A sad goodbye

Kira and I were introduced last summer by a mutual friend. We were both looking for a babysitter. She was going back to work after recently having a baby and my babysitter had moved. We both work part time so we worked it out that I would watch her baby Melody in the morning and she would watch Collin in the afternoon. It worked out great and we loved playing with Melody. Then Kira quit her job in November but she agreed to continue to watch Collin. Collin loved going to her house everyday and as Melody got older they became fast friends. We would turn the corner to their house and Collin would start chanting "baby, baby" And he would walk right up, knock on the door and head into the room. We knew that this situation would be only until BYU graduation since Rich would be graduating from law school. But it came too fast. We were sad to say goodbye. We watched Melody on the last day they were here so that they could move all of their stuff. When Kira came to get her, we said our goodbyes but Collin kept hiding. Kira kept trying to coax him out to give her a hug but he wouldn't. So she finally just picked him up and said goodbye. I followed them out to the car with Collin and after Kira strapped Melody in, I put Collin down. He ran down the driveway into Kira's arms and gave her the biggest hug. It was so cute. We are sad to see our friends move. And sad that I have to find a new babysitter. It's going to be hard to find someone as good as Kira.





Melody soon after we started watching her. She was about 4 months old.




She went through this funny time when she would put her hands behind her head to sleep. We would laugh so hard to see her doing this.


Melody had her 1st Birthday party at our house because it was so rainy. Kira had planned to have it outside but the weather was too bad. Melody was so funny eating her cake.


Collin and Melody loved playing together. They look like they could be brother and sister. They have the same color of hair and eyes. And Melody's hair sticks up in the back just like Collin's. This was them playing together on the last day. We'll miss you guys.