I get woken up by kisses from my little man Eli, every morning, and i tell you i look forward to that. He kisses my cheeks, i peek through one eye and i see him kissing his little palm, then placing that on my mouth, then of course i shut my eyes again, he leans forward and kiss me again and again, till i open my eyes and scoop him up and give him more kisses back.
He chuckles, and then laughs and off he goes, sliding down from our bed and runs out of the room screaming for his big brother.
So half the night he is usually in his own bed, the remainder he is in our bed. Yeah, i know what people say about co-sleeping, it is funny, i think i was a little harder on Julian. That boy was in his own bed and room fulltime by God knows when. Eli we have let him get away with it. Maybe it is because i know he is the baby, and our final baby and am wanting to hold onto him for a while.
He has grown soo fast and he is wanting to be so independent. He wants to do everything by himself now, and i have to constantly remind myself to let him be. He is running, feeding himself, drinking, and i have to thank publishers for board books, because we sure have gone through many a books. Yes, he loves books, too. He only believes in mommy opening the book, if he is too tired and ready for a nap. Other times mommy has to let him read to her.
He can call mama, dad, J, and of course car. So whenever he reads, everything is car car car car car car car car, then opens the next page and he repeats the same thing. It is hilarious, just listening to him, and he just sits there with that smile on his face as if he has just mastered it all.
Oh Eli…
He loves food. He will grab food from Julian’s plate, fingers, and take off running to eat, leaving his big brother crying “ that’s mine, Eli..” See Julian can sit on the table for what seems to be a whole hour just trying to eat and it must drive Eli crazy. I can see him just reaching for that plate, saying , give that to me… let me help you out for Pete’s sake so you can go on do something else 
They wrestle, they make each other cry, and we constantly have to remind Julian that this is a baby, who by the way is soo strong, and seems to be a bit capable of defending himself from his big brother. I mean what can i say, boys will always be boys.
With everything, one this is for sure there is soo much love between them. They miss each other a lot. I can see Eli making mini trips to the door, when Julian is out, and when he comes back they just run to each other and wrestle to the ground. Julian always kisses his little brother and then they stand up and try to take something from each other. Julian always notices when Eli is not around and always check up on him to make sure he is ok. I love that. I pray that they keep this up to adulthood.
I understand they will hate each other at some point, but i hope with the love between them, they will work it out all the time.
As for now, both my little men give me so much love and kisses, ain’t nothing out there can top that! Yeah their dad of course, but hey… They love me to pieces. I feel like the luckiest woman in the whole world.
Have a great week!
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