Friends

Friends are the best and spending time with them is even better.  Jonathan, Haven and I went to the KC area this past weekend and we had a wonderful time of fellowship with many friends.  My friend Brenda, who lives in Canada, was visiting.  Since she only comes down every once in a blue moon, I wanted to make sure I got to see her.  So we packed our bags and headed northwest.  What a wonderful time I had catching up on life and meeting her new little one Kaley.  

That same weekend I also got to attend my friend Beth's personal shower.  It worked out that it was the same weekend we were going to be in town, so we stayed an extra day and I got to participate in the fun.  I saw people there that I haven't seen in years!  We are going back up again next weekend for her wedding and it will be a reunion of friends and their new little ones.  I am excited!!  

We got to eat supper with Andrew who was home for the summer.  We miss him in Rolla, so it was great to see his sweet shaggy head.  I found out that he is now related to my friend Carla by a recent marriage in her family and so that was a bit freaky in a small world kind of way.

We also got to spend the evening and night with Carla and the boys.  Haven loves spending time with the boys and I love spending time with Carla.  She feeds me warm brownies and ice cream (and lick the brownie batter off the bowl)!  Of course that is not the only reason I like her.  Carla's husband Matt gets off late, so we were up later than this old fart is used to!

So many wonderful friends and such a wonderful time!

Brenda and I met at Breakthrough, I think it was around 10 years ago!  Since she moved to Canada around 6 years ago, I have only been able to see her a couple of times.  I was thrilled it worked out that we were able to meet up this past weekend.  We have both become mommies since the last time we saw each other, so we had so many new things to talk about.  She is true heart friend.

Here is Brenda with 8 week old Kaley.  She was a doll!

I forgot how to hold infants!  It was strange trying to figure out the best position.  When they are your own, you know how they like to be held.  She was so much fun to be with.  I loved looking at her tiny hands and toes.

Haven of course kissed the baby and here she was going to give Brenda a kiss.  She has started kissing stuffed animals and dolls.  So cute!

This is Jackson, Carla's oldest.  He loved giving kisses to Haven.  Long after she was distracted, he still wanted kisses.  Jonathan said that was fine, but when he gets older, no more kisses!

Here is Carla's now middle child since she is pregnant with another little boy.  Keagan is only two weeks younger than Haven, but has quite a few pounds on her! He is one of those babies that has the best thunder thighs in the world.  The kind you just have to pinch and tickle.  Haven is so tiny that two of his thighs equals one of hers.

This is Logan.  He and Haven are also just a couple of weeks apart.  He is just one of the many, many young cousins that Haven has on my side of the family.

It was great that Beth's personal shower was at Logan's house.  That meant it was baby proof and had all kinds of toys to play with!