We flew in early Sunday morning, so we would have time to meet up with our friends. They drove from over 2 hours away to meet us.
I missed them so much, I am not sure I would have made it through that long month in the NICU without J!
Ruth & B last summer:
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After grabbing lunch, our first stop was the Golden Gate Bridge, I got to drive over it for the first time (last time I never had a car - we always took public transit to get anywhere).
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A few photos, of course!
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It was a lot of fun seeing the babies together again! And of course, seeing J was awesome.
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Next was a stop at the Hospital. This place was our lives for a long time.
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Top Floor - NICU. A lot of long hours spent there.
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More cute Ruth & B photos!
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Kissing babies!! Not much is cuter than that :)
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Of course, we had to grab some YUMMY chocolate chip muffins! Oh, how I missed these!
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