it's {just me} and the mommy of Max...

High School graduation is a funny time. You make promises to all your friends that you will never ever forget each other.  You make plans for future “reunions” and promise to stay in touch.

Those promises last about a year.

It has been five years since graduation and I still think of my high school friends often and miss the fun times we had. But let's be honest here, the promises we made have faded.

Except with Tallie.

Tallie and I were best friends all through high school. And we promised to stay best friends. Even though we have not seen each other in years, I still consider her one of my closest friends.

Tallie just had the sweetest bundle of joy enter her home. I can’t wait to squeeze his little cheeks. I also can’t wait to tell him the adventures his mother and I had.

So little Max Flint, get ready to meet your Auntie Kate and hear all about the time your mom and I:

got suspended and had to hang out in the abandoned boys locker room half of the day // made a movie inspired by Charlie’s Angels for Chemistry class // jumped the red truck over the dirt hills behind your mom’s house // memorized the entire script to How To Lose a Guy in Ten Days and quoted it often // drove on the wrong side of the road in Burley and spilled our entire carton of fries out of pure fear // sang “From This Moment On” on the top of our lungs at the playground // shared secrets we would never admit to anyone else // ate our Bake Central pizza on the basketball court at the park // walked around the track a bazillion times gossiping about anything and everything // rented a million movies from BC just because we could // tried on prom dresses at state basketball // went to BC for lunch every day for pizza and Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew // made overly cheesy cards out of poster board for each other // dyed your mom’s hair in the bathtub of a hotel room // decided to be the boys basketball managers and all the fun times this job brought with it // would help each other with our duties at the big BC // drove to Almo for movie nights almost every weekend // had a sleepover in the basement next to the “dirt room” // went tanning to improve our whiteness and both ended up blistered from head to toe // would go to Dairy Queen or Arby’s every time we visited Burley // would write each other at least 2 or 3 notes a day just because // talked on the phone for hours upon hours after we moved away from home // and so. so. so. much more.

Welcome to the world little Max. You have no idea how special your mommy is to me. You are the luckiest little man in the world to have her. And your daddy isn’t too shabby either.

I love you Tallie, Dixon, and little Max. Come visit soon!