I can remember a few occasions where my younger sister complained about the lack of photos from her childhood. She would point out the millions of photos, baby books, and keepsakes that were from my first years of life in comparision to the few momentos from hers. I used to roll my eyes and dismiss her - pointing out the many,
many photos that had been taken of her over the years.
In hindsight what I failed to acknowledge was the number of times that I also "starred" in her baby photos. I was always part of her "firsts" and quite often the milestones she was hitting were milestones that I had already hit. Been there...done that...
I know this to be true now that I have 2 kiddies. The differences between Cooper's photo files and Leah's are a little concerning already.
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| Cooper and Leah - sibling rivalry is in full effect! |
As much as we love the 2 equally - there really are less photos, videos, and momentos for just Leah. Take this blog for instance. It used to be a blog about Cooper...now it's a blog about the 2 of them. Sadly it will never be just Leah's blog. I'm struggling with this because on one hand I know I'm going to be called on it some day - and everything she says will be true - but on the other hand now that we have 2 kids there's not enough time in the day. I would even argue that I'm taking less and less photos overall. The moments are slipping through the hourglass and along the way I'm resorting to making mental notes - we all know how well that works!
So the next blog I write will be a message for my darling, precious, beautiful little girl Leah. I can't guaruntee that I won't mention Cooper in the blog - because he's an important part of her life too - but it will be a love note from me to her...something I will try to do from time to time to make up for the times when I haven't been able to single her out - my poor 2nd child!
