Everett meets her Soul-Sister

At the end of May, EJ and I flew to Washington DC to stay with one of my very best friends and roommates from college, Kelly.  Kelly & Dave have a daughter - Natalie - who is about 6 months older than Everett.  Since she was born, Kelly and I have traded stories that continuously end with "OMG, they are just alike!"  I miss Kelly desperately and am sad I haven't had a chance to get to know Natalie better, so I was really excited to go visit her.

EJ had her first flight!  She did great!

We should have known. From the minute they met, E and N were like two peas in a pod. Double trouble to the nth degree. (see how I threw some fancy math in there for you, Kelly?)

The girls had a blast playing together!  First, Natalie showed Everett how to climb the tree in her backyard.

Then we went to the local Mexican restaurant / sandbox (yes, you read that right)

They hugged it out.

When we left, they continued the love fest and were ridiculously cute.

Of course, then they were filthy and needed a bath. Note their expressions. A huge splash-fest took place about 4 seconds after this picture was taken.

The next day, they conspired together to convince Kelly to drag them to the park in the wagon. 

I assume it worked because they are so cute. 

EJ decided she wantd to give it a try, railroad tie be damned! 

While we were in DC we went down to Alexandria for the day to visit my step-sister Rebecca and her husband Greg.  We had a wonderful time, I was so happy to see them and their awesome new house! Plus how freaking cute is pregnant-Rebecca?  Cannot wait for EJ to have a new cousin!!!

EJ gave her "cousin" Max some love. I believe "cousin" Atticus was quivering upstairs under the bed after his world was rocked from being invaded by two crazy toddlers.

This was a fantastic visit all around!!!!  I am so thrilled to get to spend time with such amazing friends and family.  And I can't wait for EJ to spend more time with Natalie and meet her new cousin in just a few months. Hopefully E & N will not get into as much trouble in college as her mother and I did, but I do hope they are as good of friends.