It's Always Nice to See a Familiar Face

Last weekend we drove down to LA. We had to stop in Pasadena to pick up a few things for MCC, and our 4 hour trip turned into 7 from the time we left to when Michael dropped us off at the hotel. Ellie did well considering she was in the car for most of that time.


Ellie is really learning to crawl up onto things and this week we've really noticed her become more bold every day. At the hotel she climbed up into our suitcase and "sorted" our clothes.

On Saturday we went to a 1st birthday party in Orange County. Michael and Andy went to grad school in Pennsylvania together. Andy and Heidi lived around the corner from us that year in PA, and we spent a lot of time together. Many of our friends from that year are literally all over the world: Malaysia, China, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Chicago, and at one point there were many of us in different parts of Africa. Because of that it's always fun to see friends from grad school, especially when we live in the same state! Another friend from that cohort who lives in Pasadena, Mikhal, came to the birthday party as well. Mini-reunion time!



It was fun to meet their little boy, who was turning one. The last time we saw these friends was last spring, when Heidi and I were both pregnant, though she was much further along:

(Isn't this the typical pregnancy picture? At least it was frozen yogurt.)