Like a kid on Christmas Eve...

The bathing beauties: Marlee (5 months) and Handley (3 months) ready for a day on the lake!

That is exactly how I feel right now...just like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting for tomorrow. Some of our best friends, Kathy, Corey and their little girl Marlee are coming to visit for the weekend. I haven't seen them since April, which feels like forever ago!

You know how sometimes you meet people that you just automatically connect with? That is exactly what happened with Kathy and Corey. When we moved to Orlando, we hardly knew anyone and didn't have any friends there. Then, I was hired to team-teach 1st grade and was introduced to the girl I'd be teaching with. I could have never imagined how close we would become and how much we would end up having in common. Those of you who are married know that it isn't very likely for the husbands to be just as good of friends as the wives, but that is what happened with Robby and Corey!

Corey and Robby with their baby girls...the first day Handley was home from the hospital.

Kathy and I went through a lot together...not only teaching side-by-side for two years and providing each other with much needed comic relief at times, but we were also pregnant together, went through the birth of our daughters within a few months of each other and made it through the newborn phase together. When we got word that we were moving back to Atlanta, Robby and I were thrilled, but sad at the same time to leave behind such great friends.

Kathy with Handley (1 day old) in the hospital.

The girls hanging out on the boat.

Handley (2 1/2 months) and Marlee (4 1/2 months) enjoying their first play date!

Carrie Beth and Handley, Kathy and Marlee, Kristen and Halle - 1st play date

Over the past year (gosh, I can't believe we've been back in Atlanta almost a year now) we have seen Kathy, Corey and Marlee just a few times, but every time has been so much fun. I love watch the girls together. In April we were at their house for Marlee's 1st birthday. We stayed with them for 5 days and it was amazing to see how the girls got excited to see the other in the morning.

Thanksgiving week - Marlee 7 months, Handley 5 months

Marlee (1 year) and Handley (10 months) ready to do lunch and a little shopping!

They arrive tomorrow and we plan to spend the weekend up at the lake. Robby and Corey both love to wake-board, so I'm sure that is how we'll spend most of our weekend. Check back next week for more pictures from our weekend!