Little Momma

For the first week of Finns' life Ruby really didn't care. It was love at first site at the hospital but when we brought him home, she just didn't care at all. In fact the night we came home my mom asked if she could keep the kids one more night for us and I said its whatever the kids want. Hudson of course couldn't leave Finns side for a second without crying in fear that he wouldn't be there when he came back so he stayed home. But when she asked Ruby she was just fine staying with Grammy. For the first week, she really never once asked to hold him, never came over to look at him, or acknowledge that he was there.  I was sad because I thought being an older sister she would be like a little mama to him and yet she didn't really care. Whenever she would come into a room where he was she'd say, "Is baby brother still here?" "Is that baby brother?" I knew she'd come around but yet I wasn't sure when. Then almost a week later all of a sudden she wanted to hold him, touch him, and look at him constantly. She wanted to help me with everything. She wanted to give him his toys, give him her food, and put clothes on him, just as any little mama would. 

Her favorite thing to do is when I am changing Finn bring her stool over and talk to him, he of course loves it. Well one day I left him on the changing pad for just a second to go get something. And all of a sudden I hear behind me, "Mama I got him." I turn around to see Ruby standing in the hall holding Finn with a look on her face like, "I'm gonna drop him". My first instinct was to scream, "AHHHH your gonna drop him. What are you doing!!!!" But luckily I held it in and actually started to laugh. I was in shock? How did she do that? The funny thing was that she was actually holding him right. Not like you'd think by the neck or arm or waist, but cradled ever so perfectly in her little arms. I slowly took him from her and said, "Thank you, but remember you have to 7 years old to pick up Finn and walk with him." I guess she really does love him. She's been such a good helper, big sister and little mama.

Ruby has adjusted pretty well to not being the baby anymore. Her little independent princess moments are still ever present but she's a girl and she's 3 1/2. But her scream if you've ever had the privilege to hear it hasn't gone away, its only gotten higher and louder. 

One thing about Ruby is that she is content to play by herself for HOURS! It will be quiet for over an hour and I'll be calling her name and I'll find her in different corners of our home playing with her toys. It is nice for those times when I'm busy with Finn, dinner, or sewing. I have to make an effort to "play" with her because she is so content by herself. One day while I was feeding Finn I kept hearing screaming. I just figured Hudson was bothering her and I wasn't about to go downstairs and find out and interrupt Finns lunch just to break up brother sister teasing. I kept yelling comes upstairs if you need me I'm feeding Finn but didn't hear anything so I just left her. I figured if she really wanted me she'd come upstairs. About 20 minutes or so later I went downstairs and could her hear crying ever so quietly, and a sad cry it was. I kept calling her name trying to find her. She wasn't in her room, Hudson's room or the playroom. Then I heard the cry get louder, "Mom help me I'm stuck over here." Oh no! I went over to the part of the basement that was unfinished over by all the storage and there she was, stuck in the baby booster chair. I felt awful, it had been over 20 min or more since I had heard her crying and yelling. I asked her what she was doing, got her out and said I was sorry, all while laughing the good thing was she was too.

I love my Sista girl, Ruby Doobie, Doobles, Rubles, Roo, Missy, and Miss Ruby. 

And the bangs? What do you think? I am thinking of growing them out but not sure. It just seems like every time I go to cut them they get fuller, so we'll see what happens. Either way, its so fun to have girl in the mix of all these boys.