On Sunday evening we were gathered together as a family to have a prayer and read the scriptures for a few minutes. We reminded Jace that the next day was Gracie's birthday. We told him that she was not going to be 1 years old anymore but 2 years old instead. His little voice started to crack and the tears started. Surprised at his reaction we asked him what was wrong. He said he was really sad that tomorrow Gracie wasn't going to be a baby anymore and he was going to miss her being a baby.
Inquiring further, we learned that he thought she was going to wake up all grown up the next morning. But we reassured him that she would look the same when she woke up .
And sure enough she did. He was so relieved - and thrilled! He chose to stay home from preschool and play with her all day. He was so cute with her. He built her towers to knock over, and he tried everything silly he could think of to make her laugh.
That evening, when Ryan got home from work, the two of us snuck out of the house to go shopping for her party supplies. He was so exhausted from entertaining her all day, that he fell fast asleep.
On the way home he wanted to know how I was going to tell everyone in Iowa that it was Gracie's birthday. I told him I couldn't tell everyone, but the people who knew and loved her were thinking about her on her special day. He was mostly OK with that, but a little disappointed.
What a sweet brother he is. He wanted so much for her day to be perfect.
Jace is the big brother that every little girl dreams of having. Ryan was that kind of big brother to his siblings as well as the pixie dust to his marma.
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