the blackmons in chicago

We're free!

Snug as a bug in a rug

Sara Beth and Jamey, Carolyn and Ed, Mila and Ramon

Sarah, Aaron and Addy (Nicole's fellow Tarheels)

Double trouble - Baker and Noah.

Baker and his new friend Claire

Chip, Molly and cutie Claire

New mommies

Our pastor and his family - Dale, Mary Susan and Carla Seley

He looks happy now but it doesn't take long before he is over tummy time!

Baker on his new tummy time mat

Saturday, More Like Friend Day

Yesterday was a busy day filled with visits from friends. Brad and I feel so blessed with the friends that we've made in DC...it really feels like home to us. After lunch, we were thrilled to have our pastor Dale, and his wife Mary Susan and their daughter Carla over for a visit to see us and Baker. Who am I kidding? We know everyone comes to see Baker these days! Ha! They are so much fun and we always enjoy being in their company. You're guaranteed a good laugh when they are around.

Soon after they left, we were so excited to see our new friends Molly and Chip and their 3 week old daughter Claire. Crazy enough, these are friends that we met them in our childbirthing class. It's great because we all have a common bond...parenthood, but before this it was all about preparing for labor and delivery! They are a lot of fun to hang out with and the babies seemed to enjoy each other's company too. You can imagine that we all had our cameras out taking tons of pictures and videos of them...we're such new parents!

After they left, we had dinner plans with some other friends from church, once again at Sara Beth and Jamey's house in Capitol Hill...they're such great hosts. It was Italian night for us so we ate Paula Dean's lasagna, salad, ciabatta and Italian desserts...yum! It was great to get Baker together again with Carolyn and Ed's new baby Noah and see how much they have grown since last weekend. It's amazing how many friends we have with new babies, not just in DC but all over, from NC to Boston. They're are a lot of us out there! We had a wonderful day full of friends and we wouldn't have it any other way!