My Sweet Little Friend

Eight years ago I went to see one of my best friends' new babies and got a fun surprise - she had the same color red hair as me! The rest of her kids have dark hair, so it's been a running joke that this little girl was supposed to be my daughter, but got sent to my friends' family instead! Since then I have treated her as kind of a surrogate daughter and we have a pretty special bond. A lot of times she sits with me at church and over the years we've done lots of special friend dates and a couple sleepovers. Recently she accidentally called my future daughter her sister, and I'm pretty sure that's how she'll treat her, especially if my daughter has the same red hair!

A couple of weeks ago she was baptized and I think I teared up almost as much as my friend, her real mom! It's been amazing to be such a big part of her life and to be there for this important milestone in her life. I'm already looking forward to sharing many more milestons with her.

Playing in the pool

I love kisses!

Watching movies

In a corn maze

One of our sleepovers

Hanging out on my birthday

A trip to the zoo

A "family" picture on the 4th of July

Her baptism day!

The Day After Halloween

I'm so proud of myself, I've never been good at remembering to clearance shop after holidays, but I've been listening to friends talk about costumes for their babies or seeing the ADORABLE baby clothes, so I've been anxiously waiting to hit the sales today! A couple things I wanted are sold out already, so I'll have to figure out something else, but I'm happy with what I got!

I got three bibs, I just forgot when I was taking the picture! The hidden one is my favorite, it says "My first Halloween".  The picture frame I thought was cute and had a great idea for - to display it with the previous years' costume picture.  The banner was just for fun, I never decorate for Halloween, so maybe I'll want to next year! I don't remember the exact prices of everything, but it was all 50% off.

   

This onesie and hat I found from Old Navy, on sale for $6 and $3 and I also ordered some much needed maternity clothes, also on sale, so I got free shipping!  I just have to hope my baby is average sized and not too big or too tiny and will be able to fit into the onesie!  I'll have to find some really cute accessories if I end up having a girl, because the clothes are a little boyish, but I don't think that will be a problem!
Luckily when I shop the Christmas clearances I should know whether the baby is a boy or girl and be able to buy appropriately instead of trying to stick to neutral!