2 Peas in a Pod

For those of you without kids, or just one, let me explain how it is to see and hear two of your kids playing together. You know that feeling when you take the first sip of a pina colada and then dig your toes into the warm sand for the first time on a vacation? It's like pure bliss and kinda takes your breath away for a second?

That's how it feels. 

It's wonderfully sweet and makes you want to stop what you're doing and just watch and soak it in. To know that you created those two humans and that they interact is amazing. A simple gesture between them melts every inch of the heart and the smiles they throw back and forth are what having babies is all about. We're just starting to enter the world of our 2 munchkins playing together and I already adore it.

I've said it on here a million times before, but I was blessed with the best little brother and am beyond thankful we are still so close. I want nothing more than for these 2 to follow suit. I know we'll face times where they live completely separate lives and fight and don't talk to each other, but we'll guide them through those troubles stressing how important siblings are. We will remind them that family is everything and that they will know each other better than almost everyone else in the world.

I want to know that someday when we're gone they'll lean on each other. I want to know they'll weather storms together and be each others supporting shoulder. I want to know that they'll spend Holidays together and take vacations together and have jokes that last for decades. I haven't lived in the same city as my brother for over 15 years but he's still one of my very best friends and we text, call or facetime almost daily. He's still my sounding board and my listening ear when I need to vent. He loves my kids something fierce and I can't wait to love his someday when he has them. I want that for them.

And so much more.