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There’s a familiar chill in the air now, and I’ve brought all our winter wear out of storage.   It’s funny to see Amanda wearing Eva’s coat from last year already.  They’re two years apart, but Eva was still wearing 24-month/2T clothes last year (now she’s in 4T).  Amanda is 15 months old, but now she’s wearing 18 to 24-month clothes.  Eva keeps trying to claim the familiar clothes as hers, but we have to remind her, “No, Eva’s a big girl now.  She has new clothes.  These are Amanda’s clothes now.”  

 

The rain, cold, and fall colors bring back memories of when we first moved here a year ago.  Amanda was a tiny newborn, barely 8 weeks old, and Eva was still a precocious 2-year-old.  I remember how intimidating it was to adjust to a new state and climate.  I was still just learning how to handle two kids instead of one, so it was an added challenge to handle bundling them up and hauling them around in constantly rainy weather. 

 

Thank goodness this year will be easier!  Handling two kids is normal for me now, I’m used to the weather, Amanda knows how to walk (though she still gets carried around a lot), and we’re no longer in those seedy apartments.  It’s such a blessing to pull up in my own driveway instead of trying to sprint through a parking lot in the rain, carrying everything in one trip!