Over the next (almost) 5 years our friendship has grown through a shared love of sarcasm, fro yo, each other's children, being sometimes smart moms, and much more. Our babies have bonded in ways we couldn't have imagined. The Hammonds have joined us for our simchas and immersed themselves into our family for Thanksgivings. In addition to monthly and other babysitting exchanges, they helped watch Gabi so we could attend birthing classes, and we helped watch Nora when Becca had surgery. Becca and I have also spent countless hours together ignoring the rest of our families.
Adult friendships are hard, and this one was always easy. It's amazing that we forced our babies to love each other as well. This post is dedicated to the strong bond created between our families. We will miss them incredibly as they move to Delaware.
Before saying "Goodbye," we had the Hammonds over for one last dinner and play time:
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Our final farewell was fittingly at a fro yo establishment named, "Yo So Cool." That is all.
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WARNING: This post contains content that may be extra sensitive for some viewers. After eliminating several pictures, there are still this many cute ones I just had to include. You have been warned.
first playdate July 2013 (3 and 6 months old) | 
baking cupcakes and joining the family for birthday celebrations (September 2013) |
baby sock hands sharing a baby swing (8 and 11 months old) | 
52 cheerio pickup (9 and 12 months old) |
Gabi's 1st birthday party | 
Iron Cactus brunch (a family favorite) |
splash pad fun (14 and 17 months old) | 
a very pregnant Debbie with Becca (July 2014) |
Debbie's baby shower (August 2014) 
Becca meets baby Ethan in hospital (September 2014) | 
at baby Ethan's bris | 
Thanksgiving 2014 (22 and 19 months old) |
celebrating Nora's 2nd birthday (May 2015) | 
A delicious spaghetti dinner leads to... 
...one of our many baby baths together. |
2.5 year old goofballs enjoying ice cream cones | 
at the Domain, one of the mommies' favorite spots |
Debbie's birthday dinner (September 2015) | 
popcorn, pjs, and Anna/Elsa viewing 
playdate snuggles |
Fall 2015:
a funny Thanksgiving feast | 
homemade pretzels | 
cuddling with dolls |
waiting for lunch at Zen Japanese (3 years old) | 
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When Seth had to be out of town one day and Becca had prior commitments, we got to steal Nora! (May 2016, 3 years old)
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Ms. Debbie's deluxe manicure | 
Ms. Becca joins us as the first back-seat passenger in "Bluebell." |
Becca's 90's themed birthday party (February 2017) | 
Debbie was pregnant yet again. |
Baby Spencer made his debut and was as loved by the "Ham Fam" as all my other babies. |
The girls loved to dress alike at any given opportunity. | 
Ms. Becca visited for many of my children's hospital stays, including 2 tonsillectomies and 1 croup visit. | 
digging for fossils (4.5 years old) |
These children knew how to enjoy their snacks! |
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Over the years, Becca and I went on several "bff dates." We started with Starbucks chatting and looking for other ways of spending kidless time together. Eventually, we often settled on fro yo and strolling. Here we are sampling "cutting edge" mattresses, aka every moms' night out fantasy. | 
No matter how much time passed between playdates, these girls played sweetly every single time and always ended with hugs. |
5 years old and fabulous friends |
If you've made it this far and still have time to spare without being overloaded, enjoy these snippits:
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shaking their groove thing (2.5 years old) |
Parallel Performance (3 years old) |
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"Bad Horses" (3 years old) |
