“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” Tennessee Williams

We had a great weekend! Saturday we got up and were out of the house by 7:45am...on our way to Boston Public Gardens. Avelyn did really well on the ride up...we stopped about 1/2 way for a quick walk and a diaper change (it's a 4 hour drive from our house to Boston).

We got to the park around 12:40 and then we were going to meet Sadie and her family at the
George Washington Statue for a picnic lunch. Oh my goodness we had SO MUCH FUN! The kids were all crazy! We (the adults) played a rousing game of "keep the food away from the baby" while trying to have our picnic lunch.

It was so great to finally meet them! Sadie is my TTTC Sister that was setup by one of the girls on the TTTC Board (now Infertility), two years ago! So this day has been a long time coming. We've been through a lot together and it was awesome to finally be face to face with someone who has "been there and gets it" and who has been there for me through it all.


Then we met up with Rachel from Brisham Photography, who was going to do all of our photo shoots for the day. She was absolutely wonderful to work with and so sweet and fun :-)

A picture of us IF'ers: Eli and Emerson were asleep in the stroller, and Rachel's son, Brighton, was with his aunt.
Of course I couldn't go to a public garden without taking SOME pictures, especially of tulips! This park was wonderful. I told Matt I think we need to make yearly trips here: The tulips and the cherry blossoms were in bloom and it was so beautiful (and easy to get to!). Click here for more pictures!

After that we had to head up to NH for SIL's 30th birthday party...it was fun too:-D Avelyn did get to spend some time playing with her cousin. Then we had the long drive home yesterday. A did so well in the car...of course Matt had to sit in the back with her to keep her entertained, but that's ok...I got a picture, my perfect moment, of Matt asleep in the backseat with his arm around A in her carseat :-) (it's on Matt's phone though...I'll get it later).

More pictures here...