Inspired by Amanda over at Soulemama, I’ve chosen to spend Fridays taking the chance to record a single moment from the everyday around here. One moment that I just don’t want to forget.
Watching the way a two-year-old dotes upon an infant is just plain funny. I’m pretty sure Xander thinks so, too.
Inspired by Amanda over at Soulemama, I’ve chosen to spend Fridays taking the chance to record a single moment from the everyday around here. One moment that I just don’t want to forget.
Horsing around with my first, little, love. This little man never stops bringing joy into my life.
I do love this little man.
I’ve been doing a bit of pumping for just in case. I’m not sure, exactly, why/when I’ll need the milk, but it is nice to have a bit of it stashed.
So, I’ve been pumping every afternoon and, as it turns out, Ewan’s been watching. And now, he’s imitating.
He gets it, mostly.
And then we decided to give Xander his first bottle of pumped milk. Just to get him used to taking it, just in case.
Ewan loved feeding his brother. Xander, my go-with-the-flow child, had no problem getting milk this way. And Papa was pretty smitten with it all too.
Ever since Ewan joined our family I knew that I wanted another. I knew that I wanted to give him a sibling, a close one. I wanted for him what I didn’t have growing up. (I do have a sibling though with an eight year age gap we’ve never really been at the same stage. Now that we are both adults I have high hopes!!)
Then I got pregnant and all of a sudden all of my hopes and wide-eyed dreaminess about siblings changed, a bit. Instead of being pure joy, I began to doubt the decision we made. How could we love another babe? Would Ewan love being a big brother as much as we hoped? Would our relationship with Ewan change? How? Would everything be ok?
Then Xander came. Yes, in fact, we managed to find more love. And, as we hoped, Ewan absolutely adores his little brother.
Adores him.
Ewan even shares his favorite firetruck.
Though he doesn’t quite understand Xander’s lack of interest.
Ewan adores him and I’m hoping that Xander feels the same. Because really, siblings are pretty awesome. (Even if they are a total pain in the ass sometimes, too.)