California meets Carolina

For the past few years, every time I have seen my dear friend, Kelley, one of us has been pregnant. Since we’re finally both not pregnant, Kelley and her family decided to fly to the east coast and get these babies that have been growing in our bellies to finally meet! Kelley and I were roommates in Physical Therapy school in Boston and she moved back to California after school. Kelley and I have talked a lot about how much fun it would be to see our kids interact. She is braver than I am and loaded up her husband, Eddy, son, Ryan (3 years old), and daughter, Kaitlyn (10 months) and flew for hours and hours to visit us in Charleston for a long weekend. Man oh man, did we have a good time! Ryan and Aiden got along smashingly. Court followed along behind them not matter what they did, except for when he was cuddling with Kelley (who he called mama a few times during the weekend) or when he was trying to hug baby Kaitlyn. We played in the pool, in the ocean, on the sand, in downtown Charleston, on our bike ride, on our many walks beside the alligator pond, and everywhere in between. I value Kelley’s friendship so much and it makes it even easier that our kiddos are so close in age. It’s nice to journey through motherhood with wonderful friend who is dealing with many of the same triumphs (and struggles) as I am. To the Bayer family, we miss you, come back soon, loveyameanit!