Oldies and Newies

Well in this photo Andrew and I were closer 

to our teenage years than Chris and Erica were. 

But no longer. 

These two munchkins were the first ones to steal my heart 

in the niece and nephew department (of which I now have 9!!, see below). 

It's such a special thing when our siblings have kids. 

How these ones have gotten to be 13 and 14 in such a short time, I have no idea!

In more recent days, specifically 4 days ago, 

Andrew's sister and bro-in-law had their 2nd child, 

a baby boy named Drew Bear. 

He's really quite divine.

I'm with you buddy

I feel like this sometimes too...

:)

Me.

More about that bossy sister post. 

Amazing how my stages of life have shaped my view of myself. It's possible I thought of my older sister as the bossy one, but it's also possible that a few of my friends now think it's obviously me who's the bossy sister. Also possible, in the mix of all the possibilities, is that my younger sister thinks the older 2 of us are equally bossy. So be it. As long as I have friends that are more bossy than me, I'm good!! (one friend said, "i've never thought of any interaction with you as you being bossy"... followed by her looking around at her husband and mine, and saying, "ohhhh, is that because I'm more bossy?!!!"). :) Oh how we judge ourselves compared to others. 

Here's to just trying to be me. 

Bossy or not... depending on who you ask. xx

Love those sisters.