Little Bug is 2 years and 3 months!

The biggest news this month is, of course, that Little Bug is now a BIG SISTER!

She has done remarkably well with this drastic change to her little life. From the moment she first laid eyes on her little sister in the NICU, she was all in.

She wants to feed her, burp her, rock her and play with her.

I am so proud of Little Bug.

Before plans changed and we thought Sweet Pea would be born in our home town, I devised a plan that would allow me to spend the mornings with Little Bug at home and then go up to spend time with Sweet Pea in the afternoon while Little Bug napped. I wanted to do everything possible to keep Little Bug’s life as stable as possible during all the craziness of NICU life.

When we learned Sweet Pea would actually be born about 1.5 hours away, my plan was obviously thrown out the window. (It was also another way that God taught me HE is in control and everything would be just fine because He’s got this.)

Even until the day Sweet Pea was born I had no plan really in place on how we were going to juggle one daughter being in our home town and one daughter being 1.5 hours away.

We left on a Thursday to go meet Sweet Pea, planning to come back on Sunday, with or without Sweet Pea. Come Sunday, I could not leave Sweet Pea and Little Bug was doing fabulous with my parents. Plus, it was looking like Sweet Pea was going to come home on Monday anyway.

When Sweet Pea didn’t come home on Monday, my parents and Little Bug packed up and came to stay with us in the town 1.5 hours away. Through all the back and forth, Little Bug was a complete trooper. She had some early wake ups and short naps which is usual for her when she is in “vacation” mode. But, overall, Little Bug went with the flow and did way better in all the “chaos” than I thought she was capable of doing.

The week we were home before the second hospital stay, we did have to nip a few things (behavior wise) in the bud, but it wasn’t long and things with her were back to normal.

She has only showed love towards Sweet Pea. When we left for Sweet Pea’s first doctor’s appointment after getting home from the NICU, Little Bug panicked when she didn’t see Sweet Pea when we got back! She asked, “Where is Sweet Pea??” When I told her she was just in her car seat asleep in the hall way, all was well in her little world again.

Just when we had gotten “settled” we were sent back to the hospital for three days. Little Bug moved back over to my parent’s house for those days and she continued to not miss a beat.

I cannot wait to see my girls grow up together. Growing up, I always wanted a sister. I am so grateful that Little Bug and Sweet Pea have each other. It thrills my heart to picture them one day playing together and doing things sisters do together.

I pray they become the best of friends.

- Elaine