Chaos Plus Me: Almost Two

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Almost Two

Tomorrow my baby girl turns two years old. I've spent all of the past few days soaking her in because she's growing up so fast.

I miss the beginning. The first month or so, when all she did was sleep and eat and at night when we were all in the family room together playing games, Pippa sleeping in a moses basket in between Nick and I. She was so quiet, the kids didn't pay her any attention, and it felt like Nick and I were the only ones who knew of her, she was only ours.

And then she got an opinion. And the opinion was that nothing was nice and everything sucked and crying as loud as possible while never pausing to sleep was the way to make things better. I don't miss that. Those five months? Can go suck it.

From 6 months on she's just been Pip. Extraordinarily opinionated, independent like no other, and so cute you could eat her up.

I can't believe that tomorrow morning I'll be able to call my baby girl TWO.

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Vera - Me! The author. I like tea and running and music and my dream is to have an empty To-Do List.

Nick - My wonderful husband. Besides being a devoted dad, Nick loves cars and movies and organized things, and coffee. He is addicted to coffee.

Theo - Born Valentines Day 2004, our oldest child and only boy. In Grade 1, he loves superheroes and his Daddy. Speaks with a slight british accent from spending the beginning of his life in England, he can speak Russian and French, and is learning Ukrainian. And English of course.

Sera - Born May 27 2005, our oldest girl. She's a Mommy's girl through and through, and also incredibly girly. In Kindergarten, she loves to play with her friends and hates to colour. She speaks the same languages as her brother, but has lost british accent, unfortunately. It was cute.

Pippa - Born February 8 2008, Pippa has always been my most independent child. She loves dancing and exploring and she's the most stubborn child I've ever encountered. She goes to preschool 3 days a week to hang out with other kids and wreak havoc someplace other than home. She's very lucky she happens to be cute.

Viv - Born April 5 2010, Viv is a sleeper. She sleeps 16 hours a day, and if you try to wake her up you will regret it. She likes to eat, too. She sticks close to me, always, and therefore spends a good deal of time in the sling.