On having enought love...

I know a common concern for parents when they are pregnant with their second child is if they will have enough love for subsequent children. Personally, I was never worried about that because of how my love changed after Elie was born. I remember one of the things that surprised me the most about having Elie was my love for Nick. I loved him more because he loved our child. Every time I saw his smile at her or teach her something, I loved him more. When Lainey was born my love for him and Elie did the same thing. Now, with Delia, I am experiencing the same phenomenon. I love to watch Lainey be a big sister. She wants to "mwah" baby all the time. If Delia starts to cry, Lainey will immediately run to her and say "hey lelah hey shhh." She will even go so far as to get her own pacifier out of her bed and try and soothe her baby.
Elie's role as big sister is different than it was with Lainey and she loves being the one showing Lainey how to do it.
The old cliche "love grows" is so unbelievably accurate it blows my mind. My sister got married this weekend and in the sermon my brother in law (not the groom) talked about how "God is love" and therefore Love is a person. An independent entity. A living, being. I never really fully understood that until having kids.