My two favorite sisters again:
We leave so soon! Today we said goodbye to my best friend in Annapolis. Amy's husband, Will, is in the same program Zachary was in- they did grad school together and then were both company officers at the same time. They'll be going to Newport about a year after we are there. Amy and I started our friendship in the yoga studio- we both loved Vinyasa yoga and went to as many classes together as we could. Eventually we started walking on the treadmill or getting on ellipticals next to each other and would talk our way through our hour long workouts. After that, we started getting together for play dates and our two families got together several times- even for Easter last year. When we first moved to Annapolis, we were both pregnant with our girls. Then, we both went through miscarriages around the same time and both got pregnant again around the same time. Her friendship was so very important to me- our husbands had similar crazy schedules so we really understood each other. It was really hard to say goodbye but with both of our husbands being SWOs and planning on retiring with the Navy, we're bound to end up at the same base at some point in the future. Here's the only picture I got:
But here's a little collage Amy made- so grateful she took these pictures and shared them!
The weather is still nice! We met our friends, Amy, Evie, Myers, Jessica, Weston and Rory at the Naval Academy to play out on some practice fields. Zachary came to visit and he was put to work immediately by four toddlers.
Amy and Jessica had to leave before Liam and Malia were ready to head back indoors so we went to Kinder Farm Park. It's about a 30 minute drive and when we got there, the sign reminded me that they are closed on Tuesdays. Oops. But I drove around and saw that there was another way in and there were tons of people walking around so we joined them. People who work there were getting stuff done and didn't say anything so... totally fine.
So we actually had a really fun day although the pictures will not support that. We had our friends, Will, Amy and Evie, over for NYE and had yummy snacks and watched football and talked and laughed. The kids played nicely but these are the only pictures I got today:
But the most exciting part of the day was this:
Matthew proposed and Grace said yes!! If Liam and Malia had any idea what any of this meant they'd be super excited. I like to ask Liam who he loves on a regular basis and I'm going to guess that 50% of the time he says Matt & Meese first. When he talks to Matt on facetime, he without fail asks for Meese. So even though she's already a part of our family, we are excited that a wedding will be coming soon to make it official!
So after the Rowntrees left, I went to bed trying to get rid of this awful headache. I was really upset because I love NYE and I don't think I've ever missed the ball drop but I was in so much pain that I didn't have a choice. However, Malia woke up right before midnight and Zachary brought her in our room and gently woke me up with a quiet countdown and a kiss so I still got to celebrate the occasion! So thoughtful :)
