The Adventures of KJ & The Dreamy Giraffe

We Now Interrupt Your Regularly Schedule Adventure For A Sibling Lovefest!

Dear Susan,

You are a wonderful sister.

Last week, when I was at the lowest of lows and you picked me up by sending me cards and e-cards and leaving sweet comments on this very blog.  This was not the first time you've been the one to step up and give me encouragement when I needed it the most.  I don't think I've said how much that meant to me, but it meant more than you will ever know.

I am so sorry I didn't have the money this year to buy you a super duper fabulous present and feel horrible that I didn't talk to you on your actual birthday, but I hope you know that I plan to generously share all future wealth with you, Patrick and Kaylee, as well as Momma & Daddy, that I'm not just doing this for me... I'm doing this for all of us, and I hope that makes up for the lack of gifts and things in the meantime.  So...hopefully sooner than we all expect, we'll all have three nice, big houses in a pretty little row in Charlotte -- I think the hardest part of making that dream come true will be convincing Pop Pop to relocate.

I hope you know I'd buy you the world if I could. 

Even though like I said Friday night, funds are so tight right now I'd feel guilty going to the store to buy a pack of gum, and though I only have one pair of pants NOT covered in paint and can't afford, well, much of anything at all the moment...and even though I know had I stayed at That Law Firm, I would have a pretty fat savings account and would be able to buy as many pair of non-painted pants as I wanted to...I wouldn't go back and do a single thing differently, because I know that had I stayed at The Law Firm, I wouldn't have gotten to see you and Kaylee a fraction of what I have, and I would've missed so much, and I wouldn't trade these past two years, especially the time I've gotten to spend with you guys, for anything at all.

I love you so much and I am so grateful that you've let me be such a huge part of Kaylee's life, because like with being sisters, it's such a special relationship, and aunts who are just "Christmas aunts" are really and truly losing out.

Love,

Kathy (a.k.a "KJ")

Adventure #66: DearEST Kaylee

Dearest* Kaylee,

This week, you are 22 months old.  When the above picture was taken, you weren't even a full day old.

I've been saying and saying and saying I wanted to start (& keep) a Comprehensive List of Cute Things Kaylee Does since, well, since you started doing cute things, which I'm pretty sure was about three and a half seconds after you were born.  Wait, no.  I DO remember you once kicking my hand through your Mommy's tummy, and that was VERY cute, so I guess I should've started the listmaking even before your birth.

Here is some of the most recent cuteness:

You like to talk to the baby in the door.  This is not new a thing.  But now, when the door is closed, and you can't talk to the baby in the door, because the baby in the door is on the other side of the door, you'll grab the doorknob and say, "See the baby!" You've also begun asking the baby in the door, "Baby, are you oh-KAY?"  And you don't even get upset with the baby when the baby doesn't answer you.