A few days ago I shared a few photos of Lorelai, who just turned one. I thought I would share a little bit more of her session…. and her 1st Birthday Party!  Lorelai is a super cutie, and if you hadn’t seen the previous post, she came 2 months early…. and so it is such a blessing that she is healthy and doing so well. Her parents Meg and Steve are great friends of ours, and it has been fun to watch them on their new journey of parenthood…. Soon we won’t just be watching though… as we will be joining them! Crazy how time flies and how life seems to move at such a fast pace. I know we are old enough to start our family… but sometimes I think, “are we really that old already???”

Anyways, back to Lorelai. I met Meg when I was teaching in the Baltimore City Public School System. I taught Kindergarten, and she was the speech pathologist. We figured we were destined to be friends for a number of reasons…

1. We were both named Meaghan, and both spelled Meaghan. She was the first person that I met who spelled her name the same way as me.

2. I cried at one (really many) of our staff meetings because I was so frustrated about the school and the school system, and how there were a lot of people at our school who really didn’t have the best interest of the kids in mind. So, Meg decided that I must be nice since I was so stinkin’ sensitive. We both loved the kids and wanted the best for them… so we had that in common too…We came from suburbia hoping to make a difference and felt completely powerless to do so

3. We both went to Penn State (major points for anybody)

Those were the 3 main things… but it turns out that there are so many more things that we have in common…. and we have grown to be great friends. Meg stood beside me as a bridesmaid when I married Josh, and I am sure that we will have so many fun memories ahead of us…

So, on with the post! I headed to Leesburg, VA (Meg and Steve moved away…) for Lorelai’s 1st Birthday Party…. Below is the cookie cake that Meg made. Her chocolate chip cookies are AMAZING! So, so good, and it had been way too long since I had had one!

And Lorelai’s piece of cake to get messy in!

There were a lot of people… not sure if Lorelai knew what to make of all of the people watching her.

Especially when I was there with a camera in her face…. Lorelai liked her cake….but this was the messiest she got. If I were her… I would have been all over that! Just sayin’

Opening presents…

Not sure what to say about this one….  She looks pretty happy with that bottle of wine. Where are her parents for goodness sake?!?  ;)  Just teasing Meg.

The Happy Family.

The following weekend Meg and Steve came up to visit and I had a little photoshoot with Meg and Lorelai…

It was her first time on the swings and she loved it!

Lorelai was almost walking without any help…. and it turns out that I saw them again about a week and half ago, and she has mastered it! She can walk without any help now. It is so crazy how fast kids grow and change.

Thought this was so cute! Go Lorelai Go! Watch out Meg and Steve….

Thanks for being such great friends!! I love you guys so much!!!

m.e.