Saturday, Tater and his Mommy and Daddy came over to hang out with us!! Tater moved away this summer and we had not seen him since he moved. Little Bug was so excited when I told her “Baby Tater” was coming over! She still calls him “Baby Tater” even though there is nothing “baby” left in him!

Tater and Little Bug would both live outside if we’d let them so it is no surprise that they wanted to to play outside as soon as Tater arrived!

Tater loves to mow and he didn’t mind one bit that Little Bug’s mower is pink!

These two attempted to play in the dirt but we kept redirecting them since neither was dressed in “dirt play” clothes. Gotta be in white clothes for dirt play here!

They decided sliding and playing with balls was fun, too!

Then Little Miss Sweet Pea woke up and she finally got to meet Jennifer – who God used to connect us to Sweet Pea via a text message on March 8th.

Tater meets Sweet Pea

Tater is such an awesome kid. Dave (his Daddy) told them to make a silly face for this picture. So, Tater stuck one finger in his mouth and then was trying to stick the other finger in Little Bug’s mouth!

Before we met, Jennifer had been reading my blog for who knows how long without knowing she lived in the same city as me! Another adoption buddy named Kellie gave me the link to Jennifer’s blog soon after Tater was born. When I started seeing pictures of Tater in the NICU, I recognized those blue chairs right away and just knew she had to be at the same hospital that we had been at with Little Bug! So I sent Jennifer a message and, sure enough, I found out Tater was in the same NICU unit Little Bug had been in! I went up to the hospital where I met Jennifer and baby Tater. And that was the start of our friendship.

Little did we know at that time, but it would be Jennifer who would send me the text on March 8th asking if I was interested in an adoption situation that her lawyer had. That “adoption situation” turned out to be my Sweet Pea AND also connected me to another one of my dearest adoption buddies, Rebecca!

It is just crazy to me how at the same time God was orchestrating all these adoptions, He was also orchestrating friendships that will last a lifetime!

I knew adoption would eventually make me a mother, but I had no clue that adoption was also going to bring into my life so many new friendships! Just as I cherish the friendships I’ve had for many decades, I cherish these new friendships. My “adoption buddies” are very dear to my heart and I am glad that my daughters will grow up knowing other children who are also adoption miracles.

- Elaine