Our little baby turned 1 last week. She is such a sweet little girl. She is so patient and during the day simply walks around and plays on her own. She is really quiet and will sit and watch her older sisters interact. When they go to bed, or if she is with me one-on-one she is much more vocal. She will copy words and sounds and watches your mouth until she can do it too. She is such a smarty pants!
It's bittersweet when they start to get older. Now that she's 1 it's like she really is starting to grow up!
Ange has been asking for another little baby the last month. She says Ash is getting big so we need another little baby. Haha It's really cute. I told her the other week that I really don't think we're going to have another little baby and she told me to go eat some food, let my tummy get big and then we'll have one. I laughed so hard, she is so cute. It makes perfect sense! No explaining to her how babies are made. :p After that little chat though, she has not asked for a baby again.
It can be quite challenging with the kids. Especially since we have such a small apartment when they were used to a bigger house where they could run around and play when the baby was sleeping. But, aside from that... I will be sad to leave here!! It took a little bit, but I love where we live. I don't need a car, and we are right beside Union. So, whenever I need to get somewhere, I just hop on the transit, and we are good to go. The girls love the train and most often I have Ash bundled to me so she sleeps most of the time! It's great.
Having the grocery store and Starbucks in my basement?! LOVE. I never have to get the kids and myself dressed up all warm because we don't go outside!!! We put our shoes on and we are good to go! I love it. And when you forget something and need to pop out for it?! DOWNSTAIRS! It's awesome. Truly, truly awesome. So, I will definitely miss living here. We also have a killer view and I love having windows as my walls. It is bright all day long and I think this winter I definitely was not lacking in vitamin D! I love waking up and seeing the lake sparkling. After work in the summer, I love seeing all the boats out on the water. In the evenings, I like watching the sky change blue, orange, pink and purple as the sun sets. At night, I love sitting on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate and watching all the city lights twinkling. It is beautiful all day long. It is all day beauty.
We will have so many adventures in England, but I am glad we lived in the city this last year. Growing up and spending 99% of my life in the suburbs was great and I loved it. But it was really cool to experience something new! Onward and upward!
