I LOVE free stuff. Love it. I have a hard time controlling myself. I think Brooklynn has the same trait. She just started carrying them up to our apartment. We have 8 pumpkins here now.
So this cute little jean skirt kept showing up in the laundry...it seemed like way more than Brooklynn was wearing it...until I put her fall clothes in her drawers and discovered that there are TWO of them. One is my sister's and one is my sister-in-law's. Yup...the same exact skirt, even in the same size. I thought it would be fun to dress my girls in matching outfits for church. (YUP...matching same-sizedoutfits--Gabby can wear Brooklynn's 3T stuff.)
I've only occasionally thought my girls have looked alike. I came across this picture of Brooklynn from when she was slightly chubbier (yup, even my little Bean-pole had a chubby-phase) and I totally thought it looked so much like Gabby. Not identical or anything, but a lot more alike than I've thought before.
Brooklynn has done super well with Gabriella. She is definitely had a rough transition, but she already LOVES her sister. It is really cute. Whenever she sees her she has to come kiss her head. I'm so thankful their relationship has gone so well. Gabby is pretty much oblivious, but Brooklynn is so sweet with Gabby. She is even very protective of her already. The first night she was very sad not to get to sleep with her in her room, she kept saying, "baby! baby!" We had to explain that it is not time to share a room YET.
I also think Brooke's adjustment is getting slowly better. I think she is starting to realize that life isn't really that much different, and she's not going anywhere.
We were very excited (and a little curious to see how she liked it) to introduce Brooklynn to Gabriella. Emily brought her over after lunch time.
First we had some Mommy and Brookie snuggle time. Brooklynn was past due for her nap and we wanted her to feel loved.
Brooklynn got to open her present from Gabriella! She got her own "Big Sister" and "Little Sister" babies! I think they're SO cute. She was excited to get a present.
We also had Brooklynn give her present to Gabriella which was a PURPLE Baba just like Brooklynn's beloved "Baba"s. I wanted her to actually give it to her so she'd remember that those are Gabby's. She keeps bringing it to her still, like, "Here, Gabby. I know you want this." it's cute. Gabby couldn't care less yet. She will.
When Josh went out to help Emily load Brooklynn's stuff into our car Brooklynn started crying SO much. She kept saying, "My Daddy, my Daddy, my Cece my Cece! Nooooooooooooo! Dadddddddddddyyyyyyyyy!" Oh it broke my heart. She opened the door, even, and took off down the hall and I had to call her back in. I was getting all kinds of stomach cramps/contractions from stress, I think. It was bad. The first few times Brooklynn was around they were worse than usual. Maybe it was a double dose of Mommy hormones or something.
Then she calmed down a little bit when I showed her some snacks by my bed. She liked this and started to like Gabby more again.
We gave Brooklynn her milk and tried to put her down at the Birth Center for a nap or at least some rest time but there was way too much excitement for her.She did cheer up a little bit, even though she was still a little touchy. By the time we left Brooklynn and Gabby were best friends.
