Erin Napieris hoping for “normalcy” in the world as she celebrates her daughter’s 4th birthday.
“The day she was born there was a flu epidemic that was so serious we couldn’t leave the house or have company for many weeks. Now she’s growing up in the COVID world and it is very small,” she says. “She has her family and a handful of friends and cousins, always in careful interactions, and I wish the world was different for them.”
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“Praying for normalcy to come sooner than later for all the little ones in the world tonight,” Erin concludes her post.
Ben also posted a sweet message for his daughter onInstagramalongside a collage of photos of Helen from the past year.
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“Last night, we put our 3 year old to bed for the last time. Today, she is 4,” he begins his caption. “We talked about everything she did in this year of her life. She did things that I have never done, things that I’ll never do, and things that I wish I could’ve done for her.”
Last month, the couple spoke to PEOPLE about life with their two daughters, sharing that they’refinding their “rhythm” as a family of four.
“It feels like every day is a dance, and it has to be carefully choreographed for us to get to the end and all feel good about it,” Erin joked in PEOPLE’s cover story.“The wheels fall off around 5 p.m.”
Ben’s day starts at 4:30 each morning and, he said, “I have every minute planned and scheduled until 8:30 or 9, whenever we get Helen in bed.”
“We’re just trying to find our rhythm,” Erin explained. “We had a rhythm as a family of three, and now we’re a family of four. Mae needs things when she needs them, and so does Helen and so do we. It’s a challenge, but I think we’re figuring it out.”
source: people.com
