Baby Friends and Mommas Friends....Vital part of our life!

For those of you who have been following Nico's life...you know how important BABY FRIENDS and MOMMA FRIENDS have been to us on this journey/adventure of parenthood. Surrounding myself with people that understand what I'm feeling, have similar needs, expectations, and *schedules, has led me to make strong connections with women that I feel so lucky to CALL MY FRIENDS! From when I was preggers, I reached out to pregnant momma friends.

Then once Nico joined me, together we set out on a quest to MOMMY DATE and we were so fortunate to find some AMAZING mommas in AUSTIN...who we still keep tabs on and follow up with on their BEAUTIFUL journeys through motherhood and now even motherhood of TWO =).

When we moved to LA....Nico and I set out to get our fix of MOMMA/Baby friends which we started to slowly find until we built an amazing group of baby and momma friends that we MISS SO MUCH right now.

And so now that we've moved to Miami....Nico and I are back on that quest! We are on the prowl to meeting Momma Friends. Miami's been a little different. Mommy's haven't been as open to talking to "strangers'' as in the other 2 cities we've lived in, but we'll find those mommas that want to have a good time, make new friends, and share the joys and stress of LIFE on MOMMYLANE.   Mommy friends are the people that:

• don't mind getting your kids' spit up on them
• don't mind having INTERMITEN converstations...that usually don't end anywhere near inteneded due to TIMELY distractions.
• Who understand what you mean when you say that you need a LIFE EPIDURAL.
• who hug you went there is nothing to be said
• who listen to you complain about your child w/o judging your conviction
• who pour you a glass of wine and make you laugh when the going gets tough and you find yourself alone
• make time to enjoy time with YOU and your baby
• make the journey of motherhood that much more enjoyable, memorable, and special!!!

I love and miss all my momma friends in LA, Austin, Winter Haven, Malaysia, and those other ones scattered around other places!!! (No pressure Miami...lol).

TODAY, We met up with a friend from PRESCHOOL and her neighbor! She has 2 kiddos (Tyler and Adrian) and her friend has a little girl, emily and a little boy on the way..... Before we knew Nico and I were in our FIRST PLAY-DATE in MIAMI with Emily(2 1/2), Tyler (1 month older than Nico) and Adrian (5 months old).

I had forgotten how small babies were!!!

And then we came home to play with our neighbor's kids...who arn't so little 10 and 17, but Nico had a blast anyway...Especially when Sebas (10) read to Nico the COLLECTION of LIGHTNING McQUEEN STORIES! It was adorable to watch Nico listen intently and repeat words he recognized, gasp a moments in the story, and imitate how Sebas  used his finger to lead himself while reading!!!!

I would be lying if I said that moving here has been easy and all fun and games, but truth is  I know many great things await us in this new chapter...remembering that on the difficult days is key...and often hard to do, but I'll keep looking for those hidden treasures that Miami has in store for us.
Here's to NEW BEGINNINGS and 'new' friendships! 

Night Night