When I found out I was pregnant I was so excited for Peyton to have a sibling to grow up with and I hoped they would end up being best friends. When I found out we were having a girl I was so excited but I also worried my kids might not be as close since they weren't the same sex. In December when Presley was diagnosed I was obviously scared to death for her but I also worried about Peyton, what kind of relationship would they have now? Would they still be close? Would he resent her for all the time,energy,therapy she needed? Well my kids have definitely showed me I worry way to much! My babies love each other SO much! They have a very special bond and I love watching them together.
I love this shot of my babies from Presley's newborn shoot.
Peyt was always such a great helper with his sister when she was a baby. Here he is feeding her cereal for the first time.
Peyt always tries to protect Presley. He's gotten used to seeing her take her daily anti-seizure meds but when she first got sick he would say "Presley will never take her medicine, NEVER"! When she got sick recently with Pneumonia and had to have breathing treatments he would sing twinkle twinkle little star to her to make her stop crying. He sang to her a few times but when he couldn't calm her down with singing he would try to grab the mask off of her and yell at me not to do that to her. We finally had to start doing it when he was asleep because he would get so upset knowing Presley would cry. Peyton is still so young I don't know what the best thing to say to him about presley's condition is, but he's a smart little boy and obviously he sees the medicine every day, sees the tears from mom and dad occasionally and sees the numerous appointments she has so he knows something isn't quite right. I've told him she's sick and that she has something called epilepsy. I tell him that she has teachers come over because she isn't learning as fast as he did when he was a baby and she needs a little extra help. Most of the time he's goofy, he'll make rhymes with epilepsy or associate it with going to discovery kingdom since that's where the epilepsy walk was held last year, but other times I can tell it's hard for him. I'll never forget the day he came up to me out of the blue and said "mom, I don't want Presley to die. I love her."(brings tears to my eyes even writing this). We've never talked about that happening so I'm thinking he must have made that association from all of the doctors visits.
When Presley was on Prednisolone she wasn't smiling much at all. Peyton was the only one who could get her to smile!
Now that Presley is off of that med and able to do more these two have so much fun being silly together!
Peyt looks so protective of her in this pic. He's said to me before" If anyone is mean to Presley I will get my sword on them". Ok, so although I'm not a fan of the violence I love how he wants to protect her!
I love this pic! They had been separated for just a few hours while Peyton was getting ready with the guys and I was getting Presley ready. This pic was taken when Peyton met up with us just before the ceremony and I remember so clearly how excited they were to see each other. As soon as Presley saw her brother she started squealing with excitement and bouncing up and down! Peyton immediately ran to her while talking baby talk to her and got right in her face for a cuddle. I even started to cry a little it was just such a special moment to me.
Needless to say I don't worry at all about these two being close. I know they love each other to pieces and I know Peyton with be the best, most protective big brother ever!
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