Dear Ellie,
I’m not sure how time is flying by so fast… I can hardly
believe it’s November 1st! Your
brother is 5 weeks old already!
And now that you are back from Disney and into your routine again, you
have definitely realized Will is here to stay. For the most part, you are kind and loving toward him (still
wanting to help feed, grab diapers, and let him be a part of bedtime stories)
but once in awhile I think he crimps your style :)
You don’t like it when your Mimi holds Will… I think because
you associate Mimi as yours and I am so appreciative that your Mimi respects
your feelings. She always gives
Will back to me to turn her attention over to you after you ask her to
play. Not too long ago, I asked
your Mimi to hold Will when I ran upstairs to throw in laundry and I could hear
you saying to her, “Just leave him!
Put him down and just leave him!” as you were trying to lead Mimi into
your playroom! Last week, you told
me that you wanted to change Will’s name to George so I said, “Ok, we can call
him George tonight,” (thinking that Will really wouldn’t mind). And you responded, “Not just for
tonight. Forever!” Luckily, you forgot about his name
change by the next morning. Two
days ago, I called Will, my love bug (which I also affectionately call you too)
but you didn’t like sharing your nickname. “Hey, that’s my name!” you yelled and then said I could call
Will, “Just Buggie”. And yesterday
you told me that I needed to yell at Will for being mean to you so I had to
ask, “What did he do?” And you
said, “I told him I loved him and he told me that he has to think about if he
loved me back!” I didn’t know how
to handle that situation so I pretended to scold Will with, “In this family
Will, we love everyone unconditionally so that answer is not ok.” Oh Ellie! I know you are trying to understand your new place but know
that you could never be forgotten and our feelings for you have only grown
deeper and stronger.
I have to say though that I appreciate all of the well
wishes that have been sent our way.
Our family and friends remember you and your new role as a big sister
too! This is such a huge transition
for you (and for your Dad and I also).
The people we cherish the most have definitely honored that. We had cooked meals for the first three
weeks of coming home from the hospital and we have been inundated with
congratulatory phone calls, texts, messages over Facebook, cards, presents, and
guests. We feel so very loved!
But as for my lesson this week, it stems from not forgetting
yourself even in the midst of many changes.
Life Lessoned Learned
#35: Don’t lose site of yourself when your life becomes hectic.
Now that Will is a month old, I feel comfortable leaving him
for a few hours. Taking time for
yourself after having a baby is completely necessary to do once in a while
(although I love every second with you and your brother, children can make it
difficult to remember your other roles aside from being a mom). So as your Dad watched you and Will, I
went over to your Aunt Sammy’s for a GNO (girls’ night out). Samantha is a wonderful hostess… not
only does she have the best homemade food and decorations, her parties are
always themed in incredibly creative ways. So on this night, she used Oprah’s Favorite Things as her
subject matter. All of the fifteen
guests were to bring 2 of their favorite items they couldn’t live without but
each couldn’t be over $10 (I brought my favorite book, The Book Thief, and a
bottle of Sauvignon Blanc). And
the idea is that each woman would go home with someone else’s 2 favorite things
to try. And what’s more is that
Samantha never lets her guests get bored… she always has activities (that have
to do with the theme) on hand. For
this girls’ evening, we played her made up version of Scattagories revolving
around Favorite Things (with questions like favorite date night spots in State
College and favorite wine) and Samantha awarded the winners with prizes (of her
favorite things). Samantha takes
pride in her social events and they truly bring people together. I came home feeling reenergized
and missing my two beautiful babies (and I must admit that I came home a little
early as I can’t stay away for too long)!
Taking even a small time apart makes your head clear and your heart
full.
I love you Ellie Bean!
Mom
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