Sisters

"Where's my baby?"

That's pretty much the first words out of Addie's mouth when she wakes up in the morning or comes home from school. She adores her little sister and is eager to help out - often a little too eager - although she has learned to apply diaper cream which is always a useful skill. When we remind her to be careful around Baby Eliza, we're met with an indignant, "I AM being careful!" Addie also enjoys impersonating her sister's facial expressions which has Addie in stitches. Her new nickname for Eliza is Baby Eliza Weedy or just Weedy for short. This is in honor of the Weedy Sea Dragon we saw at the aquarium on Saturday. Eliza Weedy is not so weedy though. At her 2 and half week doctor's appointment, she weighed in at 9 lbs 11 oz and 21 inches (8lb8oz and 19.5 in at birth). No wonder she doesn't fit in her newborn diapers anymore!

When Addie and my mom came to visit us in the hospital, Addie immediately noticed that her baby sister, her mama and her dada all had fancy new hospital bracelets compliments of St. John's Medical Center. She demanded that she get a bracelet too. The nurses kindly made Addie her very own Big Sister bracelet. How sweet is that?!

I was a little nervous about what Addie would think of the whole breastfeeding concept. "Oh, my baby sister has special milk from your nipple?" (pronounced with an equal accent on both syllables - "nip pole"). The first few days Addie would head off to school with her own nipples lubed in Lansinoh breastfeeding cream in solidarity. She also concocted a special pretend soup for her baby sister which she presented to her in a silver goblet. The secret ingredient? Special Milk from the Nipple of course!

Despite the outpouring of affection for her sister, Addie is also struggling with all the changes. She's a tough cookie, and I know she will adjust to our new family of four.