Ellie's Baby

My sister, Patti is pregnant and due March 1. Since Patti has been pregnant, Ellie has had a baby in her belly too. If you rough house with her or tickle her, she might tell you..."STOP, you're hurting my baby!!" If she particularly likes something she is eating, she will tell you, "MMmmmmmm, my baby likes that" or "That makes my baby feel soooo good". Her baby has likes and dislikes in the wardrobe department too. She does not forget that she has this baby, and I am a little worried about what is going to happen when Aunt Patti's baby comes out, and hers doesn't. Ellie asks Patti how Claire is doing, what she is doing, and what she likes.

When Ellie was less than a year old, her cousin Brayden gave her one of his favorite blankets. While she has her own special blankey, Ellie treasures this one because it is from her big cousin. When we were getting ready for Patti's showers, I asked Ellie if she could get one special thing for Claire from her and Gracie, what would she pick. Ellie thought for a minute, and said "A Blankey". I thought this was the perfect choice, and very insightful. Ellie and Grace each have a lullaby that is "their song", and Ellie wants to know what Claire's song is going to be. She is very much interested in this baby, she is very connected with her Aunt's pregnancy.

Today while in the tubby, Ellie informed me that "Aunt Patti's baby is coming on the 15th, and mine is too". We were not talking about Claire, (that's going to be the baby's name) we were not talking about Aunt Patti. She can count to 20, but doesn't have any concept (or so I thought) of calendar days...So I have NO IDEA where this came from, she can be so random. Stuff like this just kills me. If Claire decides to be born on the 15th, we are going to assume there is some psychic connection between them!