My friend
Natalie and I have truly enjoyed having boys that are the same age. Our
little fellas are good playmates, and Natalie and I always enjoy
catching up. Whether our talks are about parenting, age appropriate
developmental milestones, places to get inexpensive kid clothes, etc.,
it's nice to have someone else to talk to about the daily ends and outs.
A while back, we began talking about how we would both like a second
child around the time our boys turned two. To our excitement, both of us
succeeded in getting pregnant, and now there is another set of friends
to enjoy our playdates - Hadley and Nicholas.
Baby
Nick was born at the end of July, but due to our busy schedules and my
kids being sick, we didn't get to meet him until the end of September.
Caleb and Max were happy to see each other again too. As they stood by
the pond near Max's house throwing in rocks, I heard Max singing, "Caleb and Max, Caleb and Max." At one point, cutie pie Max picked a flower and tried to give it to Caleb. Caleb, who was enamored with throwing rocks in the pond, ignored the gesture, but Natalie explained to Max that it's better to give flowers to girls so Max gave his to Hadley.
As
sweet as Max was to give Hadley a flower, she was more interested in
Baby Nick. She tried to sneak her arm around him and hold his hand. (She
tried to eat his hand too!) Hadley is six months old in these pictures
and Nick is two months so I was surprised at how close in size they
were. When Caleb and Max were small, I always had the butterball, now I
have a dainty girl.
Last week, we were able to get together again, but this time at our house. The kids had a ball playing on the swing set and pretending to serve food at the "snack bar." My mom also stopped by for a while to play with them and help us corral.
(Note: The swing set has blown over and been reassembled twice since I last posted about it - a long and frustrating story, ending in the fact that it is now well staked to the ground.)
My dad also brought out the bounce house for the kids to enjoy, although
I think Caleb was more excited about the on/off switch than jumping in
it. Hadley was even big enough to play on it with some help this time.
Baby
Nick slept through most of the outside play but woke up when we were
inside. Natalie got some good shots of these new friends together.
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