John Michael's New Friends

Yesterday afternoon our family met some new friends at a local park. These four little cuties, all chromosomally enhanced, spent a couple hours together while we moms chatted and got to know each other and the sibs and dads played soccer and baseball in an adjacent field.

From left to right: Sheridan 7 1/2 mos. (mom Lisa), Gabrielle 11 mos. (mom Sheree), John Michael 16 1/2 mos. (my guy), and Joaquin 14 mos. (mom Jennifer). Three of us are blogging moms, so it was fun chatting about that as well.


John Michael is responding to, "How big is John Michael?" "Sooooo big!" He had a blast trying out everyone's toys. He especially loved playing with Sheridan's ball with the shaking beads in it!
Thanks for sharing, Sheridan. Everyone loved the sounds it made.

I love this photo! Joaquin gave me a huge grin. He's so cute! He's sporting a handsome outfit his stylish mom designed! You can order your own at Jennifer's other website: http://www.addyandsam.com/. Gabby was the lone female of the bunch, but she didn't seem to mind. She is such a beauty and that outfit -- darling! John Michael was flirting with her by trying to yank out her pretty white bow. He is so into hair these days and, apparently, hair accessories, too. Sheridan has some beautiful hazely greenish/blueish/brownish eyes. I can't describe them, but he gets them from his mom. He's also sporting some super long curls on top which John Michael couldn't resist!

The afternoon was great for connecting us moms and allowing us to talk freely about life with our little ones. Without a doubt, all the moms there feel blessed to have their children. There was another bigger guy at the park, Thomas at 3 yrs old, with his mom, Dawn. He was super busy playing on the climbing structure and keeping his mom on her toes, so we didn't get to visit with her very much. Hopefully another time.

After the park, our family headed to an old ice cream fountain with Jennifer's family for diner food and ice cream. It was great to see the kids interacting and it felt great to connect with another family who is on a similar journey as ours.