A Calming Chaos: Anne Elise

My niece came into this world a month ago today. I am elated, to say the least. She is beautiful, and looking at her makes me long for Alyssa to be a baby again. Chris says we should just have another. I'm ok with that, :). I had no intentions on going up there to meet her at the beginning. I couldn't afford it, and didn't think it would be feasible for me to get away from Florida. But, alas, when there is a will, there is a way. We made it up the day after she turned 1 week, and I got to hold her first, and had to fight back tears. The feeling of holding my blood niece was unimaginable. She was sleeping, and I scooped her up, and said her name, and she smiled from ear to ear. What can I say, she melted my heart.

Alyssa was ecstatic to go up, and hold a real baby. She practiced with her baby doll so that she knew how to hold her head and body just right. She did a great job with her.

And another great thing about when we went, is that it was snowing the day we were there! It was super cold, but I guess I'm so used to it being cold and not snowing here, that it didn't even occur to me that it could snow. When we opened the window that morning, I saw a white blanket barely covering the ground. It wasn't much, but we took advantage of it.