Lovely Lilly

Noah and I had some very special visitors today. My friend Maxine and her husband, Fontaine and daughter, Lilly were visiting Fontaine's family in Virginia Beach for the last couple weeks and on their way to the airport to head back home to London they stopped by for lunch with me and some fun on the playground with Noah. I first met Maxine in 1996 when I was abroad in Australia. We became very close friends. A few years later, when I moved to London, Maxine put me up in her apartment for a few weeks before the LSE dorms opened up. But, the last time I saw her was nearly 9 years ago at Darren's and my wedding. Since then, Maxine has been traveling round the world, so whenever we've been in England, she has been elsewhere. She's been back in London for the last year or so, while her husband goes back and forth between London and Nigeria where he works. And, in a couple weeks, they're moving to Bali... Yup, little Lilly has been to 4 continents in less than 1 year of life. Noah has never been on a plane... but that's another story. But regardless, he took to her immediately, and it was great to see Maxine and meet Fontaine and lovely Lilly.