I had the great opportunity to spend Memorial Day weekend with my older brother, sister-in-law and my niece. They just moved into a bigger house and have a guest futon of which I took full advantage. They make parenting look good. My niece is teething and got a little bit of a fever on my second day in town. I love her so much and got nervous when she obviously wasn’t feeling well but they just did some parent things and stayed calm and don’t get frustrated when she is crying because she doesn’t feel good. As much as I love babies and kids living with them for a couple days reminded me how intense parenting is and how lucky it is that my amazing, cute, smart niece has such great parents making this life for her where she will develop and grow.
she did sit on my lap to read books and we built blocks, which I swear she was counting even though she’s only One.