Little Helper

One of the big things that happened to Nora since her last update at 15 months was that she became a big sister!!

I went into labor before Janie's due date so I wasn't expecting her arrival, but luckily we had spent the entire day before Janie's birthday as a family. We went shopping and to lunch and took care of some errands knowing that we needed to get things done.

Sweet Nora the day before Janie's birthday!

Love my big girl...

We couldn't be more proud of how Nora has been with Janie. She has exceeded our expectations as to how she would react to and treat a new baby. It seemed like she didn't even need to be told how to help with a newborn. She rocked Janie and tried to give her a pacifier whenever she cried... or whenever she wasn't... She brings me every single "baby" thing she can find - burp cloths, blankets, pacifiers, bibs, toys, etc. She is quite the little helper!

Trying to put in Janie's pacifier.

Rocking Janie in the car seat.

We put Janie in the car seat as part of our morning routine - can you tell??

But now, she even does more. She tries to pick up Janie (unsuccessfully, thank goodness), likes to "play" with her (heavily supervised), and enjoys talking to her while she sits in her car seat or in the Bumbo seat. She knows where Janie's room is and likes to go in to get her up from naps. She giggles with excitement whenever we go in to get her. She says "shhh" when she knows Janie is sleeping, even when we are on the opposite side of the house. She likes to watch her on the monitor. She will say "Jay-Jay?" and point to her when she starts crying in another room. She likes to point out the parts of the body that she knows on her (which is a lot...). She knows how to be gentle (usually).

Taking care of the soother.

She is a phenomenal big sister!!

My shirt says big sister!

It will be so fun to see how she interacts with Janie as they both get older. I'm sure we will need to continue to watch closely but Nora's face lights up when Janie smiles at her so I can only imagine what will happen when she eventually reacts to something that Nora does. Yay for sweet sisters!

Snuggling with both sweet girls.