surprise visit

Our lil' love bug's mom called us thursday evening and asked if we could help her out by taking our lil' love bug for the night. Boyfriend was getting a vasectomy done and she thought it would be easier if our lil' love bug spent the night with us. I told her we would be more than happy to help her out and take our love bug for the night but that we would still like to have her on saturday for our scheduled visit and she said of course, no problem. So brian rushed out of the house and picked her up about 6 on thursday evening. We were so excited! She was so excited!
Our friends lent us a toddler bed (thanks cheri' and paul!) and we squeezed it into our bedroom. She was so happy to have a bed "thank-you mommy, thank-you so much". And we were thankful to have friends who would drop everything and bring over the bed in just a couple of hours.
It was wonderful having her for the evening and she just settled right in. She did great, however she did cry at bedtime and nap time. I was concerned that she was having a hard time being at our home and asked her if she was okay - yes, are you sad - no, do you miss mommy jessica - no, are you scared - yes. I finally figured out she wanted the light left on! Poor baby. I am sure she is not on any kind of a bedtime, nap or even a mealtime schedule. It has got to be so scary for her and hard for her to feel secure and safe when she doesn't know what to expect next in her home and then she comes to my home and we have a schedule for our whole day.
We were planning on taking her home on friday evening. Her mom called and i could tell she wanted us to keep her another night. She kept talking about how they are staying at the boyfriend's parents house and how she had to drive into boulder to get our lil' love bug and then she would have to drive back into town so we could pick her up saturday morning. I asked if she wanted us to keep her another night and she said 'that would be great, i was wondering if you would want to do that' I said 'of course, anything to make it easier for you'. So we got to keep our lil' love bug for another night and we took her home saturday evening!
We had a wonderful time with her and she had so much fun. It was interesting to see her for a longer period of time, i could see a lot more of her personality. She is a little helper, getting me diapers and wipes for the boys. She must not have many rules or boundaries at home, which i have suspected and i've seen during my short visits to her home. I had to repeat myself a lot when i asked her to do something like sit down and wait or go play in the room, simple directions that she chose to ignore. She is still very silly and likes to make us laugh. She is loving, shy and i can see she still has some insecurities and is scared around large crowds of people and a lot of noise.
I am expecting that we will get a call from her mom on the day she goes into labor and hopefully we will get her for a few days then too. I am thankful that she calls and trust us to take care of our lil love bug and hope that she will continue to call us and trust us. It really surprises me that she is so willing to let her come and spend that much time with us. I would miss her so much. It amazes me but i am thankful.