Laura Meets Laura

We got to hang out with both of the wonderful women little Laura is named after while we were in New England. My friend Laura drove down to meet little Laura and I for brunch on Sunday morning. Laura and I met about 30 years ago when I was four and she was three and we moved into a house across an apple orchard from her house. We've been best friends since then (except for the times we were worst enemies; then she was best friends with Christy to get back at me ;) ). Laura is the only one in the world besides Rob that knows everything about me and she somehow loves me anyway :) We are complete opposites in many ways; we disagree on things like politics and religion, both of which might be expected to cause all sorts of disagreements. Somehow Laura and I can talk about any subject though and remain friends :) She has been there every time I've needed her. I can't imagine a better friend!

 Laura is vegan, so we met at a vegetarian restaurant. Brunch was wonderful and it was so nice to see Laura in person and get to talk to her face to face! Despite being a pediatric nurse, Laura was a bit intimidated by how little baby Laura was. Once she had baby Laura in her arms though, she commented "You're not nearly as fragile as you look! You're actually a bit of a chunk!" :) Baby Laura's tummy is starting to get quite round and her legs are looking less and less like chicken legs :)

Laura and I had a wonderful visit :) It was much too short though. I really wish she lived closer! Like next door. Or that one of us had a private jet and we could visit each other every weekend. Thank heavens for the internet and phones!

One photo from my trip that I forgot to post is the picture I took of our old house. Leah and I drove past it on our way to the farm. The last time Rob and I were in New England, we stopped by and were shocked to see the horrible condition it was in. The people we sold it to rented it out and basically destroyed it. I was half expecting to see an empty lot due to it being condemned or something. I was thrilled to see that it has been completely fixed up and is for sale again! I wish we had tons of money and could buy it and keep it for a vacation home or rent it out to someone who would love it! It was such a wonderful house for us!