Ashlee and I skipped school* once because we wanted to go back to sleep! We were wild!

Sitting Pretty all by himself.


Swinging in the doorway... the fun of the outdoors without actually being outdoors. (Hey whatever keeps him happy while I'm cooking dinner)


"Mom, stop taking pictures and keep feeding me my carrots! I can see them from here! Hey, when Daddy feeds me with a spoon the food actually makes it into my mouth!"
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Today we had a pretty laid back day. I had put Lucas down for a nap and was thinking about calling Ashlee #1 when the phone rang... it was her! We had a nice LONG chat. It was so nice to catch up with her! Of course we talked a little bit about the old days. We talked about whether we thought we would have more kids and about being a little scared to go through with it again. We swapped labor stories (I always forget that her son was premature and only weighed 4 lbs when he was born! I never knew she didn't even get to hold him until he was a week old! I can't imagine what that was like!!! I was in Trinidad when her little guy was born) I think we talked for over two hours when the battery in my cordless phone started to die. It was so nice to catch up with her!

It is also good to be reminded that I have another Mom I can ask questions to because she's been there already. I can also understand now after having Lucas why we did lose touch for short periods of time (babies are hard work and when they first show up you are so sleep deprived you can barely remember your own name and it is hard to get a shower everyday. So forget keeping in contact with all your friends like you might want. (I know my email inbox still has emails from a month ago that I keep meaning to return). I've seen her in action with her little guy and she is a great mom! I remember something she told me in an email when we first found out that we were having a boy, "you are lucky cause little boys love their mommies." That was actually one of the first things that got me excited about having a boy. Now that we are both stay at home moms I hope we can keep in touch more. Maybe we can try to have a weekly chat while our little guys are napping. I guess Ashlee was right about our friendship always bringing us back to each other.

Ashlee and I seem to be reconnecting and bonding over being Moms. At the same time though I think that a close friendship of mine might not survive me being a mom and there is nothing I can do about it.

*Mom, Dad, and Lucas: Of course by "skipping school" what I really mean is that we were in school every single day and always on time!