I was so thrilled 10 months ago when, my sweet friend of 20 years called me to tell me she was pregnant! Deandra and I went to kindergarten through 5th grade together. Our names sounded similar, we looked similar, and always hung out with one another. This made it very difficult on our teachers! So in seventh grade Deandra moved back to Maine 🙁 BUT that just meant we had to put some extra effort into keeping our friendship alive! And we did! She flew out here to Colorado for our wedding and we actually shot hers in Maine two years ago. Now we both have babies. Where did the time go? Her younger sister Kim got engaged earlier this year and also wanted us to come shoot her wedding which just so happened to be perfect timing for us to come out and meet baby Holland!

While I was soooooo excited to actually arrive to Maine, I was terrified of flying with Liam. Only because Liam can’t sit still. For anyone who knows him you have seen him in action. So I read travel tip blogs, asked other moms and tried to prepare as much as I could for this flight. So we packed up a ridiculous amount of stuff and headed east last weekend.

Worst fears came true….it was a very rough long flight with that wiggly worm. While he only had one screaming meltdown, the amount of energy it took to keep him occupied and satisfied was unreal. You guys should have seen Ryan and I when we got off that airplane. We looked like crazy people. We still has to load all our stuff on the shuttle bus, then wait in line for the rental car and then drive 2 hours to Maine (we flew into Boston) Liam only slept 30 minutes of the 8 hour venture. He was waaaaaaaay over tired!!! But we made it and now we can move on and learn our lesson……ONLY FLY AT NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, we were warmly greeted by Deandra’s in laws when got Maine, very late. They graciously opened their home to us for the weekend! Nicest people ever!!!

We did a little venturing out to Freeport Maine, where the L.L. Bean is. Really I just wanted a pic with that big boot 🙂

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My punkin with Pumpkins.
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