Super Big Sister

That's the title that you can give yourself when you've got two younger siblings, apparently. Alice and Isaac still fight, but they also have these sweet moments where they are playing together.

I think that they both love their new sister. They love to sing to her and hold her. Isaac says things like "good night baby youcee". I think some of the jealousy is dying down.
Things are good.

The Super Big Sister helping

The family that builds together, plays together.

 

The right example

I guess we've done well with our examples we have set. I'm listening to the kids "play house" and it's so sweet. Alice says lovingly on the way to the "store": "Bye! Love yooooou!" To which Isaac responds "Wove you toooo!".

The kids get along so well. When they are fed. And rested. And have gone to the bathroom.

An actual conversation I had today (more or less)

Alice: I don't want my name anymore. I want my name to be Elsa, middle name Anna, and last name Hello Kitty.

Me chuckling: You might change your mind. You might not always like Frozen.

Alice: Why?

Me: Well, do you think I still like the things I liked when I was 4 years old? What things do you think I liked when I was 4?

Alice: Lego? Star Wars?

Me: uhh... but not everyone is like a daddy.

Clever girl.

Welcome little one

Well, Lucy is almost 4 hours old and asleep in my arms. She's super cute in a new baby alien kind of way. I barely know her and she's already precious to me. I hope that she's good to us and we can be the parents that she needs us to be.

And now we are five.

Movie time

Watching a movie for Alice is something that she can't do alone. At least not for new movies. She needs someone there to cuddle, to laugh with, to hold tight at the scary parts. She uses me as a couch. She refuses to use one of the other chairs. It's not the most comfortable way to sit.

I wouldn't have it any other way. 

The waiting game

Well, someone is late. I expected thought that we'd have a new arrival by now. Nope. Maybe it'll be like her brother being 7 days late. Maybe our dates were wrong (originally we were expecting around the 12th, no the 6th). Maybe, and this is the leading theory, the baby is just lazy.

Or maybe the baby hears her siblings and is a bit fearful. I would be.

It's a bit of a waiting game. There's not much for me to do - just photographer when the time is right and try not to pass out. After that I expect some cuddles, running interference with the other two, and doing even more cuddles when the first two feel neglected by mom. It's bound to happen, emotions can run high.

Who are you baby? Will to be good to us? We'll try to be good to you. Can you do me a personal favour? Can you start sleep through the night in first six months?

I'm excited to meet you.

Big feelings

Sometimes dealing with Alice is difficult. She seems to have big feelings. She can feel super sad when watching a movie, have a huge laugh when something funny happens, and every emotion in between. She's super rewarding when you make her laugh. She can be terrifyingly loud when she's upset. It's just the way she is.

Isaac is different. An example: today we were at the park. At one point climbing up a ladder he slipped, held on briefly with one hand while swinging, then fell to the ground (like 30 cm up). He didn't hit. Because he had held on the second, it gave me the time to step closer and catch him. He was scared. He called and looked around for mommy. I told him that mommy was off helping Alice in the bathroom. He essentially shrugged then went back to where he fell off and started to play again. Later when Laura came back he ran over and explained what happened, got the hug that he refused from me, then went back playing.

Very different kids.

But in the end, they all want a rocket ship ride, so who am I to complain?