Taylor is really excited to be a big sister. She has been baby crazy lately. She pretends that almost everything is a baby. She feeds and burps them and puts them to sleep. She came to me with her stroller full of toys and said " Mom look at all of my babies!" She is going to be such a great help when her little brother comes.
She is growing up as well. She can now swing all on her own. She went out one day and I heard her yelling " MOM!!! MOM, LOOK!" and she was swinging all by herself. It is quite the accomplishment for her.
Another new thing that she loves to do is to dress herself. After every nap (yes she still takes naps and she is a happier kid with them!) she comes down with a completely different outfit. I finally snapped a picture of her with her unique ensemble and her "sword" (it's the bat). Most outfits are not complete without a skirt. She puts them over all her pants.
This was one of the moments in life where I wish I could rewind and record exactly what happened. So last night we wrote Taylor's letter to Santa Clause. It started out okay but then we got to the list part and she insisted that she didn't need anything. "I have toys already and I put them away and then the box wont shut!" I tried to explain that because she was a good girl that Santa Clause could bring her special toys and then she said something like this "but what about my brother? Santa Clause can bring him things that he can bite." bite meaning chew on. SO I was expecting her to be so excited to make a list and all she could do was say that she didn't need any more toys and worry that her little brother wouldn't get any toys. I was so touched because that is truly what Christmas is about, caring for others and not ourselves. It was a great lesson for me.
Finally I got out of her what she had told me all along that she wanted;
A little mermaid swimming doll
My little ponies
some Play dough
some goldfish crackers
Make up (lip gloss)
Coloring stuff, markers and coloring books.
She also drew Santa a picture of the toys she wanted (mermaid and pony) and she wrote her name all on her own.
2 comments:
How fun is that that she's old enough to understand that she's getting a baby brother and she's EXCITED!! How stinkin cute is her Christmas list story....must have a good mama :)
As for Briggs, we try and explain, but I don't think he'll have a clue there's going to be a baby around until we actually bring the baby home :)
You are such a good mama tori!! Little Taylor is such a doll and from the sounds of it, quite the sweetheart too :] miss you pretty lady!!
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