Big sister (October 2016)

Oh sweet debs!!! You are growing up sooo darn fast!!! Just yesterday you said "I'm almost a grown up mom, and I can have babies like you" SLOW down girl. You tell me at least twice a week, "thank you for making me a big sister " you love Iris HARD.. kiss her, hold her, play with her, feed her. You even wanna help mommy out her to bed. Watching you with a baby sister has been so much fun. I wondered how you and Eli would adjust, cried the night before I gave birth to Iris. I thought she would mess up the dynamic, make you and Eli feel lost. But she has brought a sense of joy to ALL of us. Sure, she cried a lot and she had made us have to be quiet ALOT, but she's worth it all. Everyday you want to hold her, take a picture with you and her. 

Since starting school, you have blossomed. Your vocabulary is strong, you are soaking everything in at montessori. The teachers have told me they started to split you and Eli up during lunch times so Eli can have his own voice. At school you like to play mommy to Eli, speak for him, telling him what to do and where to go. I am grateful for that characteristic in you, you can lead the way and show Eli and iris right from wrong. You really are the best big sister. You still are obsessed with Ariel. Though you don't like watching the little mermaid, which is super funny to mom. For Halloween you are dressing up as Ariel and Iris as Ursula. Eli will be dressing as darth vadar and you possibly as Princess Leia for school party. You love gardening with mom, i often find you digging holes and putting seeds in yourself. Pretty sure our garden is going to have a variety of different things thanks to your green thumb. You and Eli do EVERYTHING together. You are OBSESSED with going to Disneyland, we try to take you once a week. Your favorite ride is splash mountain. You really like going for the food (kettle corn, watermelon, pickles, and of course lollipops) . You love wearing LONG dresses, watching any princess movie, helping with the dishes and folding laundry, helping mom cook dinner, measuring,  playing with water and food coloring, and coloring. You are going to be FIVE this year and I am just wondering where all the time went. It seemed like yesterday you were my first born, napping with me, doing everything just you and me. I will never forget those moments, you came and made me feel whole again. I got to name you in your grandmothers honor, but you have far surpassed everything she would have ever wanted out of you!!! Thank you for being born Deborah jean, I love you with everything I have