Birthdays and Babies

This past weekend was a fun little getaway for me.  I handed the job of caretaker of Kenley over to my sister for a full 24 hours so that I could escape to South Carolina to attend a surprise 30th birthday party for my college bestie.  My poor sister...little did I know but the evening I dropped K off with her, her oldest starting throwing up and pretty much continued the puke fest all the way til I picked up K the next day, and then some.  So not only did she have three children to take care of which was a new experience by itself for her, one of them was horribly sick.  God bless her! I'm pretty sure I would have spent much of that time in tears if I were her.  But she did a great job with my girl, had no doubt of that of course, and so far did a great job of keeping the sickness off her as well!  Guess I shouldn't speak too soon though!

Anyways, I had a great time with my dear friend who I've known for 12 years now.  Holy cow!  12 years.  I didn't realize it was that long til I just counted it up.  We met at our college orientation, lived just down the hall from each other our Freshman year, lived together our Sophomore, Junior and Senior years, were in each others weddings, shared lots of tears, many laughs, been there for each other through pregnancies, through early births, through family drama, of course boy drama and have been through all that and then some together and after all this time she is still my best friend.  She has stood by my side and had my back through some very thick and thin and I'm so lucky to have her in my life.  She is such a blessing.  I only wish we lived closer to each other.  I love her like she were my own sister.  Friends come and go...life carries on and even when I moved to California and we weren't as close (not just physically but emotionally) I knew that she was always there if I needed her.  Some people you become friends with and even if you go through a period of time where you don't talk as often or keep each other updated on life's happenings, no matter what you know that you can call them anytime and it is like you never missed a beat, that's my Jenny.  I have a lot of acquaintances, I only have a few that I would call my close friends, and I have only one I would call my best friend and that is her. (and this goes unsaid but of course my sister is my best friend, shes my blood bf, Jenny is my non-blood bf)

And with that said...I'm takin it back...Jenny don't be mad!!!  I had to show how young and goofy we used to look!!!

And us now...

I love this girl and her precious family so much!  I'm so glad she's kept me along for the ride!!  And taking pictures beside her reminds me I need to whiten my teeth!!


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So we have discovered that Kenley likes to bang pots and pans, don't most young children?  She got a kick out of playing with these the other day!

She cracks me up!!!   And this next picture is one that I FINALLY captured on film, because my camera sucks, and she's not smiling but hopefully in the next few days I'll get one with a smile.  And this is her "hang at home, can't go out in public because someone will think I'm a boy outfit"  But I love it anyways because it has a monkey on it!

"How big is KK???   Soooo Big!!!!"   And she's drooling...lovely...