming too (That is what we got her to call her great-grammas) and Uncle Johnny, which she pronounces, "unga-jonee". She greeted them all at the door and gave each one hugs. During the course of the day, she led each one of them back into her room to proudly show them her toys and also her new "toddler" bed. She told them that "she LOVES her bed!". And taking full advantage of all that attention she climbed up on our fireplace hearth like it was a stage and was dancing around and pretending to jump. We marveled at how, even though she doesn't see them all on a daily basis, especially her Gee-Gee, somehow she just KNOWs they are all important to her, that they are her family. We had a great day!