Big Brother

Well, it's official Bubba, you're a big brother. You're little sister was born on November 15th. You were at our house with your Grammy Greenhalgh, and I missed you! I was so happy to see you at the hospital when you came to see us. When Grammy walked in the room with you, I think you were really surprised to see me in the hospital bed. And even more surprised when you saw me holding a baby. You just stared for a really long time.We only stayed at the hospital for one night. I was ready to be home and have my whole family together. I think you were happy to have us home too. Well, most of us...

You've kind of gone back and forth about how you feel about your sister. Sometimes you're happy to see her and you laugh, smile, and point at her. You're learning well to 'be soft' and 'gentle', but sometimes you totally forget. You seem to want want what she has, even if it's never interested you before. You take her pacifier a lot, and Grammy had to go buy you a new blanket because Addie was using yours and you tried to pull it out from under her a lot.There have been a few times where you look really sad/confused/overwhelmed. I wish I knew what was going on in your head... Dad and I took you on a special date a few days ago. We went to lunch and let you pick out a new toy. I was looking for building blocks, but then you spotted this cat that walks, purrs, and meows. They had dogs too. I was really pushing for a dog one, but after we'd tried them all out, I held up the cat that you liked and the cutest dog, I asked which one, you looked at each and then pointed to the cat. You LOVE cats. I'm trying to cure you of that.Overall I think you're doing fine. We have as much play time as we can during the day. And I'm learning to stop what I'm doing if your need me. Dishes and laundry can wait, and I never want to miss out on quality time with my favorite little boy.