1 (month), 3 (and 2 months), 5 (and 10 months)

I have three (amazing) reasons, why I am too tired to come up with anything cute or witty to say in this post...luckily, even intense sleep deprivation won't prevent me from stating the obvious. :)

This sweet girl couldn't be more loved!

She gets countless kisses and cuddles each day.

The second her eyes open (and sometimes before) , sweet high pitched "I love yous" and "hi, pretty girl!" fill her ears.

James loves her so much, that sometimes his sweetness can turn sour when it isn't his turn to hold her.

So, like with most things in their life, we have even had to come up with ways to share.

They never get jealous of her and they don't even lose their patience with her when she cries...and unfortunletely, she does that quite a bit.

They could not be more proud to be her BIG brothers!  And I know that they will love and protect her throughout her life.

Their love for her is unconditional!  Before we started our family, Arthur told me that we had to have a boy first, now I see why.  Big brothers might be a little girl's greatest blessing, and this girl gets 2!

You make my heart sing

When I am pregnant, I seem to take on part of the personality of the baby I am pregnant with.  Some might say it is hormonal, but I think it has more to do with two spirits sharing one space.  Jake heighten many aspects of my personality, and now his intense type A personality often rivals my own.   James made me anxious...not because he is anxious, but because I could sense his eager daring nature.  But Scarlett, she was more specific.  From almost the very beginning of my pregnancy, I started to really miss singing.  It has been years since I really performed, but suddenly its absence felt like a huge loss in my life.  I literally bawled through an episode of Nashville one night.  Watching others sing became almost physically painful and I felt like a part of myself was missing.  So I started to sing.  And while I may only be belting show tunes with my boys in kitchen, it makes my heart happy.

But I don't think I do it just for me anymore, I think Scarlett wants to sing...will sing...and she will be wonderful.  So for now, I will sing for both of us, until, before I know it, she is singing with me...just like I use to do with my mother.