thoughts

Walter and Lucy constantly surprise me with their real affection for Quinn and Aubrey. Walter loved Quinn from the very beginning, in utero. He said Quinn would be his favorite, and true to his word he connected with Quinn first, but he has softened since and showed some real love for Aubrey as well. Walter is a nice kid (most the time). People tell me this all the time. I generally roll my eyes, not because I think he is a rat, but because I feel weird taking credit for his niceness. It would be like taking credit for the sun in the sky, he just IS nice. Having said that, it is really good to see. He talks in a baby voice to the twins and holds them so carefully, worried all the time he might hurt them... I wonder where all this has come from and I suspect it might sort of overflow love from Christie..the babies are a part of her, and she has shown Walter a great deal of love and support from the very beginning (I mean she was, like, the 3rd person to hold his big baby self), or maybe it is just his inherent niceness I was referring to above. What do you think?

Lucy has a whole other approach with the twins..I think she is more competitive with them for attention, etc. But, also she is just a fierce little person. She loves, plays, fights with a passion. So when she pats Aubrey's head, she more like rubs her hand into her skull, when she hugs them, she generally squeezes all the color from their faces. She would never hurt them on purpose, but she doesn't reign in her strength much for them so we are all careful..I hope they will end up being close enough in age to play a little bit in a few years. I have a whole childhood full of memories with my cousins. I can't imagine growing up without those close relationships, and I want them so badly for all the kids involved.

Call me esoteric if you'd like, but there are my thoughts for what they are worth.