Bun in the oven-

Before Ben camped out in the baby's room he gave Auntie's belly a goodnight kiss. It shouldn't be too much longer!

Little of This & That...

First trike ride on the "open road." We went to the elementary school near our house and Ben had the entire blacktop to explore with his bike. He loved it and kept telling us how FAST he was riding.

Trying out his new goggles in the bathtub.

Ben and Joe had some quality time together while I was in Columbia for a conference. Joe took Ben to the Museum of Transportation as a daddy-son outing (Ben's first time going). They seemed to have a great time together. Ben keeps telling me "Mommy, you're back from Columbia!" I guess he had a little separation anxiety. I had a great time, but definitely missed my boys.

We're excited the weather is beautiful and it's light at dinner - finally feels like we're getting out of the winter funk! AND, spring means Ben's new baby cousin should be here soon - we can't wait!!

Old Friends & New Friends!

Good friends are hard to find! But, I guess, I wasn't surprised to learn that Arlo and Ben were great pals right from the start - that's how it worked when Kristina and I met at KCAI our freshman year. We were instantly old friends! It meant the world to us that Kristina and Arlo made the long journey to join us for Ben's third birthday so the boys could finally meet.

They had a blast playing together. Ben got Arlo laughing pretty good and he definitely loved having THAT attention!! You could tell he really felt like the BIG BOY all weekend. Arlo is such a sweet, smiley, easy-going guy - you just gotta love him!

We may live far away - but we're definitely grateful to have such wonderful friends in our lives!

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget."

-Barry Spilchuk (at least I think that's who said it, KAK - is that right :)