Brothers

Charlie and Skip are really cute together. Charlie cracks up at everything that Skip does, except when Skip gets too rough and pushes him over or rolls him over (we're working on that). And Skip takes special pride in looking out for his brother. When we're in the other room and he hears Charlie crying, he says "I'm toming, Cha-yee. I'm toming."

I think Skip is really enjoying being the older sibling since he's used to being the youngest. Zadie is kind of over younger siblings and tends to not give Charlie the time of day. Sometimes she can be really sweet with him, but mostly I think she sees little brothers as impediments to the projects she loves to work on. They're always wrecking her stuff or their crying or need to drink a bottle is keeping her parents from playing puzzles with her or working on other projects. When I ask her if she wants another little brother or sister, she's very emphatic that she doesn't. Poor thing probably just wants to enjoy a little bit of her childhood!

Sometimes when I'm hanging out with Zadie, I say, "Zadie, isn't Charlie just SO cute? Isn't he just the cutest?" and then she'll smile and agree with me. So I know that she loves him, but most of the time she's just trying to get her share of the parents' attention.

Anyway, here are some sweet pictures of Skip and Charlie hanging out together. Skip tries really hard to be a good brother to Charlie and loves to make him laugh. I also think these photos are funny since they are biological siblings but they look *nothing* alike and their skin color is so different. Also funny that Skip is 14 months older, but Charlie is almost as big as he is!