Meet the Pinkstaffs!

Almost exactly a year ago to the day one of my very good friends (former co-worker, roommate, and literally the gal who sat at my side while I met my future husband for the first time), Ana, brought her family to Puyallup to have pizza with Adam and I at our favorite pizza joint.  The very first thing she did when she arrived was lift up the table cloth to check out my belly to ensure that we weren’t pregnant.  “No,” she announced.  “No baby, yet!”  Since Ana had a history of asking very fair, but direct questions - we had already pre-planned that, since we hadn’t told anyone yet, we would only tell her about the impending arrival of our Bump if she asked directly.  We were relieved that she had simply announced instead of ASK and didn’t need to spill the beans just yet.

Our pizza dinner that night was unfortunately more than just a social call - it was a good-bye dinner as the Pinkstaff family was headed Midwest-ward for the next few years as they followed a great job promotion to Minnesota.  While we actually love land-locked prairie states - Minneapolis is still a long eight hours from Omaha - making it difficult to actually get to see each other.

Thus, I was super excited when Ana texted to let me know her family was coming back to the Northwest for a winter visit.  While Luke was busy at work, Ana, her curious and confident son Landon (aka Rocky) and her gorgeously precocious daughter Clara came down to Puyallup for the afternoon.  You know she’s a good friend and an experienced mom when, after flying across the country on Sunday evening, Ana showed up with lunch for everyone and toys in hand for the babes.  After lunch, it was time for some one-on-one time with the munchkins.

Ana was unsurprisingly amazing with our fussy babe.

Full of wisdom and experience - Ana introduced Clara to Eila.

Clara helps Eila sit up a bit.

Can’t you just see Ana in Clara’s sweet face?  They look SO much alike.  

Unfortunately, we eventually had to let Ana and the little Pinkstaffs go and say hi to her own family who was eagerly waiting for their arrival in Federal way.

This was Eila’s initial reaction to the departure of her new friends.  

Having cried herself blue - she eventually gave it up and settled in for a recovery snooze.

A few months later Eila finally grew into the super cute onesie outfit the Pinkstaffs brought over.  A little lady can never have too much bling!