Today we went and got our Christmas Tree. The holidays are arriving in our house. Tonight we decorate. We got a 7(-ish) foot Douglas Fir. N (almost 4) is so excited to decorate the tree. K (19 months) was pretty excited about seeing the trees at the lot. I told her we were going to get one and have it in our house. She seemed to think this was a fine idea, but she looked a little baffled too. Almost as if she was thinking, "Why Mommy? Why are we going to put a big tree in our house??? That's just a little weird, but okay, if you say it's tradition. It just seems a little weird to me. Weird in a good way, but weird nevertheless." T (3.5 months) was a wonderful little one at the lot and smiled and made cute squealing noises (her new thing), but doesn't seem that into the tree idea. (Just wait till next year I tell her.)
It’s so odd to me that at this time last year, T had firmly implanted herself into my body, but I didn’t know it. She was rapidly dividing and working on making her presence known. In fact, this weekend one year ago, I proclaimed to a set of girlfriends that I thought 3 might be fun, but that my dear husband would like to wait a while before we discussed it. (Oh how funny this seems now.) (My dear husband was much cooler when we found out that we were pregnant than I was…. More about this later.)
Anyway, back to the cute squealing noises... N never made them. I was glad at the time. I felt sorry for my friends who had squealing babies. Even happy squealing ones. N was a very quiet yet talkative, serious yet happy, baby. She loved Peek-a-Boo from a very young age. It still makes her giggle now. K was a more happy-go-lucky baby than N. She made a few more squealing noises, but mostly they were out of frustration not happiness. T seems to be our happy bubbly squealer. Today, N is fairly serious, intense, fearless and adventuresome. K is more cautious, fairly mellow, and very carefree. T seems like she’s going to be just downright silly and fun and totally mellow.
Both N and K are very independent, but in different ways. N’s personal motto is, “Nothing can stop the N______!” (She made this up and it totally fits!) N is independent in a very headstrong way. K is independent in a very competent way. T hasn’t shown much independence yet (she’s only 3.5 months), but I imagine she’ll be independent in her own way. N reminds me of me and K reminds me of him in terms of personality. It will be so much fun to watch T’s personality develop.
OK…. I am rambling now. Perhaps this is why I have trouble with the whole blog notion… I like to blog about things that I’m thinking about because I write and think better than if I’m just putting it into my journal…. However, I worry that other people will read this and just shake their head at my self-involvedness…. But then I remember that this is my blog and I can do with it what I want. If people don’t like reading it, they don’t have to read it. I’m ok with that. I am doing this primarily for me and my little ones and if other people read this and enjoy it or learn from it, great. If not, no big deal.
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