Carly and Josh have fallen into the parenting role so naturally. It's been amazing to watch them during their first few moments, days and (already!) a week. Watching them go through all of these things makes it all seem like it wasn't that long ago that we were experiencing them too. The nights without sleep. The celebration of a 3 hour sleep-stretch. The phone calls to mom. The feeling of being a human pacifier. But it's been so fun to watch and be a part of, and they are champs. I like to think that all of their babysitting Sophia was practice for them, but it's obvious that it just comes naturally to both of them.
I was showing off some adorable Addison pictures to my classroom parents this week, and one of them asked if she was my first niece. I told her that she was and then asked how she could tell. "You've got that, ' I wanna do this again' look on your face." she laughed and then said, "It was the same look I got before my 2nd and 3rd kids arrived!" :) So funny. Someday we plan on it happening again, just not right now...
But it's true. I do have baby fever. I hold Addison and I feel so much love for her. It's the same kind of protective, "I will do anything for you" kind of love that I have for my own daughter.
But for now, just as Carly told me waaaaaaay back in her 1st few days as an Auntie, "I'm having fun holding her, but I get to go home and sleep." :)
Sophia Updates
Sophia has blossomed since her change to the new preschool. She asks me EVERY day, after getting piggies in her hair, "Go to 'cool Mommy?" And all the talking we thought she was doing before was NOTHING compared to the conversations we have now. From the minute she gets in the car she sings new songs, shows me new art projects, and tells me countless things that she did at school that day. We could not be happier with the outcome.
We have been experiencing so many spring-like days lately that we've already made several trips down to the park to play. We especially like the weekends when Daddy can come with us too.
