The Awesome Adventures of Kelly & Liberty

To my delight, Kelly has had a little friend in the waiting, from before either one of them were born...

I'd like to introduce you to sweet baby Liberty.

About two years ago, Liberty's mommy and I talked and dreamed of our daughters one day playing together. Well, I'm beyond thankful to say: that day has finally come!

Liberty and Kelly have had a few other play dates, but the girls are so little, they're really not quite sure what to do together. But on this day, I noticed that they finally seemed to be gaining the slightest bit of understanding as to what it means to play together.

Let's see if I can't help tell the story with the pictures below.

(I hope I can manage to amuse you as much as they amused me :)

Okay, she sits the babies down together... gets the camera ready...

"Okay girls, sit there... that's right... Okay, look at me! Kelly! Libby! Look at me! Smiiiiiile!"

Kelly amuses her mommy, but Liberty's not so sure...

"Hi baby girls! Aren't you pretty? Look at me! Smiiile!!!"

"Hmm..." they think...

"Is this all you took us out here to do..?"

"Hey, you wanna go explore a little, Liberty? This picture-takin' is for the birds!"

"Oh, I don't know, Kelly... are you sure?"

"Yeah, c'mon, Libby- just like that bow in my hair, we're outta here!"

"Let's run free like the wind!"

"Okay, if you say so! I was gettin' pretty bored just sittin' over there while your mommy pointed that little black box at us!"

"Ah, not so fast!"

says the mommy as she scoops up one girl in each arm.

"Come on girls... let's sit down here and take your picture!"

Liberty can't help but wonder, "Um, Kelly... are we in trouble?"

"Nah, Libby, we're not in trouble. My mom always does this... I know, it's torture, and I usually don't stand a chance getting away from her by myself-- but with the two of us together, I think we can make a break for it if we move fast!"

"Okay, BREAK! You go that way, and I'll go this way! Hurry! She'll never catch us!"

"C'mon, Kelly! Follow me!"

Liberty attempts to distract the mommy so Kelly can make a break for it...

"Hi Miss Jen. What??? I'm just standin' here, smellin' these pretty flowers, mindin' my own business..."

And off they go!

Libby finds herself a nice, big clod of dirt!

"Oh, that's lovely!" says Kelly,

as she wonders if there's another one for her...

"C'mon Kelly. Let's see if we can't find another dirt rock for you!"

Liberty won't give up the hunt for another clod of dirt for Kelly, but Kelly's not so sure, so in a moment of discouragment, she sits down in defeat...

Unable to find any more dirt clods, Liberty decides they need to check out the neighbor's yard for anything else that might be of interest.

But Kelly's still hoping she might find another clod of dirt...

Well, even though the girls never did find another dirt clod, they forgot all about it when they stumbled upon these silly little white figures with the pointy hats.

"Whatever these things are, they sure are funny-looking!"

And the little girls laughed, and they laughed, and they laughed!

They forgot all about the dirt clod, the mommy, and the torturous picture-taking session...

all they knew was that

it was good to have a friend.

And so it goes...

The mommy couldn't bare to force the precious little adventurous girls to sit down and attempt to take one more picture, and so, on that day, began, "The Awesome Adventures of Kelly and Liberty."

...I'm sure there will be many, many more adventures to come!

Stay tuned...