What a difference a year makes!!

This picture was taken exactly one year ago from this weekend. These are all of my dearest friends from MWC and their ever-expanding families. I remember thinking last year how huge our group seemed considering we were just 7 single girls back when we met Freshman year of college in 1997. But as I get ready to see most of these friends again this weekend for my baby shower, I realized that we've grown significantly just since then! Lily & Luke were in their mama's bellies, but now they are here and Joshua is on the scene too... plus Elsie's little girl will be showing her face in just a few weeks and my little boy a week or so after that! 5 new babies in just one year! 7 has become 23...and I know we're not done growing! I am so blessed to have friends that I consider family. I'm excited to see them all this weekend!! (Except we'll miss Dr. Amy Brown... but hopefully her summer visit to Virginia Beach the 3rd week in July will be just in time to meet BabyW... who knows, we've always joked that she should deliver our babies... mine might be as close as she's gotten yet!)