I currently live with a princess (Annessa), a monster (Elaina) and the Karate Kid (unborn child # 3). My oldest daughter is pretty jealous of Duchess Kate and Princess Charlotte. I can relate, their lives do seem pretty fabulous from the outside looking in (although I've heard the little prince is quite the spit-fire, so that makes me think that maybe no matter how great it seems on the outside, on the inside, we all struggle with the same stuff). Lainey, on the other hand, is obsessed with Sully from Monsters University and runs around the house roaring with her fingers clenched like claws. Meanwhile, Baby Girl # 3 is karate chopping her days away in my uterus. No gentle rolling felt here. All rapid-fire kicks and jabs.
I'm amazed by how my girls are so different (I'm assuming # 3 will have her own little personality as well-and I have to say, the curiosity of what our 3rd would be like was a driving factor in the decision to forego birth control and "see what happens"). The older they get, the more we uncover about who they are. Annessa is showing more sensitivity now than ever before, while Lainey is showing more spunk than we ever thought our mild-mannered baby would have. Both girls are funny in their own little ways - Annessa with the way she is experimenting with her sense of humor, and Lainey with the way she crosses her arms and huffs when she doesn't get her way (dangerous to laugh at, we know).
They fight like I never knew sisters fought. As a girl with brothers, I had only heard about how territorial sisters can be, but now I actually LIVE inside of this craziness. Yet, as the end of the day, this happens:
And I remind myself that I am the lucky one that gets to watch these sister relationships grow.
I'm amazed by how my girls are so different (I'm assuming # 3 will have her own little personality as well-and I have to say, the curiosity of what our 3rd would be like was a driving factor in the decision to forego birth control and "see what happens"). The older they get, the more we uncover about who they are. Annessa is showing more sensitivity now than ever before, while Lainey is showing more spunk than we ever thought our mild-mannered baby would have. Both girls are funny in their own little ways - Annessa with the way she is experimenting with her sense of humor, and Lainey with the way she crosses her arms and huffs when she doesn't get her way (dangerous to laugh at, we know).
They fight like I never knew sisters fought. As a girl with brothers, I had only heard about how territorial sisters can be, but now I actually LIVE inside of this craziness. Yet, as the end of the day, this happens:
And I remind myself that I am the lucky one that gets to watch these sister relationships grow.
