3 weeks old

We have been enjoying our newest addition to the Booth household. He is now 3 weeks old and getting plumper by the day!

 Emma Kate shows her love to her little brother both outwardly and inwardly. It makes me feel so encouraged and rewarded to see how sweet she is to him. I think children usually show others the love (or lack of love) that they have been shown by their parents or others around them. As a parent, it's so easy to second-guess yourself and wonder, "Am I doing this right?" Sometimes it seems like I am doing everything I can to make her happy, but as human nature and "terrible two's" would dictate, it just doesn't seem like it's enough on my part. Sometimes I feel like I have not been as patient as I needed to be with her 2 year old "antics".

With all that said, when I see the way she approaches her baby brother to give him kisses and hear her (over the monitor) reassuring him, I feel like Jim and I have done something right as parents! Of course, we have tried our best, but we are far from perfect. I pray that we will always continue show our children a loving foundation, a loving home and that they will in turn show their love to others. I feel like that is what God calls us to do, but naturally we fail sometimes (or most of the time).

Here are some of my favorites of the most recent pictures:

And the Big Sis award goes to....