full of joy....

A while back I made a post about my best friend. I won't go into much detail about my past relationship with Brooke, but we have been friends for almost 8 years now. We have been through so much, but within this past year our friendship has grown more than it ever has before. We have been walking through me having two boys and her and Josh trying for almost 2 years to get pregnant before they finally did. It has been our dream to be mommy's together. It is something we have talked about for years, but within the last one we finally got to the point where we knew it was going to happen.

I remember the afternoon she called me and told me she had taken a test and it was positive, she was pregnant! This had been their, and our prayer for months, years really. I was so full of joy and excitement for them. If there is anyone in this world you would look at and think, she is meant to be a mom, it is Brooke. She has such a big heart, and is so ready to love on a little one.

From that day, we started a new journey of our friendship, Brooke entered mommy mode immediately. She put such thought and care into everything from crib and dresser to the outfit Landon would wear home from the hospital. I have never seen anyone enjoy pregnancy as much as she did. But, the fact that I was able to go through this with her, and that she included me in the journey even though we live so far from each other meant the world to me. We had extensive conversations about pacifiers and bottles, diapers and formula. Every little detail we were able to talk about. It's hard to explain, but that we are there, in that season of life together, makes my heart so happy. That our husbands, Andrew and Josh, will now get to talk about blow out diapers and sleepless nights together is just awesome.

For the past few months Brooke has been joking about getting skype up in the delivery room so Andrew and I could 'be there' while she was delivering. We had the perfect plan - Andrew holding one leg, Josh holding the other (getting ready to catch Landon), and me giving Brooke peptalks. Not awkward at all really. We even practiced....


Baby Landon arrived late Tuesday and I laid in bed that night full of so many different emotions. Sheer happiness for them and this incredible journey that they started, but also was so sad that I wasn't able to be there to meet him, kiss his adorable little cheeks, and hug my best friend.

God has really blessed me. I couldn't be more thankful for Brooke and who she has been in my life. It makes me sad that we are not together in the same city as she enters this journey with me, but it doesn't change the fact that she is my person, and as we are now mommy's together, she will remain my person. No matter the distance, no one could ever replace who she is in my life. Andrew and I couldn't be more excited for Josh and Brooke. We love them and baby Landon so much, and thank God for how blessed we are by our best friends.. and we are beyond excited to get our 3 boys all together. Fun to be have by all I'm sure! I have a feeling they will be best buds, no matter how many miles may separate.


Here's to a new season, a new beautiful baby boy, and best friends who are completely irreplaceable.