big brother, baby sister

so lately the green eyed monster has been showing a bit more lately with luke. he seems more aware of the fact that shannon steals people's attention from him and he'll ham it up more, raise his voice just a bit louder, repeat himself 100 times, or literally get into your face so you focus only on him. all the same, he's been so sweet to shannon. they sleep in the same bedroom every night now (finally that transition is complete) and sometimes before they fall asleep, luke looks out the little trap door justin put in his bed that opens right above shannon's bed and sings to her, or makes her laugh. i love hearing them crack each other up in their room at night, even when it keeps them up a little bit later than i'd like. it reminds me of when my brother and i shared a room and we'd make each other laugh before falling asleep. i'm so excited to see the way luke and shannon's relationship will blossom and grow apart from justin and me.

the other day, i finished feeding shannon, and luke asked if he could have the nearly empty jar of baby food. i expected him to eat it himself, since that's what he normally does, but instead he pulled up a chair and started feeding shannon himself. he even tried signing "more" to her and was talking to her in the same tone of voice i use when i feed her. it was so sweet!



by the way, anyone who thinks that boys get into "boy things" strictly because of nurture never had a child of their own. out of no where, luke has turned into such a little boy; he's really into pretending to burb and cracks up when anyone talks about bodily functions (his favorite thing to bring up is "poop soup." don't ask me, i have no idea). really, i don't know where this is coming from. it must be in his dna.