I love peoples reactions when I say that I want (at least) 4 kids. Coming from a family of 5 and knowing how much fun it is, I don’t want my kids to miss out!! But seriously. When I met my husband he 1) wanted to get married when he was 30 and 2) wanted 2 kids. That is it. Well, we got married when he was 22 and I was 20. We already have one baby, so what is 3 more?!
I love kids. LOVE kids. I always have, always will. I love Scarlett and my nieces so much that it makes my head hurt. So imagine my joy when my sister asked if we could take both girls for a week!! (Hint: I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of joy I experienced)
My first niece, Rosie, is 2.5. She is very very busy…very curious..and very smart. You tell her not to do something and she does it anyways, but looks out of the corner of her eye as she is doing it. She has the sweetest personality though and LOVES her sister and little cousin. Scarlett and Thea both light up when they see Rosie.
We started out our week with me driving “4” hours home with all three girls. Oh my. My trip took over 8 hours. I was hoping to make it halfway home before stopping, but I only made it 45 minutes. I stopped to feed Scarlett and let the girls play in the van.
Once babies were fed and Rosie had a snack, we were on our way again. I ended up having to stop a second time but I couldn’t find my phone…so there is no picture evidence. 😦
Once I got 20 miles from home, I called my mom and she came to meet me. Thea and Scarlett had fun laughing at each other while we got Rosie ready to get back into the car.
But Rosie being Rosie saw two adorable kids across the restaurant, so she had to go and say hi.
Woohoo!! Time to go home. That was a LONG day.
The next day was a fun filled day at home. I gave all three girls a bath together (Rosie was giddy the entire time. She loves being with the babies)
All of the girls played so good together and had so much fun. Here are a couple of my favorites of the girls.
Super dad!
I would not be auntie Tori if I didn’t have them wear matching outfits at least once
My favorite girls!
Antie Riah came to visit us
The girls LOVED our coffee table. It was the hot place to be. They would always be standing there watching or playing with a toy.
And sometimes Thea did this to Scarlett….
Ahh…so cute. So many memories I will get to share with them.
We decided these girls had too much energy so we went to the mall. There is a small play area that Rosie loves, and it was actually really good for the little ones too. I will definitely be going back!
I have definitely felt like my relationship with Thea was WAY different than it was with Rosie. I had no baby of my own, I saw her multiple times a week, so we had a much stronger and bigger bond early on. I didn’t feel like I knew Thea, and I didn’t feel like she liked me. Wow did that change this week! I really bonded with Thea, and I loved every minute of it. I had so much fun with her. She is such a sweetie and is always smiling at you even if you aren’t watching. She would grip onto my shirt if my mom would try and take her. I secretly loved it 😉 I usually nurse Scarlett in our recliner, so a lot of the times when I would nurse her Thea would come and stand by my feet and play or watch me. I had my very own companion.
I love you Thea bear!!!!
Another really fun place was the gate by the stairs. Thea loved to go and stand there and hold onto it. She was really really good at climbing stairs too. I was amazed! Scarlett and Thea played over there a lot.
Hey auntie!
Okay last picture…I was drinking my coffee on the couch, and Rosie came over and took my cup. I asked her to give it back to me because that is my coffee. She said “mimi said I can drink coffee!!!!!” super excitedly. As if she needs more sugar. So I told her no, go ask Mimi again. Come to find out Mimi did tell her she could have a sip….but Rosie comes back, puts her face mask on her eyes, and drinks my coffee. Maybe she thought she was invisible? Who knows. But it was stinkin cute and I couldn’t be mad at her. (Sisi..if you are reading this……..sorry.)
I love love love that my sister lets us take the girls as much as she does. It is so hard being 4 hours away, I miss them so much!! I am blessed beyond measure that I get to be their auntie. We had such a fun week and it just flew by. Being a mommy is the best, and being an auntie is the best. ❤
And yes…even after having 3 girls under the age of 3, it has made me want 4 kids even more now. 😉