WATSON WORLD: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Best Big Brother Ever!!!!

Max melted my heart today as he saved his baby sister from what he thought was great danger!!!

Since Rylee has entered our lives we have had to move and rearrange things in the house to better suite our family of four. Today we decided to rearrange Max's room so that he toys would better fit in his room and to keep him from curling up in the window at night. While I was putting some final touches on his room I had him lay on the floor and do some tummy time with Rylee. They were laughing and having a good old time until Max saw danger and quickly reacted. Part of the rearranging included us moving Max's bed. When we moved his bed that meant I had to change the side that his bed rail was on. As I moved the bed a foot away from the wall to buckle the rail I heard Max scream don't hurt my baby sister!!! He yelled so loud it made me freeze and quickly move the bed back in fear that I just smushed my daughter. When I looked over there I realized the bed was still a good 6 feet from Rylee. He was so scared for his sister he had tears in his eyes. Max was so certain his baby sister was in danger that he jumped up and wrapped his arms around her and tried his best to pick her up. Rylee was hoovering above the ground about 6 inches before I could get to her. Once I made sure Rylee was safely back on the ground I wrapped my arms around Max and squeezed him so hard.

At that moment I was the proudest mommy ever. It melts my heart to know that Max loves his baby sister so much and is always looking out for her. When we found out we were going to be blessed with another child we were very excited and nervous. We love the thought of another gift from God, but we were uncertain about how Max would handle a new baby. Up until the moment Max met Rylee Tim and I tried to plan for every possible reaction. However, I don't think we could of ever planned for this amount of love that he has for his baby sister.

Everywhere we go he wants Rylee to go with us and he is sad if she can't go. Max feels the need to introduce Rylee to every person we see at the bank, walmart, school and anywhere else we go. And he isn't just saying look at her he is smiling from ear to ear and he presents her with so much pride. When people ask if they can keep her he quickly tells them no she has to come home with us.

Max is an amazing big brother and Rylee is so blessed to have him. His love for her is so touching. He is truly the best big brother ever and I am certain Rylee will agree once she learns to talk. Which Max is teaching Rylee to say bubba. He even moves her chin up and down to get her mouth to move as he says bubba. :)