Sharing is caring

As Bill mentioned in his previous post, Carter is still in major like with Owen.  He loves to touch, hug, high-five, copy/mimic and manhandle "baby Owen Phillips" as well as talk to, play with, and dance for him.  We talk a lot about "soft" or "gentle" hands, the need to be very careful with the baby, and to not touch his face (lost cause), especially straight from school with germy hands prior to  washing.  You'll notice in the pics that the awake Owen usually looks a bit terrified.

 

We borrowed a swing to help protect Owen from C by keeping him off the floor; Owen happens to love it.  Often, C will grab his rocking chair to "rock it out" while O rocks in the swing. Bill caught C trying to share his truck with a napping O (left pic), right in his soft spot.

O was chilling with me on the couch on when C decided he needed some balls to play with, despite Owen's deep sleep.  One ball quickly went to about 20. Note the action shot  (pic right) of C and my hand protecting O.  

Another day, I came around the den from the kitchen to find O swinging with a ball on his tray, with Carter far from the crime scene (until I grabbed the camera).

 

It is really very sweet to see Carter so enraptured with Owen.  We have definitely tapped into this love as several of Carter's things (like the bumpo, bobby, some baby toys that C had NO interest in until Owen came on the scene) have been recycled for O.  When Carter claims that there are his, we remind him that "sharing is caring".   Occasionally this comes back around when we are trying to tell C that he CANNOT get in the swing since it is  for babies and he is too big.  We get a frustrated but "Sharing is Caring" right back at us in a not so caring growl/yell, which always makes me giggle on the inside.  

Let's hope that this 7.5 week streak of mega love continues for the next 18 years.  A mom can hope, right?  Life is good these days, Erin