
Back in time, while we were in Germany, in between all the business of this trip, I managed to visit my dear friend Kimber 3 times. Eventhough each visit had a very limited amount of time, (between naps and feedings and picking up kids and the normal craziness of two moms) I enjoyed every bit of it to the fullest.
AND we finally got to meet lil Miss Shelby in person!!!!.
When I met Kimber at one of the MOPS meetings back in the days in Leimen, I thought she was a very nice girl.Then after I heard she has 4 kiddos, I thought , man she is brave( especially after I heard how much travelling is going on in this family)!!!! But then I got to meet Silas and just fell in love with him. He was such a sweet lil boy. This was way before we had Lucien and when I found out I was pregnant for Lu, Silas was one of my top favorite names due to this handsome lil dude.And after getting to know his mom better, I fell in love with her aswell. It was way later that I met the rest of the van Essen crew and I have to say they are all such awesome people. Kimber is a wonderful mom and always an encouragement to me. I cought myself more than once , struggling with myself about going somewhere with my two little people,thinking, if Kimber can do it with four( now5) I better be able to do it with 2. Suck it up, mami!!!
Kimber and I started having our Tuesday mornings together and we grew to become really good friends in a very short amount of time.
Remember back in November last year I went on my polish pottery trip. Kimber was one of the gals joining the fun. That´s when she told me about her big secret( lil Miss Shelby being on her way).I had no doubt in my mind that she would be the best to love, handle and guide a bunch of 5. I felt so honored that she shared this secret with me!!


Back to here and now. Shelby was born back in May( man , time flies) and I was so eager to hold her. It was so sweet to see Lucien with her, which reminded us so much of Silas with Lucien when he was this little. And the rest of our kids just jumped back into having a blast together.

The rest of the gang was at school
We had such a wonderful time together and I miss my Tuesday mornings with you so very much, Kimber.

When Lucien was a whee little baby he used to play with this activity center all the time , in fact he wrestled with it all the time. He saw it at Kimbers house and he was kind of puzzled as if he was thinking, I know this thing but I can´t quite remember....( I try to find a pic of him with it back in the days and will add it later)