At 23 months of age, our boy already had to experience saying goodbye to a friend :(.  He's seen David, and his mom Ashley, nearly every other day (sometimes every day) since they were both about 8 or 9 months old.  Today, they moved to Colorado.  It's really strange saying bye!  They lived (even strange using past tense!) just down the street from us and it was SOOO perfect to be able to just call them and say, "Hey - want to walk over to the park in 10 min?".  It's not often that you have a stay-at-home mom right next to you with a boy the same age.  It's also been so great to watch these two grow up together.  When we first started meeting at the park, neither of them were walking, and they didn't seem to pay much attention to each other...and now, they both seem so grown up!  They copy whatever the other is doing and adore each other.  If we're about to do something that reminds our boy of David, he'll say "SEEE DAVIIDD" (about 3 times in a row...).

I've attempted to convey the meaning of moving to our boy this past week.  I pulled up a bunch of pictures of Colorado and showed it's location to him on the map.  I also took him over to their house while it was being packed up.  We'll see what happens when David doesn't come to the library story time.... :(. 

But...to be real - it's me who will probably miss them more!!!  Ashley's been such a great friend since we've lived here and I was SO lucky to spend time with her and have her show me around.  Tyson also played volleyball with her husband, Scott, once a week.  WE WILL MISS YOU GUYS!!!!!

Here they are back in April: