Shaylah seems to have hit a big growth spurt in the last few weeks.....or it may be that we have just been in shorts and t-shirts for so long. Now that the weather has changed, however, it recently took me several attempts to find a pair of pants and a shirt long enough to cover the ankles and wrists! Plus, she seems to have skipped a shoe size entirely! We need to do a major shopping spree for a whole new wardrobe very soon. Who told this little girl that she was allowed to grow up so fast? It certainly wasn't me. I find myself willing her to stay little, while simultaneously wishing the babies would hurry up and grow! It is wonderful and sad at the same time to watch your baby grow up into an independent person. I love that she understands more, can think things through on her own, has a wild imagination and can remember conversations from several weeks ago, but I am also sad that she is needing me less and less to help her understand the world. I have been thinking a lot about how my mother used to always tell me not to grow up. I remember these conversations vividly and I now understand how she felt....and would love to be able to share this insight with her.
People always ask us how Shaylah is with the babies and if she ever got jealous with their arrival. We can honestly say that Shaylah has jumped into "big sisterhood" with such a joy and love for her babies that it is quite fun to watch. There are the occasional meltdowns when they have toy that she wants, but for the most part she has been very caring and generous with them. She loves to get them laughing and is quite proud of her brother and sister.
