Siblings

Since Katelee was only months old, I have longed for her to have a sibling. She has wanted the same thing for years now.

This is only one way that Blake has helped make our dreams come true.

I love that they have each other so much, that at home I've taken to calling them 'brother' and 'sister' more than any other nickname. I just being able to call them that!

Nothing has made me happier as a parent than to see the bond these two share. I know he is a newborn baby, but the love he has for Katelee is unmistakable. She can soothe him so quickly, and he loves to cuddle with her. And Katelee adores him with all her heart. They already share a very special, tangible bond, and I am excited and eager to see how their relationship grows over the years.

Here are a few of my favorite pics of the two of them together, along with some of my favorite quotes about siblings.

Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. - Susan Scarf Merrell

A sibling may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self. - Marian Sandmaier

If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother. - Sam Levenson

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. - Desmond Tutu

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. - Marc Brown

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there. ~Amy Li

More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good. ~Linda Sunshine

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. ~Marion C. Garretty

(Saying good-bye on her way out the door for school.)
There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. - Terri Guillemets

Blake had to lay in the sunshine everyday when he still had a touch of jaundice. Katelee liked to keep him company.

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb

I don't believe an accident of birth (or adoption) makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. ~Maya Angelou