Pepsi was my first girl. She’s been with me through so many chapters of life, and now, she’s here for one of the most precious, watching her become a part of Alice’s world.

Alice adores Pepsi. She studies her with the kind of focus only babies seem to have. When Pepsi grooms her face, Alice watches like it’s the most fascinating show on Earth. When Pepsi eats or drinks, Alice wants front row seats, right up in the action, soaking it all in.

It’s the cutest thing watching them evolve together. Alice has started to understand that Pepsi isn’t just another soft object to crawl through. She’s learning. She goes around her now, most of the time at least. We’re also working on gentle pets, and I can already see Alice trying to control those wiggly little fingers just to be soft with her furry sister.

And like clockwork, Pepsi finds the last sliver of evening sun and soaks it up, beautiful as ever. Brett snapped this photo right in that moment, and it just felt like her. Peaceful. Patient. Constant.

It melts me to see them grow together,one teaching patience, the other curiosity. Two very different girls who somehow just get each other.