Andrew has always loved Lily. A lot more since she started smiling at him...oh, a year ago or so. She has him so wrapped around her little finger. He has his bothersome, aka, "normal" big brother moments like sticking his foot out to trip her as she walks by. Or pulling on her ponytail. But darned if he isn't mostly patient and kind to her. So stinkin' sweet.
We went to Burger King today. We haven't been in about a month...since Lily started trying to walk. I knew she'd want to get down and try and play, but since her early walking was mostly falling...ew. So we went back today, and she had a BLAST. We went early, so there were just 2 other boys there...and they both happened to be 4 years old. SCORE! So Andrew tramps off with the boys while Lily explores this play area. NOTE: Lily doesn't climb yet...otherwise this achey/huge preggo lady would still be avoiding BK. ;) Lily is of course trying to follow the boys whenever they are at ground level. Andrew talks to her and plays with her a bit. The other boys started calling her a stinky baby, and Andrew says loudly, "She's not stinky. She's cute and fun. If you say that again, I'm not going to play with you." Later she climbed into a car thingy and the other boys said, "Let's get that stinky baby out of our car." Andrew blocked them from her and told them he wouldn't let them through to her. Later still she was trying to climb up the slide and Andrew called up the slide, "Don't come down right now, my baby sister is at the bottom."
Now, if that display of love and defensiveness combined with the sibling pictures below doesn't make you a) want a sibling for your child or b) make you wish you had a big brother then you are a cold-hearted fish.
And all I can think is, are we going to destroy this beautiful relationship between Andrew and Lily by introducing a third wheel? I can't help but think that Andrew is such a great big brother, he'll just envelope baby boy under his other wing.
Andrew lets Lily practice her walking. Thank God we don't have to lead her around. Andrew steers. Thank you Andrew!
Andrew lets Lily tackle him. Which is why one of her many words is "tackle". He only occasionally forgets himself and tackles her back. So gentle with his little sis.
More tackling. Lil' the Linebacker.
Seriously...isn't this the sweetest picture ever???
3 comments:
That last picture has me in a puddle -- really too sweet! I LOVE that Andrew is such a great big brother. I only hope Harper can find some of that gentleness with her sibling.
OH MY GOSH!! That is SO sweet! :)
This is so so sweet and cute. I love your Andrew stories, because it makes me think that it will be ok having a boy after all. He always sounds like such an incredible kid!
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