welcoming baby ben

Eve, you are adjusting very well to being a big sister. You want to hold your baby brother all the time and rub his soft head. You give him kisses all over his head and talk about the pimples on his face. You didn't like his umbilical cord very much and love to help mom when she changes his diaper or clothes. You like to pick out his outfits and every time he cries, you try to give him his nuk. You don't get jealous when mom has to spend time feeding him and you've been such a great help to mom. You are still doing a good job using the big girl potty (except when it comes to going poo poo) and Starburst seem to be the best motivator for you! You went to the zoo last weekend and had a fantastic time with your dad. Mom was busy with Ben most of the time, but you didn't mind because you got to ride on dad's shoulders all day. You have a love for large cats and you really enjoyed seeing the fishing cat and panther. The cheetahs were inside and you were very disappointed.

You also had a wonderful visit with grama while she was here. Almost every morning you and grama would take off and go feed Michaelangelo carrots and go to Garfield park and/or the turtle park. You learned how to build barns for your horses with your dominos and blocks and made grama help you. You spent quite a bit of time with just grama while mom was in labor and in the hospital, but you were such a big girl and went to visit in the hospital after he was born. You went to the Aquarium with grama and got to see the turtles and brought home half of the gift shop. You also had a wonderful second birthday. Grama took care of decorations and party favors. Dad bought the food for the adults and all mom did was make an Elmo face cake (and Elmo wasn't even red, more like pink). You had a wonderful time with Pippa, Kathryn, Eloise, and Kokayi in the party room in our building. When it came time for grama to leave you asked her why she had to go and told her no don't go to Kansas. When she said she had too, you went in your room to put on your shoes because you were going to go with grama. It was obvious that you really loved grama being here, so hopefully it isn't long before she gets to come back to see you.

We are proud of what a wonderful big girl you are growing up to be and we laugh at how smart you are with your questions.