Friends, Old and New

This week we were paid a surprise visit by Miss Emily Braden all the way from New York City.  Emily is my oldest friend.  We are two months apart and lived just down the street from each other when we were first born.  We have so many sweet, mischievous, and comical memories together.  I love that I can say I still have a friend who I knew as a baby.  Emily shone brightly throughout her school years stealing the stage at every show that she was a part of.  She still shines as brightly and has raised the stakes and now sings her way through New York City.   She is amazing and if you know her from your past or are interested now, you can find her music and other details here and here.  I adore Emily and so did Grady.

It was the perfect week to be paid an unexpected visit by my first friend because Grady fittingly got to meet a little boy who I think he may also have as a friend for a very long time.  Every time Grady meets a new "friend", I am filled with anticipation for what fun memories he will create with that person in the future.  He has made me nostalgic about my own childhood and I am just so excited to see how he develops friendships of his own.  This is adorable Wyatt, born just a few weeks after Grady, but weighing the same as him now! 

I didn't even notice their synchronization until uploading this photos.  Too cute!

We told Grady to stretch it out to prove he was actually older than Wyatt and he obliged.