till 2am

i've been really r e a l l y blessed with great girlfriends + last week i was lucky enough to see one of

my dearest friends twice in one week.

my heart almost couldn't handle that day.

let me back up, the cookes are some of our closest friends 

+ we spent a lot of time with them while we were all in idaho.

we always knew that it did't really matter what we were going to be doing, 

we just knew that we would be doing something with the cookes at least once a weekend.

i think they were our first married and married couple friends,

we were some of the first people to know they were pregnant + i cried like a b a b y when we found out jess got an amazing job opportunity that would take them to utah.

i've shared more about my life with chantel then probably is socially acceptable

+ i was also there when she gave birth soooo after seeing literally all of it,

i would say this girl is a best friend for life.

when i knew i would be able to spend an evening with the cookes before my plane left the next morning, i jumped on that.

it was refreshing to say the least to spend an evening with these guys.

i openly cried a couple times

(that's whatevas)

+ it just made my heart SO HAPPY.

my smile hasn't hurt this much for a while + my throat hurt from not talking that much in a while

(sorry chantel).

i really believe that you can be just as blessed with some amazing friends, as you can be with family.

after not seeing the cookes for over t w o months,

like i said, my heart was happy.

chantel + i went out to rita's for some girl time
+ ended up sitting in front of a random restaurant for h o u r s
just catching up.

grateful for this girl, her husband jess + their beautiful baby.

thanks for allowing me to blubber on about how much i love + missed you all,

taking me out to an amazing din din,

sitting on the couch + skyping with jay so he feels included,

tucking me in + 

for waking me up with a camilla, we slept past our alarms!

you just don't get very many friendships this good very often,

+ i'm s o happy to got to hang out with her for an evening.

lots of love!

looking back, i should've taken better pictures,

but i was too focused on how happy i was to be around these people,

then to pull out my camera.

i think that's okay.

HOW CUTE IS THIS BABE.

excuse my annoying stop it

(hello classic white girl voice)

+ my excessive baby talk.

(sorry husband, future kids,  + dog)

ps. if you want to see her birth story + cry over her words,

check it out:

HERE

she's got one of the best photographer/videographers if i do say so myself ;)

but seriously, this girl writes good, makes you want to have a baby.

till 2am