Old Friends

I suppose "Old Friends" is not the best title for this post but I'm not feeling extremely creative today. Sorry friends. These are my very young friends Kristi and Delahne. (Some of you adoption blog readers will recognize Delahne who is adopting 3 yr. old Hannah from Eastern Europe....she should have news ANY day now!). We have known each other since we were 18 years old, freshman in nursing school. We had many...let's say "interesting" experiences together, and had many laughs in those early years learning to use catheters, enemas, give bed baths, etc. You get the idea.

Thankfully Kristi makes it a point to come and visit once a year or so, and each time she comes we take a picture of these 3 "old friends" growing older every year. We always get a good laugh over the funny pictures we have of us as each time they have been taken by one of our kids. In some of our previous photos we have all had bunny ears and goofy faces peeking over the back of the couch.







It's always a little crazy when we all get together but I am SO glad we have kept in touch over the years.














This is Kristi's daughter Kelsie who reads this blog (Hi Kelsie!) and informed me while she was here that watching Ava has inspired her to be a therapist. I was so proud. She would make the perfect babysitter!! I told her I wanted her, and she said she would be happy to babysit but I'd have to pick her up and bring her back home. Too bad she lives 4 1/2 hours away away!



And this is Delahne's daughter Catherine who taught Ava how to roll a ball! I have been working for weeks on this (OT homework) to no avail, and Catherine picks up a ball and rolls it to her, and Ava rolled it right back. Thank you Catherine!