Friends and Babies

I spent the weekend with some dear friends, and a brand new addition...
Nayarit Ella was just 13 days old when I came to meet her for the first time.


Proud parents Krissy & Yurii.
She's so little! And check out that wild dark hair.




proud "Aunt" Sarah




proud "Uncle" Linton




It's so amazing and wonderful and totally weird at the same time to see my friends reach new stages in their lives. It's all normal and predictable - we grow up and do normal grown-up things - but I remember when we were all still irresponsible and immature. Here is Krissy, one of my best friends from college who I've known for almost 10 years, and she has married a wonderful man and just gave birth to their first child. They own a house and a minivan and know all their neighbors. They have "arrived", in terms of adulthood. They are full-time parents now, and that's the best job anyone can ever have. They will be fantastic parents. Nayarit will grow up knowing that she is surrounded by people who cherish her, who believe in her, who celebrate her and support her in everything she does. As blessed as Krissy & Yurii are to have little Nayarit, she is equally blessed to have them for parents.

I was flipping through a little photo album from Nayarit's day of birth and first few days. The first picture in the book was of Krissy in all her gorgeous pregnantness, sportin' her mommabelly, the night before Nayarit was born. Inside one day and out in their arms the next day. Truly amazing.
The whole pregnancy/birth process is wonderous. I am having a difficult time imagining what it must be like to experience it all, but I'm learning little things here and there from friends who have travelled the road.

The beginning of a life - a truly wonderous thing.
Welcome to the world, Nayarit!