Best Friends...

Max made his first friends in the NICU. He and Marco could time things so that the nurses were running back and forth between their rooms all day and night. Now that Marco is home with his Dads in New York, Max needed some playmates closer to home.

Luckily, my friend Kimmie delivered Mr. Jack just 2 weeks before Max arrived. It's funny, because we knew we were both having boys, knew they'd be the same school age, talked about preschool together, etc... but we had no idea they'd come to close together! Max's early arrival kinda threw a wrench into things. But Kimmie and Gavin were there for us, even with a newborn of their own. Gavin dashed to the hospital at 7a.m. to pick up our kids when Max had emergency surgery, and they took the kids in on several occasions during Max's NICU stay.

Kim kept telling me that soon, Max and Jack would be playing together, plotting how to drive us crazy, and we'd be driving carpool from the nursing home one day. Well this week, these two little trouble makers finally met, face to face, and it was great to see them side by side!

Jack kept me afloat for those 19 days when I couldn't hold Max. I would go pick up the kids and Kim's and just snuggle and love on Jack. It's great to see how much Jack has grown and it reminds me, that even though I think Max is HUGE now, he's nowhere near the size a normal 5 month old should be.

Someday, he'll catch up and he and Jack will run and play and cause trouble together.