We had our annual holiday visit with Mack, Owen, Jacob and their parents recently. This year, Jacob came down with croup and bronchitis so the gathering was changed a the eleventh hour to a restaurant. Not an ideal setting for the little ones, so we took them to a park to let off some steam first. Mack, nine months older than Tyler, is such a big boy. He's talking in great sentences, sharing better than ever, running and climbing like a grown up. He's a good benchmark of things to look forward to from Tyler in nine months.

We parents, Nickie & Mark, Val & Kelly, Shawn & I have these boys' future relationship already planned out. They'll grow up doing fun functions with each other. Boating, camping, trips to Disneyland, birthday parties. Everything fun! I had a couple friends like that, who lived in another town and I got together with for trips and adventures. These are some of the best memories I have and think we are so lucky to have these friends and their sons to create new memories with.