Besties

Once upon a time I was a sweet new mother at the tender age of 21.  My prince charming and I (watched too much Once Upon a Time this weekend... sorry!!) bought our first house and moved in with our darling 4 month old baby girl.  We were excited and slightly overwhelmed as many first time home owners are.  You have to buy blinds AND a shower curtain rod!  Good heavens!  Yeah it was ALL new for us.  But we just kept moving forward.  As we got to know the neighbors we learned that there was another young family in the house right behind ours.  They also had a 4 month old baby girl named Hannah, and lo and behold our darling daughters were only hours apart in age.  So fun right!?  These neighbors had owned their home for a few years longer then us so we just followed their lead on pretty much all homeowner responsibilities.  How did you seed your backyard?  When should we do this?  Who did you have do that?  Oh and bonus they babysat Adalyn on more then one occasion.  We also often discussed, sleeping habits, feedings, and first time mom worries.  Seriously the best backyard neighbors.  You better believe that we never wanted to put up a fence.

As our little girls grew they became BEST friends.  They talked about each other all the time.  Waved from their sliding glass doors.  Held hands when they ran, hugged each other like sisters, and cried when they had to leave.  I may sound a bit dramatic, but these are little girls we are talking about.  They are dramatic.  It was SO fun to watch them interact.

This past year we did a little joy school with Hannah and some of their friends and I am so glad that we did so that the girls got to play more.

Recently Hannah's family decided the time had come to find a different house for their family.  They moved a couple weeks ago.  I am pretty sure I was in denial all the way up to the day that they left.  I had tried to warn Adalyn about Hannah moving, but I really don't think that it sunk in.  So when we came back from a trip to Utah and they were all moved out I told Adalyn that Hannah had moved.  She didn't say much, but just went out and sat on their little swing set that they used to play on and just stared at their house.  *tears*  As a parent you always want your kids to have good friends, and Hannah was a really good one and we already miss their family lots.  Obviously we can still get the girls together to play, but it just wont be the same as them running in the backyard together.

A couple weeks before they moved we took our kids to the zoo.  It was fun to let the girls play and run around together.  

Lots has happened since we moved in 3 1/2 years ago including a few new siblings to add to the mix.  So glad that we got to know this sweet family and we will miss them as neighbors.