Goodbye Oskar

After much talk over the past year or so, our neighbors have taken the plunge and moved out of their place and to Chicago to give the city a good try for a year. Oskar recently had a little brother, Lukas, so the 4 of them are off to Germany for the summer and then back to Chicago. We are going to miss them all so much and really hope this adventure leads only to good things for everyone. They are coming back in January so we will look forward to seeing them then. Their last interaction was so great, with lots of laughter. We watched the truck out our window and went into their apartment when it was nearly empty to help Avery understand that they were leaving for good. I thought she understood but then I stopped in there a few days later to check on something for Marisa and Avery was in the hallway in her stroller and she said "I want to see Oskar." :(
Included are some of my favorite pix of them from the past 3 years. They have grown up so much!

August 2009

April 2009

November 2008

July 2008