Brotherly Love

I know that I have mentioned this before in other blog post, but I'm going to blog about it again because I think it cute. Declan LOVES his brother. Corin was the first one to make Declan laugh, his face lights up and gets all excited when he sees Corin and when I tell Declan we are going to pick Corin up from school he gets a big smile on his face. Declan loves to be around Corin and Corin has started "playing" with Declan. He'll lay on the floor next to him and Declan will get all excited and start "hitting" him. Its so cute to see Declan's face light up when Corin is next to him. Sometimes though Corin does get rough or lay on Declan, but we are always learning. I honestly hope that this sibling affection will continue on thoughout their lives, that they will be close and that I can be a good parent in helping cultivate and keep those relationships strong and close. I know there will come those time when Corin doesn't want his little brother to hang around him and his friends, but hope its a phase and also through that he'll want to hang out with his little brother. Just the issues that I have with my own brother currently has really made me think about how I want my boys to be and what things I need to do as their mother to make those relationships and have a close family bond since I don't have that with my siblings; we aren't close nor really talk to each other or tell each other anything about a major event that we are taking in our lives. I do hope though, that when something major is going to happen in mine and my family's life that I will call my siblings, just as the common courtesy to let them know, but I can't say it will go the other way (well, there is evidence of that.) Are we not close because I'm the sister and not brother. I think Adam and Austin are close, I know Austin looks up to Adam. Still, if we have a girl that the relationship between my boys and her are close as well as between them. (I think I've used that word far to many times, oh well) Okay, I'm done with that topic. Just funny how something personal and in this case with siblings can make you think about how you want you want it to be different for your own kiddos.

I decided to just post all the pictures I have of them playing, redundant, but oh well. (12/13 & 12/9)