It's been almost a year since we moved from Milwaukee, and it's graduation time again so that means time for more of our friends from there to move on also. So I've been thinking of them and excited to hear where everyone is going. My friend Mandie wrote on her blog about some of the things she'll miss about Milwaukee, and here's just a little continuation of some of her thoughts. When we first moved there for med school, it was just the two of us, and by the time we were done we were the parents of two. Being so far away from family when we started our own family, it was great to have friends there in the same situation. When I found out I was pregnant with our first, I was excited to tell everyone - then I realized, "Oh, everyone else is pregnant, too!" Then when Olivia was born, we would sometimes get together for lunch at someone's house or play at the park, where the conversation of, "So how did your labor go?" always came up. Especially with that first baby, when we thought every little thing she did was just so cute, but our families weren't there to appreciate her every accomplishment and show off her cuteness to, it was so great to have friends close by who were also in the new parent mode. We got to watch each others kids grow. sniff sniff (:
We had book club, a storytime group when Olivia (and all the other babies born that same summer) were 2, babysitting groups, zoo trips, baby showers, birthday parties, etc.
(This is mostly about our first four years there - our last year was spent a little differently - others who graduated with John moved away, but John spent his first year of residency there, so we rented a house instead of staying in the apts. - we didn't get to see friends every time we took out the trash, but we had some wonderful neighbors that year, too, who are also missed - Hi Beth and Amy A.!
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