The exciting thing about having a baby the same month as your sister is that you can talk and have someone who is going through the exact same things you are day to day. The negative, having my own small child means I couldn't be there for Noelle's birth or her transition back home. Although i am the younger sister, having had children first makes me feel maternal in wanting to be there for Ashley, especially since mom isn't here.
Luckily, we are blessed by amazing parents who are willing to help out. So as quick as I could work it out, Matt and I jumped in the car and headed off to chicago (with only Alexis) to baby bond. Matt worked in the car on the way there, and baby girl slept the WHOLE way. We stopped at Arby's for me to nurse her about 4 hours in, but otherwise it was a quick/and quiet trip.
The weekend was perfect, we did NOTHING! We sat around for a whole day+ just holding our baby girls, talking, relaxing, and feeling exhausted together. It really stinks that we don't live closer. Now than Nick and Ashley have a baby they are living a similar, no personal time, life. Luckily they are always a phone call away.....and hopefully we will both make enough trips back and forth over the years that Noelle and Alexis will be bestie cousins, especially being 12 days apart in age.
Daddy working hard on the way to Chicago
OH-IO!!
Alexis checking out her new cousin
Justen called them "Asian and Jamaican"
Double Duty
Instant Friends
*We are a bit jealous of Noelle's hair, but we still LOVE her:) Mom would be beyond smitten with these two sweet, adorable, baby girls!
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