The Friendship Train Rolled in WOOOT WOOOT!

Dear Henry,

All aboard! The friendship train rolled in for you this weekend and the first passenger's name is Lily Rieman. Mommy and Daddy's friends, Brook and Corey, brought their baby girl home from California last Monday. We had to wait to see her because Brook and Corey were busy entertaining all of their family, remember when you first came home? People were in and out of the house touching and holding you for the first two weeks. So the Rieman three were on their way to town and gave us a call to see if they could stop by, to which we replied, "OF COURSE!!!" They brought Lily in with a sweet yellow duckie sleeper with hints of pink trim and a slight frilly on the neck. She has buttercup yellow fuzzy chicken hair that juts forward in the middle and out on the sides due to her swirly cowlicks on the crown, a la a blonde Joan Jett. Her sweet little features handle this edgy look well. Her petite lips and little dimple are irresistible.

As we both rushed to whip our camera's out, Brook and I realized we may have the most photographed children in the country. After about 15 minutes Lily finished her bottle and I decided there was enough time for you to get accustomed to each other in the same room and Mommy Brook and Mommy put you each down on a blanket next to each other. At first you turned your heads away from each other and you retreated to your thumb. Then slowly but surely Lily reached out and started wackin' you in the face a little. Mommy Brook was worried she'd poke your eye and then it happened. Then Lily appeared to want to eat your arm. I caution you though Henry, because she is just a couple of weeks old anything near her face makes her feel like she wants to eat, you did the same thing with much gusto up until about 2 weeks ago. The two of you got more comfortable and locked arms, and then you locked hands together for a few seconds.



The mommies melted. Your Mommy felt SO excited that this moment was here after a year of meetings where we spoke about the group turning into a playgroup, to the agonizing waits, Brook and Corey's two really difficult matches that didn't work out and them BAM! Two months apart Henry and then Lily are here, on our floor, clutching hands. Mommy Brook and I started talking about who might be next and so we decided to start a tradition of lining the babies up on a blanket and putting a question mark at the end of the line until all of the 6 babies have arrived.






One day we will look at this post and think, "OH Man!, Remember those days when we were waiting for our friends to come!?!" By then it will seem so hard to imagine all of the kids not being here.

We look forward to future play dates with Lily when you both do a bit more than eat and pee pee.

I'm so glad that you are here baby Hank.




Love, Mommy