Nate and Samuel!!

On January 16th Samuel and Nate met each other!! Nate is the son of my dear dear friend Julie. We have been friends since we were 10 (yes that is a long time) Nate was born 4 days before Samuel. When we were 10 years old, I'm sure neither of us would have guessed that we would have our first child at age 40 and they would only be born 4 days apart!! (ok, Julie was actually 39 when Nate was born- and then the following month turned 40).

Julie, Nate and Jul's mom, Claudia all flew in from Massachusetts, Samuel and I came from Seattle, and we met at my moms house in Minnesota. We had a wonderful time, it was so fun to see Jul as a mom (and to see her as she prepares for her second child due May 13th!!)

Here are pictures of the boys- from meeting at the airport,












to discovering a tupperware drawer,

to figuring out how to climb the stairs,













to having a blast crawling all bundled up at church.














enjoying our bottles at Starbucks