mei mei

that's the word we hear around here for "little sister".
and mine is the best.

sometimes i look at adelaide and think "maybe she'll be like mine".

and i hope that for noah.
i hope she loves sparkly finger nail polishes and trips to wal mart with her baby sitters.
and that she is the main reason the baby sitters keep coming back.

my mei mei grew up and became beautiful.
she always was.
but now it's just a different kind.

she's radiant.