~Will they have children now?!~

We had two sets of visitors back in June:) Rachel, my college room mate was here first and spent a week with us. I am still trying to recover from our late night chats and am missing her terribly but I promise to make a me only trip to Miami to see her before we move to Japan next year. Zack and Evan totally loved all the attention they got from Miss Rachel, but I'm not so sure she felt the same:) There is a great deal of amusement in watching the "childless" interact with the insanity of our lives that we see as normal. Here are a few pics of them together:

This is the three of them hanging out at mom's pool

This is Zack "tooting" on Miss Rachel. He thought it was hilarious.....she did not:)

After Rachel left, we had Uncle Ed and Miss Ellen come visit us for a few days from L.A. We decided that the next time we visit it definitely needs to be for longer!!! Ed is Zack's "godfather" for lack of a better term. We're not Catholic but it was a role in our kids lives that we asked certain people to hold. Our thought was to have adult figures in their lives that were constant "non relative" people who were there for them at any point they needed someone. We picked people who we thought would be good role models for them and people who we would encourage the boys to go to if they had a problem or concern that they didn't want to come to us for. Uncle Ed is one of those people. We also asked Aunt Tasha to be Zack's "Godmother" and Aunt Catherine and Uncle Michael to be Evan's "Godparents" (I'll add pic of them on a later blog)


Anyway, we had a blast with Uncle Ed and Miss Ellen (his adorable girlfriend) and wish we could have had more time with them. We're hoping to plan a joint trip to Disney World with them after Thanksgiving this year. Here are a few pics from their visit:

Zack had only really spent time with Uncle Ed on one occasion other than this but it didn't take him long to remember him! He took to him right away!!

We had to take them to McGuires:) Ed and Ellen were so much fun to hang out with! With any luck we're hoping that Ed gets sent to Tokyo Disney the same time we're their too, not Disney obviously but Japan anyway!! How awesome would that be??!!?? I'm also secretly hoping that Ellen goes with him too:) Sorry, Eddie! IT MUST BE SAID:)

Zack kept wanting to cuddle with his Uncle Ed. I think it was a stall tactic any time he wanted to stay up later that he was supposed to......and it worked:)

Ellen is recovering from back surgery now too and we're thinking about her often and wishing her a speedy recovery!! Get well soon!!!

So, having said all of that, it still leaves one question unanswered??? Will our childless friends one day have their own little chaotic lives or will they continue to just pop into ours occasionally, head home to the silence, and thank their lucky stars that it's us and not them? I guess time will tell but I'm still holding out hope that when they do join us in the world of diapers and potty training that I will be able to pop into their world for brief moments and remember why we had the boys when we did and thank my lucky stars that we are so OVER that stage:) hehe