My girl is a source of joy and happiness everyday. As I struggle with the challenges that seem to have arisen with this special new adventure in our lives, my big girl is a wonderful cheerleader. She LOVES the idea of a sister. She wants to help get everything ready, and to pick the toys and clothes to share with her sister. She finds it a bit tricky to be patient, and prays to give thanks for our baby who is coming "soon" every chance she gets. It has been a challenge to be so limited physically, since we are both used to doing lots of fun activities together. As we've been experiencing so much nausea and other physically limiting symptoms, my girl has been understanding, and willing to play games or read stories as I lay down on the couch. She loves to help me move my pieces, or draw my card, or spin the spinner. We have learned that some games like Candy Land can be played while Mama is laying down on the couch, and that Clifford Uno and Elmo Phase 10 are great card games while Mama can sit up or lay down. She has also taken to wearing a ball under her shirt, and telling me all about her baby and how she is going to take care of her.
What a doll! She helps me move past the guilt of not being so active or taking her outside for adventures very much. It makes me feel good having such a great girl as my helper everyday! She sings to sister, reads to her, and is so excited to meet her! I felt the baby move a couple weeks before the ultrasound where when found out her gender, and Logan felt her move right around the time of that appointment. Our big girl has been excited to feel the baby kick, and never gets tired of feeling her wiggling around. She wants to know if it is a hand or foot or head, and she loves to talk to sister and sing to her, and then to feel if she is moving. When she moves as Elise talks with her, Elise gets very excited and proclaims that, "the baby loves me, and is happy to hear me!" She knows her sister loves her and is already practicing being a great sister. I love having a big girl to share this with, (and with Logan as well). There is just something magical about seeing this adventure through the eyes of my grown up girl, as each new development happens, and we get to talk about the miracle that a human body is, and how the baby is growing, and how it was when she was inside my tummy, and how we got ready for her to join our family. It is really special and such a blessing to be sharing this all together as our little family! Logan and Elise have agreed on a name, and I want to try out some other options, just to make sure we picked the right one for our girl...but as I try different ones out, Logan gives me his gut reaction to them, and some are hilarious! And we come to realize, we have got the right name for this new one when she gets here! I am working hard on enjoying this experience. I feel this may be my last chance to have this kind of experience, and I want to savor each moment, and remember what a miracle it really is. I find each day is easier as I try to be grateful for the challenges, since it means things are progressing and little one is healthy......but it is a challenge and I am grateful for my cheerleaders, including Logan, my big girl, and my mom and other family from a distance!
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