Sibling Sweetness

It is no secret Marcel is completely smitten with you his beloved big sister, but lately he has been showing his affections more and more.  He is normally always awake before you both in the morning and at nap time, and the second he hears your little footsteps running across the floor he lights up and points at the stairs while he runs to meet you on the landing.  When you make it to the bottom of the stairs, he throws his arms around you and melts into you, letting go only after you declare you have had enough hugging!  He is relentless and goes back for many more hugs until you shout, "No more hugs!  All done Marcel!"  I usually have to intervene and give you your much needed space to properly come back to the living from your sleepy state of mind.

You are so sweet with him and although he can get on your nerves and in your space, you are never mean to him.  You may loudly voice your frustrations and call (loudly) for me to help the situation, but you are gentle with him and I am so proud of the way you are with him.  He is coming into his own personality and is proving to be hilarious, silly, a bit short tempered, possessive of what he claims as his own (especially food!), loving, affectionate, all while still wanting to do everything you do.  Watching the two of you play and interact with one another is the greatest gift.  I pray daily that the bond I see forming and building between the two of you will only grow and deepen as time goes on.

Here's a little snippet of our after nap snuggles on the couch this afternoon and a dialogue I wrote down right before I caught almost the exact same scene on film:
 
We were all sitting on the couch having our snack together, and without ever realizing it Marcel had made his way on to your lap.  As he moved over onto the couch you said to me,  "Mom, Marcel was just sitting on my lap then I was pretending to be his mom."  You had that look you get when you know you are too cute for me to handle and I just melt at every word you say and I was so in love in that moment.  You looked at Marcel while patting your legs and ask, "Marcel want to sit on my lap?  It's really fun!"  He pushed his hands into the couch with his little bum in the air and plopped it right on your lap.  As you hugged your arms around him both laughing as you toppled over onto the couch you said, "Woah, this is making me nervous, but don't worry Marcel I got you."

And another unrelated video from our after nap play time because I just love listening to the things that come out of  your imagination and watching your crazy expressive facial expressions! :)