Maddy {New Big Sister to Mia}

She didn't want to smile

and I'm ok with that.

Sometimes we just don't want to smile.

She is 4 and the new big sister.

I believe her comment to her mom was, "Mia can go back to the hospital now."

It is hard, isn't it?  Life and all of its changes.

She is used to being the one and only.

So on this day we went to the park with my kids (her cousins)

And we sang songs (I did a glorious rendition of The Ladybug Picnic)

which led to us talking about what we'd bring to a picnic (she'd make PB&J)

and we stayed on the swings for as long as we wanted.

And we only smiled when we felt like it.

It was on the swings that she got the giggles...