Show & Tell: Oh Brother!

I caught my boys playing together on the floor and coaxed them to hold still for a photo. Aren't they adorable?


Eli is almost six months old and already adores his older brother. He watches Jonah all the time, and no one can get Eli to laugh like he can.

Right now rolling is Eli's mode of transportation. I am never quite sure where he will be if I set him down and leave the room. This morning I found him halfway beneath his crib! Silly boy! Inevitably he will roll up against the coffee table or the wall and then cry out in protest... like "Who put that there?!".

Lately Jonah will come up to me at random times and say, "Mommy, I love you!". He is such a sweetheart and it is SO nice to hear him tell me that! He likes to cuddle and give hugs and kisses (when he kisses you he doesn't actually touch you. He gives "air kisses". It's cute).

It almost makes up for the independent streak he has developed lately.

I don't have a problem with Jonah wanting to do things by himself. I DO have a problem when he throws a fit because he wanted to do something that you already did... when he didn't TELL you that was what he wanted. Sheesh! So we are trying to teach him that you need to make your request BEFORE something happens... after all, Mommy is not a mind-reader.

Jonah used to refer to himself by name all the time. Now everything is Me, My or Mine. "My want to do it!" and "My want to help!" are now common phrases at our house. I am hoping that some of this is a phase and he'll grow out of it, right?

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