As a parent, there are few moments which make your heart melt more than when you see that your children love each other. Even though my kids are still very young, I'm ever so grateful when I see the older sister (almost 2 years) show her love for the younger (almost 3 months).
Last night was such a time. Nat had already knocked out in the car coming home from prayer meeting at church. She didn't even open her eyes once when we transferred her to the bed and changed her into her pajamas. Sam, on the other hand, was wide awake for some reason and trying to talk to anyone who would give her attention.
My wife was very sleepy and handed her over to me, knocking off soon after. I tried to rock her for awhile but she was seriously wide awake (it was 11:45pm at this point). So I put her down in between Nat and myself on the bed. Her constant cooing finally woke up Nat.
I honestly thought Nat would throw a sleepy tantrum as she gets very moody and annoyed when she's sleepy. But instead, she just smiled and held Sam's hand, then went back to sleep. After a few minutes, Sam's baby talk woke Nat up again, and Nat just lifted Sam's hand to her mouth and kissed it, then nodded off again still holding on to the hand.
I don't know why this touched me so much but it brought tears to my eyes. Nat's simple actions weren't scripted at all and it's not something we have been teaching her to do. I can only assume that it's so natural for her because she's seen us express affection to each other in the family in similar ways.
And that means everything to me.
(Disclaimer: Sarah took over soon after and effortlessly put Sam to sleep in five minutes.)
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