Awesome News!!

I have great news to share!
My best friend Gretchen is pregnant too!!

I know a lot of people have best friends but this girl is more than that,

we have known each other since we were born...

we have a photo of us as 4 year olds wearing sundresses standing in front of our very pregnant mommies...

Gretch is the girl right next to me in every one of my birthday pictures and I am there in all of hers...

we dressed in matching outfits for weeks at a time at camp every year...

we cheered together...

we've called each other every Christmas morning since we were tiny to discuss the "haul"...

we stood next to each other at our weddings...

when Mike and I moved to the Bay Area, Gretch did too...



The only thing we have not done together is be pregnant at the same time. Gretch is "Auntie Gretch" to all my kids, she sat in the waiting room while I delivered Mikayla, she popped in from across the street when Mailee was born in the Bay Area...she had a corner of her house that was dedicated the "play area" for my kiddos.



When I called Gretch to tell her my baby news, she repeated the same news to me...right down to the month. Her baby is due May 15, ours is early May!!



I must be honest, I was questioning God's timing with this whole 5th baby thing. I felt quite overwhelmed at the prospect! Hearing Gretchen's news and enjoying the daily bliss of discussing pregnancy issues and comparing how we feel has been such a blessing! God's timing is perfect, He knits babies together in their mother's wombs and divinely connects people with each other. He connected our parents 30 years ago and I am thrilled that He has blessed us with the opportunity to share this experience and maybe, just maybe create a 3rd generation of great friends!
There I am at Gretch's side for her5th birthday.

I sat in the front seat every year on the bus ride up to Hume Lake because Gretch needed to "watch the road" and I wouldn't dream of sitting by anyone else.

Junior high twins day...wow, we were cool!

Super Auntie!!

credits: I was able to post most of these awesome pictures because Gretch went photo-scanning crazy a few months ago and she has all her old photos on her computer now- so awesome!!...thanks Gretch!

I wish I had that one with our pregnant moms..do you??