Best Friends

Hannah, myself and Katie and my baby shower for Harper =).

I have noticed that as I continue to grow up that my relationships with my friends have completely different dynamics in a good & perfect way

Josh and I were in Oklahoma City at the beginning of April and I was so excited to go and meet my best friend of 13 years for lunch. My mom watched Harper and Paxton for me and I met Hannah up at her work and myself, Hannah and her mom all went out to lunch together. Hannah's mom owns the most wonderful dog kennel called Lucky Dog Lodge in OKC. Both Hannah and I worked there throughout high school along with a few of our other friends and would occasionally come back and help out through college. Then after my mom finally got out of the restaurant business she started working there too and has been there I think 5-6 years now. Hannah and I lived together through our entire college experience and were the maid of honor in each other's weddings and we have just always clicked. I do not recall ever really having a fight with her. The thing I always admired about Hannah was her individuality. She never really cared what other people thought, she was ambitious and would not be afraid to go out of the country for a month in the summer (which is something I would be too homesick to do), she was always on her own time schedule and just was very laid back. I loved this about her. I have always been a person who needs someone else around so the independence she had was amazing to me. 

Now after having 2 children, moving away from Oklahoma City to Duncan and now Kansas City, Hannah and I do not talk quite as much as we used to, but when we do it was as if no time has really passed. The thing I really enjoy about meeting up with her is that it takes me back in time. Typically when I get together with her it is not with my kids and we do not talk about baby stuff either. She does not have kids yet so it is almost as if I am back in college just hanging out with my bestie. I know one day that will change when she does become a mommy but right now I just love the fact that she helps remind me that I am more than just a mom. I do not mean that in a bad way because I know that is what my job is now and I absolutely love it but I love that after 13 years I still feel like a 15 year old girl talking about very unimportant things with out a care in the world when I am with her.

On the other hand I have my best friend Katie who I relate to on a million different levels. We had the same major, worked at Target, lived together post college, lived in Duncan together, have 2 kids that are fairly close in age, we have a crazy love for Grey's Anatomy and all of the Real Housewives show and enjoy cooking. Katie has been someone who has been around me for some major changes in my lifetime. If it were not for Katie I wouldn't have had the push to start dating Josh. If it were not for her we would have never lived in Duncan. If it were not for her I would not have even thought about putting my babies on a schedule to create a much easier time for me as a mom. I seriously cannot go a day without texting her literally at least 20 times. She is the person that when something happens to me I want to tell her. I ask her for mommy advice all the time to the point that she probably gets annoyed but there is just something that is so perfect with our friendship. I was lucky enough to live only 1.5 miles away from her in Duncan and we had a great year of having our kids become buddies, working out together, laying out together, picking up Taco Bell burritos for lunch (hence the working out together) and just talking to each other about everything. In a lot of ways she is like a therapist. I knew that I could tell her anything that was going on and I would not be judged. 

Even though I do not live near my 2 best girl friends I love the fact that I still feel as if I do. I am a lucky person to have them in my life. =). I know this is a mushy post but I am very thankful to have these important women in my life because they genuinely make my life bet