okay, so i know (and possibly) you know that i have been blessed by God with two incredible little boys. seth aaron is my oldest. he is 10 years old and so handsome and smart. the boy never ceases to amaze me!! and daylee james is my wee little man. daylee will be turning four here soon and the boy is full of energy, so quick witted and he just makes my day.
i love my two little boys very, very much, but guess what?! i wish i had one baby girl, but then i think, "man, i can't do hair, or nails, or anything girl- related." and then i'm not so bummed that i had two boys who won't care about fashion or the latest trends in makeup and shoes and i relish at the idea of little drama with boys, but still, i must say that i love, love, love having two nieces.
i love telling lily about different times when she was a baby and how i loved on her, bought her princess toys and cute little outfits and even now, i love taking her from my sister and doing aunt mimi/lily things(like snuggling up, watching scooby doo, eating junk food and letting her stay up way beyond her bedtime). what are mimi's for, if not to spoil their nieces?!? sadly, i got to spend a huge amount of quality time with lily before i moved from arizona and it literally breaks my little black heart not to get the same mimi/margot time that i had with bean. i blubbered like a baby when i kissed miss margot on her sweet little head the night before i left town. i know i'll be seeing her again soon, but by then she might be sitting up, rolling around on her play mat and doing all sorts of "grown up" stuff. i keep thinking about different ways to take quick trips back to phoenix just to see her so i won't miss her growing up so quickly. i just want to be able to have the same connection with margot that i have with miss lily. i want to be able to steal both my nieces from my sister, let them eat junk food, stay up late, go to movies and spoil them rotten(even when i know my sister may get a little upset with me), but they're only little once and knowing that i won't have anymore kids, so girls of my own are out of the question, i have to soak up all the princess i can with my two very, very special nieces.
It is really hard not to live near your family. Do you have Skype? We use that a lot and it really helps. You could have Skype dates with Margot and Joanna in between your visits; then you could at least see her.
ReplyDeleteLily LOVES you, Jamie. And so will Margot. I promise. There is just something about an aunt willing to spoil them rotten that really speaks to them...:) Just kidding. But seriously, you do spoil my girls.
ReplyDeleteWe'll try to keep sending photos as often as we can in between visits. Hopefully we'll be able to come see you sometime, too.
You know, this wouldn't be a problem if you lived closer... Just sayin'.