I brought Olivia to the senior activity center on Wednesday where the elders from my writing group threw us the most generous of baby showers. Handmade gifts galore. Flowers. Chocolate cake. Poems.
Love born from the sharing of stories over time.
One of the grandmas gave me the following metaphor for the natural jealousy of older children when the new babe arrives home:
Imagine that after years of a blissful marriage your husband arrives home and says, "Honey I want you to meet my second wife. I expect you to greet her with open arms and to share everything with this new member of our family. I still love you but I love her too. She will be sleeping with us so you may need to spend more time in your own room, in your own bed, and I'll need to hold her a lot, A LOT, you understand right? ...
...Oh, and I want you to love her too."
Happy Friday!!!!!
What a great analogy! I always expect that my kids will have some amount of adjustment when we add new siblings to the family, but I'd never thought of it that way. Your kiddos are absolutely adorable!
Posted by: Jacqueline | 01/22/2010 at 06:17 PM
Thats pretty good. I remember when we brought our second child home a good friend told me "Always tend to your oldest first, even if the baby's crying. He will remember. The baby wont" I remember this often. Especially as our baby turned out have major health problems and special needs...
Great pics too. Elias looks so grown up next to his baby sister:)
Laura G
mommy to Ethan 3.5 & Cody almost 2 w/ TSC
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Posted by: Laura Garrett | 01/22/2010 at 06:36 PM
What a great analogy! Elias and Olive are loved from all over, aren't they? Lucky kids!
Posted by: Shelley | 01/23/2010 at 04:02 AM
Wise, wise words. Elias looks so grown up! WOW! I can envision many moments of shared love and laughter between both your children as they grow.
Posted by: Niksmom | 01/23/2010 at 08:43 AM
I swear Elias grew inches and yeasr the day we brought Olive home!
Laura, I will keep that thought in mind--thank you and yes Shelley i feel really lucky to have so much love directed towards my kids.
(I'm still getting use to the idea that i have kidSSSSS, you know the plural aspect. I look at Olivia and think wow shes our baby!!!)
Posted by: Christy | 01/23/2010 at 09:40 AM
That is a GREAT analogy and GREAT pics!
Posted by: Jessica | 01/23/2010 at 10:26 AM
that IS a great analogy! and I LOVE the pic of both of them giggling - a harbinger of giggly years to come!
Posted by: Ginna | 01/23/2010 at 10:54 AM
I love how their expressions (is it possible) and movements mirror each other.
Posted by: Danielle | 01/23/2010 at 11:24 AM
Yeah, Christy--I had to get used to saying "the boyS" instead of just Mason. Does take some getting used to, that's for sure!
Posted by: Shelley | 01/23/2010 at 04:30 PM