Picnic at the Park

On Saturday evening we met a big group of friends at Orsinger Park for a potluck picnic. It was a great time to reconnect with people we seem to only see at weddings, baby showers, and Beach to Bay. There were kids running around everywhere, good food and great weather. Despite the number of people, we were actually able to have a good talk with several friends, catching up on the past few months of life's details.

Daddy and son...

Amy and Debbie with Aaron...

One of the highlights was being able to reunite Aaron and Shiloh. To remind you, Shiloh (David and Amy's daughter) was born at 4:50pm, exactly 56 minutes after Aaron, across the hall from us at Methodist hospital. It was a special moment that our families will always be able to share. It is fun for us to talk with David and Amy because we are experiencing so many of the same things. There are some differences though - Shiloh only has one tooth, while Aaron has six or seven. Aaron has just mastered siting up, while Shiloh sits, crawls, stands, and appears to be not too far from walking. I told David that Aaron will be able to bite Shiloh and then she'll be able to run away from him.

Alan getting some baby girl time with Shiloh. He is skilled in the art of making babies giggle.

We captured a few precious moments of baby interaction. I think it is so interesting the way babies take to each other and almost seem to be communicating. The daddies stood them up next to each other and they immediately began gently touching - which turned into using the other for balance. There were also attempts at baby kisses. So strange...

Here are a few more pictures of our evening...

More of Shiloh and Aaron...

Aaron testing Malachi's skills in the area of farm animal noises...