4 Kiddos

Today we got to watch my friend Alissa’s little girl Scarlett.

She’s the cutest little 19-month-old.  Alissa just had her second kiddo, baby Atticus.  Scarlett and Atticus are around 18 months apart.  This is exactly Harper and Huddy…18 months to the day actually.  I remember those days very well.

I asked if we could watch Scarlett for the whole day and we had an absolute blast with her.  I remember so clearly how tired I was right after Huddy was born with chasing after Harper and doing the late nights with Huddy.  I figured Alissa could use a break and we needed some itty bitty kiddo practice with our new addition being so itty bitty himself.

Some things I realized today or re-remembered…Harper is an excellent big sister.  And with a littler kiddo…she totally rocks.

I haven’t had to cut up grapes in, well I can’t even recall at this point.  I smiled a bit while cutting them into fourths and then tearing Scarlett’s lunch into pieces.

I’ll be honest, the thought of entering the world of baby again has sent my blood pressure through the roof a bit.  Our kids are all very self sufficient…they all use the bathroom on their own, pick out their clothes, dress themselves, put on shoes, wash hands, put their plates away, make their beds, get in the car by themselves and the list could go on and on.  But that cute little face makes me ready for baby & toddler world again…itty bitty boy can not get here fast enough.

Itty bittys are messy.  So fun and sweet and wildly messy.  Today as Scarlett emptied out every last marker, crayon and pencil jar in Harper’s room, I thought about when Harper was that age.  One of her favorite pass times was emptying out my Sharpie basket over and over and over again.

We all enjoyed the mess and didn’t clean up a thing until right before taking Scarlett home.  I knew better 🙂

And the last thing I re-remembered today…little one’s sleeping in car seats are WAY cute.

Happy Thursday!