Last year on this weekend the great Jenny Cole, a friend of mine since early elementary school, came to visit. The weekend included games (as any well-spent time with Jenny Cole does), riding the cow statues on the 16th street mall, the Tilted Kilt!, and a healthy dose of Dark n' Stormies.
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| Jenny visits Denver! |
Neither of these weekends included any mention of babies.
My point here is that as recent as a year ago, I could count the number of our "friends with kids" on one hand (I think two fingers to be exact). I had a couple of friends who were pregnant, but I'm pretty sure I made excuses for them like, "well they've been together since they were twelve". When we found out I was pregnant in late January (less than two months after Jenny's visit), I was secretly hoping that at least one or two of my other friends would follow suit soon. Little did I know that my friend Holly had beat us to it by a few weeks, and soon to follow would be a true explosion of friend-related pregnancies. Though at least one of them was a bit of a "surprise" to put it nicely, we are so happy for each of these friends, and for ourselves, to have company on this adventure. We're already dreaming of houseboating trips or camping trips with the crew of kids who will be about the same age. Not quite the same as celebrity watching over chardonnay in Park City, or Dark n' Stormy-induced cow riding in downtown Denver, but a different kind of fun to look forward to for sure!
So, just in case you still don't believe how much things have changed since this weekend two (or one) year ago -- the following friends of ours are either pregnant right now or have already had a baby. And these are only the people we actually see at least once a year!
Ivana & Jake had little Ivana last March
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| Heather and future boyfriend Sam! |
Jen & Ben had Blake on Labor Day
Nikki & Duane had their second, Dax, in early September
Marc & Julene had their second girl, Sydney, in September
Holly & Rob had Abigail September 13th
Jen & Josh are due in early January
Dani & Adam are due with a little boy in late January -- yep, that Dani & Adam!
Heather & Jeremy are due with Sam in early February
Erika & Ben are expecting a little girl dolphin in April
Maggie & Ryan are due with a little mocha girl in April (or May?)
Kelly & Mark are hoping they are expecting a girl in May
Alison & Sam are expecting in May
Not to be Captain Obvious or anything, but man what a difference a year makes!
And...just in case you needed a reminder of how awesome with think Autumn is, a couple recent pics:
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| I love being naked! Dad hopes it's just a phase. |
4 comments:
Can't wait for our kids to be in ski school together as we hit the slopes like old times! Bring on the cabin chaos!
Oh man Kelly, that sounds super fun...and scary!
WOW I feel so honored to be featured here!!!!! :) I was totally thinking about our weekend a year ago too, how crazy, and YES what a difference a year makes. Insanity. Oh, and add Emily Graff's baby girl coming May 1st to the baby explosion list! Man oh man, that is quite a list, and so exciting that they are all going to grow up SO close in age. Autumn is freaking ADORABLE and I want to come visit! She actually just sent me an email to tell me that she has some really awesome ideas for my special game. Even better than taking a ride on the magic barnacle and the like...
Jenny the babies are having babies!! I do love those pics of your fam on Thanksgiving. Autumn has been practicing her game entry submissions for almost two months now, so pretty much her whole life! I'm really hoping to spend some time out in California this summer -- like real, substantial time. So hopefully wherever you are by then, we can come find you. I do believe there is a special man that I need to be introduced to...
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