Lars and I were reminiscing the other night how amazing it has been to see our friendships grow and change as we and many of our friends have added children to our lives. Where there was once just us adults having a nice leisurely meal - usually at some sort of restaurant sometime well after the 6 o'clock hour, now we typically gather at one of our houses around 4:30 so the kids can run rampant, eat a few bites of pizza, and be out the door at 6:30 so the bedtime ritual can begin. We parents try to talk about our lives over the loud chaos or between tears and yelling matches over who gets to play with what toy. Sometimes I think back to those nice, quiet meals and find myself looking forward to the day when the kids are older and we will be able to have those "adult dinners" again. But I also know when that day will come I will think back to the loud chaos of life with young ones and my heart will ache for what once was. . . ahhh, the perplexities of being a parent.
Okay . . . back to the kids. Thought I would share a couple of pics. Here are B and A with the Snyder kids Bjorn (born almost exactly one year after Bergen) and baby Signe (born this past December and is already 3 months old)! It will be great for Annika and Signe to have each other when the big brothers start to do what big brothers do. . . torture their little sisters! (Right Chris and Megan?!)
We also got to see our good friends Chad and Michelle this past month which was great because we hadn't seen them since Annika's birth. . . way too long. But such is life with kids. It just gets busier and busier and life seems to go by faster. But always a good time hanging with the Ness Mess.
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