Reuniting old friends and making a new friend

Last week, a few days before The Nature Conservancy baby picnic extravaganza, Mather met a new friend - Parker Jane (P.J.) Corbal...



P.J. is the three-month old daughter (Happy 3rd Lunaversary P.J.!) of my college friend Erin. Erin and I were dorm hallmates our freshman and sophomore years. Erin and her husband Rick live in Southern California. I haven't seen Erin in a few years but fortunately, Rick's family is in the Bay Area so we should be able to get the girls together every few months.

The highlight of the evening was discovering Mather's tendency towards kleptomania. Daniel was holding Mather in his arms while P.J. was relaxing in Erin's arms (kinda like the pictures above). Mather reached out to stroke P.J.'s arm, then... BAM!... Mather steals P.J.'s pacifier and goes to put it in her own mouth. Needless to say, it was hilarious and you can see that the second time around, we made sure that Mather already had her own pacifier.

We hope the kiddie hijinks continue during our next playdate at the end of June!