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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

TOUCHING MARCO

We now have an established bedtime routine with Lucia. I always say a little blessing for her and Marco before I put her in her crib for the night, but she is always asleep by then. Other than that, there is no other ritual at this point we have with her for saying goodnight to Marco. Well, he must have nudged me tonight for him to say a special goodnight to his sister. As I was walking around with her turning lights out, I felt compelled to bring her over to his picture and urn on my dresser. I held his framed picture out for her to see and talked to her about him. Then she stuck out her little hand and touched the picture. Oh how that pulled at my heart strings. I think from now on, I'm going to come up with some ritual of us saying goodnight to Marco before she falls asleep. On another note, Lucia had her 4 month check up last week. She did great! I talked to the pediatrician about the "monkey face" that I was worried about a month or so ago, but she was unimpressed and said that everything she was doing was totally normal. She really hasn't been making that face anymore anyway. She just likes to stick her tongue out now...it's pretty cute. I guess she's just getting used to the fact that she has this thing in her mouth! This past Sunday was the 1 year anniversary of when I found out I was pregnant with her. It is so amazing to me that this year has passed and that Lucia is now here with us...just amazing. On the flip side, it will be the 2 year anniversary of my original due date for Marco on Dec 18th. I don't think we did anything last year to mark that day, but I feel compelled to release a balloon for him this year, so I think I will do that. Marco, thank you for letting Mommy know that you want to be more a part of our bedtime routine. I promise that I will always make sure that Lucia knows all about you and just how special you are. I love you so much my sweet boy.

  • Libby it's amazing the nudges we get from our Angelbabies!  

    OOOOooooh Lucia, I love your belly!!!!  It matches mine!

    Love and Light,

    Liz

  • Oh Libby Lucia is so beautiful... I love when babies pull their little tongues out..... that is a special way to remember Marco, I used to talk to Stefano about Antonella, and now Stefano every time includes Antonella in our lives, like the t shirts in Disney....and he even pray for her...so sweet my little boy..... I am sure Lucia will be like this.....

    hugs

    Lorena

  • Libby, oh my gosh, i love that first picture of her, what a belly! :)  and Bella has a very similar christmas dress this year, it looks almost identical!

    The way you described Lucia reaching out for Marco's picture pulled on my heart too.  It's seems so complicated when it comes to integrating the children we lost into the ones which survived, it's such an important thing for me too.

    i wish your family a very special christmas this year!

    jennifer

  • Lucia is so pretty! I love the first picture of her smile! What a nice way to remeber Marco at bedtime. Lucia is going to grow up loving her big brother. Hugs to you as the 18th approches.

    Laura

  • What a cutie pie!!!  I can't believe how much she's grown just since October!!!  Slow her down!

    I'm glad that her checkup went well and that she's learning about her amazing big brother early on.  Ansley always prays and asks God to give her sister a hug for her.  So sweet!

    Tracy

  • Oh my goodness, she's already 4 months!  She has grown so much.  You're taking lots of pics, right?  Okay, good.  It must have been hard to hold back tears when she stretched out her hand to her brother's picture.  I love the nighttime routine that you're putting into place:)  Very sweet Libby.  

    This time of year brings up so many memorable dates.  I'm sure whatever you do, it will be special.

    Happy Holidays,

    Lindsay

  • What a great santa baby picture.  We did a similar one with Cael and his cousin at their first Christmas.

    I love that your kids gave you that sign.  What a special moment.

    Love,

    Megan.

  • Your daughter is beautiful! I also think its wonderful that your teaching her about her older brother and making him apart of her!