Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Meeting Great Friends

This past weekend, Siena got the opportunity to meet some really great friends of ours. It's been a long time coming and we were very excited to spend the weekend in Columbia. Derek, one of Matt's best friends from college and a football teammate, and Kelli, Derek's wife and a basketball teammate of mine, live in Columbia. We drove down there to visit for the weekend. Tameem, another one of Matt's best friends and football teammates, and Julie, Tameem's girlfriend (and a new friend of mine!), drove down from Iowa City. We all got to hang out and catch up. It was really great.
Matt, Derek, and Tameem are great friends and have a very unique sense of humor when they get together. Us girls just smile and shake our heads while the boys laugh, crack inside jokes, and catch up with each other. I do have to say, it's really fun to watch them all together. I can't ever get Matt to laugh as hard at me as he does with his boys. It's good to see that and really great for Matt to have such great friends. (I can't complain either - Kelli and Julie are wonderful and I always love hanging out with them! We have to stick together when those boys get together!!)
Derek and Kelli had a little son born just a couple months before Siena. Joshua is a sweetheart and it's always fun to put babies together. Siena snatched Joshua's binky a number of times...but don't worry, Joshua stood up for himself and pulled her hair. :) They played with toys, got lots of love from all of us, and made the weekend that much sweeter.
Time goes by way too fast when you're with great friends. It's always hard to say goodbye. Tameem is in residency for orthopedic medicine and is extremely busy. I have complete respect for him and what he's doing right now. He will be a great doctor when all is said and done. So, for now, any chance we get to see him and Julie...we can't pass up!
Thank you Tameem and Julie for driving down to meet Siena and see all of us! Derek and Kelli, thank you for hosting us. Your little one is precious - a great friend to Siena already!

Tameem and Julie with Joshua and Siena.


Tameem and Julie brought down gifts for the little ones...one of them being a Iowa Hawkeye beenie...so cute! Siena loves it!

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