Dear Lincoln and Carver,

When I was pregnant, I would read about what joy it is to watch your two children play together and how it makes all the chaos all worth it. Last week, for the first time, the two of you were “playing” together. Carver, you had your toes out in the open and Lincoln tried to play with your toes with his feet. You watched and your tried to also touch his feet and mimic it. It was an awesome sight. So awesome, I cried. You’re also the only person that Lincoln will kiss multiple times without us asking. I know you two will play well together. When Lincoln is around, you always seem to search for him and look at him in a way that you don’t do with me or daddy. You seem to already look up to him in a certain way.

Lincoln, I know you’re feeling all types of emotions right now. I know you really, really like your didi. But I know you also feel some type of jealousy. But you just don’t know how to react or respond to it. Sometimes, you want to smash him with your body. And I also know that you like your alone time before you go to bed with only us (mommy and daddy). I’m going to try to give that to you, because it’s only fair. You’re still a baby and you still need that individual attention.

My challenge is to juggle the both of you to make sure both of you get the solid social and emotional well being that both of you deserve. My promise to both of you is that I will try my darndest to make that happen.