If You've Heard it Once....

....you've heard it a thousand times: the nicest thing about this blogging gig is the people you meet! Yesterday was a prime example of this.  I have no idea when Jen and I started to follow each others blogs but before we knew it we were emailing and we always said that when the occasion presented itself we would meet. A quick phone call mid week and the time and place were arranged and all the details were ironed out.

Jen's blog is password protected, for now, so I can't share it but she has just received her referral for her little girl in Thailand and let me tell you she is gorgeous. I just can't wait for this little one to be united with her Mummy and Daddy as they are such a perfect family.

Anyhoo, back to yesterday. We drove up to Boynton and met at a restaurant and it was just like meeting an old friend. We walked in and she was already there and bam things just unfolded as if we hadn't seen each other for months as opposed to having never actually seen each other ever. She gave both of the girls gifts and Lily was almost speechless when she saw the horse necklace and Rosie was delighted with her little pony. I love the little dress that she gave to Rosie it is beautiful. Since Rosie won't leave the house at the moment without her sunglasses she picked a pair of sunglasses for baby "R" and Lily chose her a dress.

The necklace that left Miss Chatterbox almost speechless! It was difficult to convince her to let me take it off to photograoh it but since she cannot wear it to school she had no choice.


Rosie's Dress and Pony


The pony looks a little bit loved, cos she is.

After lunch I wanted to let the girls play in a park for a while before putting them straight back in the car for the drive home. Jen decided she would join us. So we all headed out to let off some steam and it was really lovely. My girls just loved her but that is so easy to do. 

Jen pushed Rose on the swing and was concerned that she wasn't smiling. I felt so bad cos she was being so very gentle and careful. In the end Rosie face was getting sadder and sadder so I had to point out that Rosie likes things a bit rough. Jen, she is a second child and everything Lily does Rosie thinks she can do.



This is how I like it.


Silly Lily having fun.




The slide train

Thank you so much Jen for taking time out of your vacation to meet up with us. We loved spending time with you it is too bad it started to rain..