Friends!

We had a lot of family anxious to meet Amelia, but the friends were lining up also! We were so excited to bring out baby girl to meet some new friends! Again, in no particular order...

First up is my best friend from high school, Jessica. In the background is her wonderful husband Chris and her adorable daughter Cana.
Better picture of Jessica, although it doesn't have the cutie in the background (that would be Cana, not Chris for the record)
Our girls! I still get a little teary with disbelief when I look at these pictures. I STILL can't believe we have a baby girl! We couldn't get over how tall Amelia is next to Cana. Cana is almost 6m months old and Amelia is almost 2 months old. We grow 'em tall 'round here!

These two are going to be friends for sure! At one point, the girls were almost holding hands. Of course, I did not get a picture of it! I love the fact that both girls have the crazy hair going on.
We also got to meet another awesome friend from high school with her new baby at the park. Here is Robyn and Mariella. Mariella is 27 days older than Amelia.
The girls (same blanket, different baby on the right)! As you can see, Mariella has discovered her feet recently. I don't think I have any pictures of her with her feet down!
We met Robyn and her family at a local park so our big kids could play while the mamas and babies visited. I was so happy to have some helpers with us at the park: Aunt Megan, Uncle Mike, and Daddy. I really got to enjoy my time visiting with the babies while the big kids could play.

The big kids! Jacob on the left and William on the right. Jacob is 5 months older than William. And, yes, William put his own hat on and wouldn't let anyone fix it so it was straight. He really is 2!

Jacob and William do a high five. The boys were not at all interested in meeting each other or having their picture taken together. They just wanted to play. It took a lot of work to get these few pictures of them together!

Uncle Mike shows William how it is done. It sure was nice of him to come with to keep an eye on William...seeing as he didn't enjoy himself!

Uncle Mike decided it was time to instruct William in the blowing of dandelion seeds
The lesson begins...
First attempt...

Second attempt. If you look carefully, you will see the dandelion seeds stuck to William's mouth. I think more went in than blew away!

We also were able to meet up with another high school friend, Jesse. We haven't seen Jesse in over a year and he drove in to see Amelia be baptized at our old church. What a special day for us!