Dear Q,
Hi big sister!! Your baby is here and you are so excited! You are such a great big sister to her and you were from the moment you met!
Meeting her in the hospital was such a special experience for all of us. It took you a little while to figure out that Baby T was the SAME baby that had been in Mommy’s belly for all that time. For a while after she was born you’d still try to talk to the “baby” in my belly, so funny.
You spent a lot of time at Papa & N’s house around the time that T was born and you have so much fun there! Then Mimi stayed with us for a little while, and then with Thanksgiving you were able to see even MORE family and you ate up the spotlight. You have so much fun when we all get together and everyone fawns over you. You deserve it though, you’re a pretty awesome kid. We got to see everyone again when Baby M came along a month early and then again at Christmas. It was a great season for family time. We are going to really miss having the families together so often. You can’t get enough of your cousins. You talk about them constantly when they aren’t around. Every time we say we are going somewhere you ask if your cousins will be there.
You love to run and run, you love tickles and going upside down, you love cuddling on the couch and in the big bed. You ADORE your sister and babies in general. You are gentle and caring. We’re working on the concept of personal space and volume control but hey, you’re two! You are still super into balls and we made you a ball pit for Christmas using our pack n play. You love it.
I admit that we’ve had a lot of TV watching going on in the past few months and you love the Wonder Pets and Ni-Hao Kai Lan on Netflix. You’re getting to the point where you’re playing pretend and the characters in these shows keep coming up in your made up dialogue. I love listening to you chatter. You also use some Chinese words that you’ve learned on Kai Lan, which is hilarious. You walk around saying “Ni Hao” to the cats.
You’re into singing, big time, now. We are starting music class again next week and I CANNOT WAIT to see you learn all of these new songs. You’re just starting to dance now too. I love seeing you get so excited about music. You know it’s my thing.
Here are some recent pictures. This is such a fantastic age. I love it so much. You make us so happy.
Can’t believe you’re already two and a half. Where does the time go???? Keep being awesome. We love you so much.
Forever yours,
Mommy