A true love story

Ever since Emma could open her eyes and see her family, she's been head over heels for her big brother Aiden.

And she was not a happy baby either. But no matter what else was going wrong for her that moment, when Aiden came in to Emma's sight she would (and still does) just L-I-G-H-T up, her whole face becoming a smile.

If we wanted Emma to laugh for a picture, we'd have Aiden stand in front of her. Just his presence would do the trick. She was just tickled silly by every single thing he did.

And now that she's older and showing more of her adorable, silly, happy personality, her adoration for her brother is that much stronger.



My mom told me THE cutest story about this happy little loving relationship.

She was holding both her grand-babies on her lap the other day; Aiden didn't feel good and was tired and understandably a little grumpy. Emma was her bubbly, noisy, happy self, swinging her arms around like she does. One arm came SMACK down on Aiden's face and sad sick Aiden started crying in to Grandma's chest. Emma, caught totally off gaurd, took one look at her brother crying and it was like her little world came falling down. Her face turned into a big frown and crying with Aiden, nuzzled in to Grandma's chest if for no other reason than to be closer to him. She didn't know what happened but it didn't matter. He hero was sad and so nothing could be right.

Aiden's been mostly... indifferent about this new addition to his life. He secretly loves the way she loves him, but he's still a little unsure of how exactly she's going to fit in. It is the Aiden Show, after all. Has been running strong for almost 4 years now (wow).

I told my mom that if I were Aiden's little sister, I'd feel this way too. That kid always knows the fun game to play, the cool toys to play with, the right way to play with them, comes up with the best stories, and is everybody's little buddy.

Those two little people are amazing and I feel so blessed to get to claim even a tiny bit of who they are. Thank you sister and brother-in-law for them. Loving kids come from loving parents.

love. love. love.