She Likes You

Aftyn has been a pretty "hands off" sister thus far in Bronwyn's life. As in, she doesn't really touch her without someone encouraging her to.  I had/have hopes that this isn't how it will always be and honestly I'm kind of grateful that so far she leaves her alone.  **(Except for that one time Aftyn fed Bronwyn some popcorn, but I'm sure she was just trying to share because of how much SHE loves popcorn. She was just sharing its goodness) **.

So last week when we started swim lessons with Aftyn, I had to begin dropping Bronwyn off with people because Reed was still working.  The first time I left Bronwyn with our neighbors who happen to be good trustworthy friends of ours, Aftyn asked me as we drove to her lessons where Bronwyn was.  The second day she did the same.  Both times when we were heading back home to pick her up, Aftyn seemed genuinely happy to have Bronwyn reunited with all of us.  Yay!

Tonight as I sat on the couch watching Aftyn playing, she scooted her toys over next to Bronwyn who was sitting in her Bumbo knockoff.  (That was a hand-me-down from our sister-in-law to whom we'd like to say again, Thank You! It's a life saver!)  Sorry, back to the story.

Aftyn looked up and noticed Bronwyn, then leaned down so she could see up into her face.  She said, "Hi Baby Bronwyn!", and then said "she likes you", which is something we tell her all the time.

Then she went back to playing right next to Bronwyn's chair with Bronwyn's adoring eyes watching her every move.  What a sweet sweet thing to watch.  The best part was that Aftyn was unaware I was even watching.  She simply acted the way she did because she wanted to. ! !