a day at the park

Finally, a warm enough weekend where we could take Elle to the park and it was even more fun now that she is walking....

I continue to be thankful for friends in our life, like Josh, who take time out of their busy life, to spend the weekend with Elle, Teddy and I. We had a great time going out to dinner to our new favorite Mexican restaurant, having drinks on the porch, waking up in the morning and having breakfast and coffee together, getting our workout gear on and walking up to the beautiful park by our house with Elle (photo shoot as shown above), Pizza and wine night and lastly watching Elle reach for Josh as he tried to leave. She would mainly stare at him for the entire weekend but right before he had to leave she decided that he was for sure her buddy and that she too did not want him to leave.

What would we do without our friends? Many of them have become our Family. We both have such small families so friends are even more important to us and really, they always have been. But it's the ones that go through the toughest times in your life with you and are still there. And they still understand the pain and sadness you feel yet you can still laugh and enjoy fun times together...

I look at the these pictures of Elle in amazement. She has hair, she stands, and has little girl features and already such a personality! She is growing so fast and is just too cute. Her favorite new thing to do is "blowing kisses". If only Mom and Dad were here to see her...they would be just as excited as me....I love watching her grow yet I think my heart will continue to break as it happens...they were going to be here... watching Elle and Aydan. Makes me so darn sad.