Alix the brav

Over the weekend, I took Alex to get a flu shot. Bella insisted on coming with me, and then said she was going to work on a "surprise" for Alex. She got out her crafting box and worked diligently for over an hour on her project. In the car on the way to the doctor, she was very adament about not letting him see the paper that she had made for him. He would only get the surprise if he was good at the doctor's office. I tried to explain to her that he is a baby and he didn't know what was about to happen, so it's likely he would cry when they gave him the shot. Well it turns out I didn't really even need to warn her about it - he was an absolute rock star! He didn't cry at all, and in fact he hardly even whimpered when the nurse gave him the shot. Janine has a theory that it probably didn't bother him since they stuck him right in the thigh and he probably didn't even feel it due to the chunkiness. : /

ANYWAY, when we left, Bella rushed out to the car to give Alex his surprise.

Kinda hard to see, but at the top, it says "Be a brav boy to get this."  The aqua part says "Be brav Alix" and then it says "You did be brav!!!! I love you" And if that isn't cute enough, she even went into her piggy bank and got two dimes out, then taped them to the paper for Alex. AWWWWWW! How sweet is this girl? Seriously. I love her so much! She is infatuated with her baby brother, and it melts my heart. I am so proud of her - she is such a good helper when it comes to him. What's even better is that Alex actually smiled when she showed him the picture in the car. And of course she was all giddy and excited because he was looking at her picture and smiling. Seriously one of the most adorable moments I've witnessed between those two so far.

PS. Did you notice that Alex is rockin the faux hawk in the pic? haha. She loves when we fix his hair like that! Kinda hard to do now since his hair is so fuzzy, but I'm gonna keep workin on it. :)

PSS. I love that she said to "be brave." hahaha, LIKE babies even know what a shot is! How can they be brave if they don't even know what's comin? So cute.