Okay, so if I haven’t mentioned it, Mackenzie is so in love with her little sister that she can hardly contain herself. Where before she would drop anything to spend the night or visit grandma and grandpa’s house, now when we ask her, all we hear is “Is Riley going to be there”. Yes, each time we ask her that is her response.
I want to share with you, the drawings that Mackenzie has drawn since welcoming Riley into the family.
Mac’s scan from Vegas on 4-9-11 pdf
Click on the above to see what she drew on the eve of her leaving Las Vegas with my parents and my brother, as she had to return to school. The background is that we all arrived in Vegas on Friday, April 8th and were staying through Sunday, the 10th, but much to our excitement and anticipation, we welcomed Riley into our family on Saturday, April 9th! Unfortunately, due to ICPC, we could not leave Las Vegas with her until we received approval, which in our case had to go from signatures from Las Vegas to Carson City, Carson City to Orinda and Orinda back to Carson City. So much red tape, but oh so worth it! So as you will see in the picture, we are up in the hotel window and so is Riley and Riley is yelling Mac! and Mac is in the car with my parents and brother driving away from the hotel. So while she was strong on the outside, on the inside it was very emotional for her to leave her new little sister and of course mom and dad, though I don’t think she thought much of mom and dad at that time, I mean we can’t compete with a little sister. The picture reads and I’m correcting spelling here, “I’m having a good time but I wish we can take my baby home today not even tomorrow and I can’t stay! If my mom and dad leave with the baby my mom and dad could get in trouble.”
Easter Card from Mac 4-24-11 pdf
Now, click above to see the picture of the front and inside of a fold over card that Mackenzie made us for Easter, she insisted on making our Easter cards this year. All I can say is wow; she is beyond excited at the arrival of her sister. The front of the card reads, “Congratulations mom and dad” and there is a picture she drew of her and Riley and on Riley’s onesie there is a little yellow chickadee. The inside of the card reads and I am correcting spelling here to, “I want all of you to know that when I was born I had a great time but now it’s better for my life now all because I got her. Every time I look in her eyes I love her more than the other times. Love, Mackenzie
Happy 1st Easter Riley from Mac 4-24-11 pdf
The last picture above is the front and inside of a fold over card that she made for Riley for her first Easter, on the front is a bunny and a house, the house reads, “my home” and at the top of the card, it says, “Happy 1 Easter Riley”. On the inside she has written (spelling corrected), “You are a great sister and Happy 1 Easter Love big sister” it is so cute, I corrected the spelling, but as you can see she spelled sister, sitter each time, we cracked up that she’s a big sitter now!
As you can see with what I’ve shared, she is so excited and proud to be a big sister; yes, we are all so blessed with the arrival of Riley.
