This is the most often heard question at our house these days!!
My mom, aunt, and grandmother came to graciously decorate my house for Christmas this past weekend. They did a great job! Abby was over the top! She helped my mom hang our "special" ornaments that we pick out as a family each year. This also gave her an opportunity to hang Olivia's special ornaments and talk about her along with hanging Ellie Kate's first ornament. It's more than a 4 year old mind can comprehend sometimes, but she really puts it in perspective for the rest of us! She has a very special relationship with "baby sissy Olivia" that she lets us in on every now and then. Just the other day, she was looking up at the clouds trying to find shapes (a great way to pass time on the way home from school each day!) She suddenly exclaimed that she saw her name written in the clouds! She immediately looked up and said, "Hey sissy! Thanks for writing my name. I love you!" And that was it.....if you ask her about it she may or may not tell you about it. It's just her special relationship with her baby sister. Not long after we lost Olivia, Abby looked at me and said, "But Mom, don't be sad. She's still a special part of our family." Amazing!
So now the countdown is on! I am certain the next two days until the c-section will be the LONGEST days ever, and Abby is convinced that the next 24 days until Christmas will never pass!! Patience is a virtue we seem to need! Here are a couple of pictures of Abby in front of the tree. I snapped it last night in between answering why she couldn't open the presents now!
This is a more true picture!
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After tonite, time will once again begin to fly and you will look back on this evening with a big sigh of relief that "it is over" the waiting won't take long when you are on the other side of it.
Love ya,
Aunt Lora
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