Sibling love

Recently we have struggled with teaching Mia how to express her frustrations with her brother (or anyone, really) using words and not her hands. Her vocabulary is rapidly expanding (pretty incredible right now, actually), but is still not quite extensive enough to convey all of her wants, needs, or feelings. So she hits ....

BUT, she has become very good now at saying "sorry" and then hugging or kissing the person who she has wronged. Tonight she really wanted to let Luke know how she felt ... she knocked him right over with her hug, and then they laid there for a few minutes just hugging.


Very sweet. They are actually becoming even more loving towards one another and it absolutely melts my heart. Lots of hugs, kisses, and "I love yous."

He loves me...

he loves me not...

I'm pretty sure this is what Mia wonders on a daily basis about her brother ... and actually vice versa as well. They definitely have a love-hate relationship sometimes. Luke's infamous line right now is, "I don't feel like Mia today." Hmmm...not so nice.

However, there are those times (and they seem to be getting more and more often as Mia becomes more able to "play") when they genuinely enjoy one another's company.

Love that!

Smiles for Brother

Mia is completely in love with her big brother. I took these photos while he was chatting it up with her - too cute. You can just see the adoration and love for him in her eyes.

Moments

I wish I could bottle them all and save them for later

Reading

Too cute...

Luke actually knows the words to this book pretty well, so "reading" it to Mia was no problem. Goes to show how many times we've read it!

I'm pretty sure that there is an almost identical picture to this of my brother and I - I'll have to get it from my mom and I'll post it here, just for fun. So check back

Siblings

When I first found out I was pregnant with Mia, I thought a lot about how I might possibly love her as much as I do Luke. I also worried for Luke about how he would fare once he didn't have all of our attention. I had even found a poem that I blogged about (see "Loving Two") that described my feelings at that time.

As Mia begins to grow and become her own little person, I watch in awe as Luke takes on this new role of big brother. I honestly could have never imagined that he would actually like her, much less LOVE her, in these early days when she requires so much of my attention ... yet, he does. He shows concern for her, compassion, love, and a protectiveness that makes my heart swell. He told Mia today that she is "just so pretty."

Luke, your love for your sister makes me love you even more (if that is humanly possible). I feel so blessed to watch the two of you develop your relationship. I know that there will be so many challenging times as siblings (some of which Daddy and I will have to referee), but I am completely enjoying this time as you get to know one another and develop a bond that you will share forever.