Sweet Meggie

Megan turned 2 in September.  From the moment she was born, it was clear that she was a relaxed, happy go lucky type of kid.  She actually fell asleep while the pediatrician was examining her in the hospital!   As a baby, she was easy to take to new places, she slept well, she liked meeting new people, and she had a great belly laugh for such a little baby.

Bubbie said from the beginning, "What a tiny baby!"  I didn't understand why she would say that when Megan's weight was quite similar to Nicole's as a newborn.  Turns out, Bubbie was right.  Megan is very fine boned, and well...tiny.  She has had many tests to be sure she is okay, and every one of them have indicated that she is perfect in every way.  She has the stature of her grandmother and great grandmothers.

What Megan lacks in stature, she makes up for with her LOUD voice.  She has been dubbed, "Little Sarge."  She walks around like she is 10 feet tall, and as though she has everything under control.  Megan takes charge when she needs to, she defends herself like a wildcat from her sister, and she makes sure that everyone knows that she has opinions that need to be considered.  At the same time, she is sympathetic to others, and is compliant (though recently, she puts up a fight when it's time to go to bed, but gives up rather easily).  Megan attends a children's morning out program a couple times a week, and her teachers can't say enough about her and how adorable she is each time she is there.

A friend once told me that Megan has a kind and gentle spirit that pulls you in and grabs hold.  You can't help but be endeared by  her big green eyes, her bushy eye lashes, her toothy/gummy grin, and her muppet-like voice.  Her thumbsucking is even cute, though will be an orthodontic nightmare when she's older.  Megan is a living Abby Cadabby at age two.  As we watch her jump around on her little legs, laughing and grinning and being silly, or dutifully carrying out a task,  David always says he wishes we could bottle this stage in her life.  I couldn't agree more.  She'll always be our Sweet Meggie.