Lifelong friendship (all 17 months of it)

More then and now photographs. Edith has spent a lot of time with her good buddy Harrison this past week (in addition to the 40 hours/week they spend together at daycare). Friday night his parents graciously had us all over to dinner, and the next morning the first word out of Edith's mouth when I went to get her out of her crib at 5am was "Harry!" with a pointing lunge in the direction of his apartment.

They are starting to enjoy annual traditions together, too. At last fall's neighborhood block party, they were still in that somewhat stiff get-to-know you phase:


This year they were much more relaxed, chatting independently over a few drinks, happily free of the chaperones required when they couldn't yet sit up: