Cuddle Time

Abbie has been doing a great job being a big sister.  It is starting to take its toll, though, and lately she has started asking for cuddle time from me.  The other morning she said, "I want to cuddle for 18 hours."  I said, "That would be from the time you get up in the morning, through the whole day, past dinner, until midnight."  She said, "OK, that sounds good."  Of course, in the times when I do try to cuddle with her, she doesn't sit still long enough for us to actually cuddle.  She's always jumping up to get a book, or a blanket, or a pillow.

Of course, I have spent so much time cuddling with Emily lately, so now when I cuddle with Abbie she feels HUGE to me.  I used to think she was so small, but in comparison to Emily, she might as well be an adult.

More Abbie news:

She had been asking us for a long time to find a swimming class for her.  We finally did and it meets on Saturday and Sunday mornings for a month.  She loves it.  It is in an outdoor pool and the water is so incredibly warm and clean.  She likes her teacher and so far it has been going well.

Now the big item on the agenda is to decide how to celebrate her 4th birthday which is just under a month away.  I think we are leaning towards having something at our house (as opposed to at a park or something).  Now we just need to decide who to invite and what to have for food and entertainment.  We don't really want to invite her entire preschool class, but being selective probably isn't the nice thing to do.  As for entertainment, we are considering renting a bouncy house, or setting up a sprinkler.  Hmmm.

Officially a Big Sister

Today Abbie officially became a big sister.  It's a good thing, too.  As she was going to bed last night, she said to me, "That baby better come out tonight, or I'm going to reach in there and pull her out!"  Yikes!

Of course, I think she has already started to see that being a big sister isn't all fun and games.  She came to visit me in the hospital twice today - once in the morning and once in the afternoon.  Both times she ended up crying at the idea of having to leave me.  This afternoon she said, "I wish baby sister hadn't come, so that you wouldn't have to stay here."  Oh dear.  I expect to be going home tomorrow morning, so we won't have to deal with this much more, but I'm sure that this is just one symptom of the struggles yet to come.

That being said, Abbie is very excited to help with her sister, hold her sister, pet her head, etc., so I'm sure we'll find a routine that works for us.