Those Special Moments

Since Lauren has been born, there have been several occasions when my heart just melts. Wyatt is at such a cute stage now. Everything he says (well most everything)and does is just so sweet, especially when it comes to Lauren. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Wyatt seems to love Lauren so much. We often overhear him saying Love you Lau-Len. He says this without any encouragement from Nathan or myself. The contents of this blog are being printed and kept in a book for Lauren and Wyatt to enjoy when they are older. To be honest, that is the motivation for me to continue to take a few moments to keep writing. I hope to capture special moments for them so that they have something to look back on.

I may keep this entry laminated and on me at all times when they are teenagers. When they are fighting, I can just pull it out and say, "see how much you love each other."

Here are a few, of many, sweet moments we have experienced between them over the past few weeks.

On a daily basis, Wyatt asks to hold Lauren. As he holds her, he kisses her. I always have to hold my breath because I am often worried about her health during these kisses. I want to allow him to do it, but worry about how much pressure he is putting on her as he bends over. Don't worry though - each hug and kiss is monitored.
He even has taught her to pick her nose....

The other day Wyatt was holding Lauren and she started to cry. One of my psychology books suggest that you always ask the older sibling why he/she thinks the baby is crying and to explain that babies only cry when they are hungry or tired, ect. The point is that the two year old does not view the crying as a way to get attention from mommy or daddy, but as a way to express a need. The other day, as Wyatt was holding Lauren, Lauren started to cry. I, as I always do, piped up with "Wyatt, why do you think Lauren is crying?" His response did not come in words, but in actions. The next thing he did was start to pull up his shirt in hopes of nursing little Lauren. It was just too cute!! Unfortunately I do not have a photo to show. I wish I could walk around and capture all moments on camera, but it just can't happen.

Wyatt often comes up to us when we are holding Baby Lauren and crawls into our lap while saying "Two Babies." He folds his little body into our second arm and lays his head on the opposite shoulder. Every time he does this it melts my heart. I thank God that very second for giving him a loving heart and not one of jealousy. So many friends of two little ones have shared stories of books/cds/punches being thrown as they are loving/nursing their youngest child. Fortunately I have not had to deal with that. So far Wyatt has seemed very accepting! Thank God for my TWO BABIES!!