Jonah, my son, is two. He turned two just a week after Phoebe was born. He did get to meet her while she was alive, but it was the middle of the night and I have wondered and worried that he wouldn't remember his little sister.
Tonight as I held him he fiddled with a necklace I wear that was given to me by a friend to remember Phoebe by. It has her name inscribed on it. (I love it!) He fiddled with it, and I have told him over and over that I wear it so we can remember Phoebe. He played with it and said "Phoebe" a few times, but then to my great joy he went to her picture and said "Phoebe!" And THEN - now this just breaks my heart - he reached his hand under my shirt and peered down to the only place he had ever seen his little sister; resting on my chest. I guess he was looking for her, but she wasn't there.
Is it just me in my mommy pride or is this story super cute?
It gets better! He went back to the picture of his tiny baby sister and cried proudly, "My brother!!!"
Jonah closed out the conversation with this keen observation, "Phoebe's sleeping."
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Awwww, from the mouths of babes. He's so precious <3
ReplyDeleteOh...this whole little story is simply the best. Sweet Jonah... and no - it's not "mommy pride" - this has got to be as cute and precious as it gets.
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