The Internet is not just for dating anymore!
This post is about friendship. The title is because I have met a lot of my friends via the Internet.
I first started posting on the Knot when I got engaged and met people through there. But I never really made friendships. Then after I was married I transferred over to the Nest. That’s when I got to know some of the girls better. Most were still Internet – only but now I had a group of friends who I spoke to regularly and met for lunch and even one who was a neighbor!!! I still referred to them as my Internet friends. Then when I got pregnant I went over to the Nest Baby (now the Bump) and the friendships grew deeper and I met even more friends. Now almost 4 years after I got engaged I have a whole new circle of friends. They are no longer Internet friends. They are friends. I make no distinction anymore. I call them, email them. These are women who are mothers of young children, they know what I’m dealing with. I can confide in them. They are truly special to me.
This does not make my other friends less important, only different. I have extremely close friends who I was friends with in college and immediately after. When I was single and dating, having a close group of friends was my whole life. We were family to each other. We never made a move without consulting each other. These were not only women, but also guy friends. We spent every weekend together, and also many a night finishing off a few bottles of wine and listening to music and just talking. These were my friends during a very important part of my life and even though some are married, some not yet, we remain friends and talk all the time. Of course we also reminisce.
Then there are my friends who really know me. The ones I’ve had since elementary school. There are only a few of these, but these are the really deep friendships. The people who have seen me grow up, who used to come over and play. These are the people who have been there for 8th grade graduation, homecomings, proms, first boyfriends, heartbreak. There is a bond there that no one can touch. I feel special knowing I have these people in my life. And yes they are still in my life – we talk, we see each other, we will always be part of each others lives.
I’m lucky to have so many special people in my life. And I love that I am adding new friends to my life, while keeping the old ones. I’m so happy that my “internet friends” have now become friends 
Milestones
Since I haven’t blogged in a while I have not mentioned 2 very important events! 2 of my good friends babies turned ONE!!!!! It’s amazing because we were pregnant at the same time, of course they were further along that me. I clearly remember their pregnancies and births and of course the days leading up to and following the births of their babies. And I remember when they were both teeny babies and now they’re ONE!!!!!!
So, Happy Birthday Sophia and Mikey!!!
Another milestone. Today Alexis is 8 months old. I know it’s not a “big one” like 6 months was or 9 months or a year will be. But it seems huge to me. I don’t know why 8 months old sounds like a lot, but it does. It really makes me realize that she is getting bigger and that time is just flying by!!! At 8 months she is now rolling around the floor like a sausage. I have to put pillows bewtween my bed and the floor or she will roll right under it. She is scooting forward. She also rocks on all fours. So if she could combine the scooting and the rocking then she would be crawling, I am just waiting for it to happen any day. She can also stand while holding on to something for a few seconds. She is starting to eat table foods, I give her bits and pieces of my food to expose her to new flavors and textures. She responds to her name and is beginning to remind me of me in her very willful and stubborn personality!! I see some definite temper tantrums in her toddler-hood and lots of arguments in her teen years. She is very independent. She doesn’t want to be held very much anymore, she stretches her legs out and demands to be on the floor so she can be free to explore. I love seeing all these facets of her personality surface!
