Sunday, February 19, 2012

all sorts of joy

my brother just turned 30....and he and his wife have officially announced they are expecting! our family is giving thanks with all sorts of joy.

my sis-in-law planned a surprise party for peter, and my parents scanned and emailed a bunch of our childhood pictures for the party. amazing to think we were once this little.....





sibling relationships are funny things. no matter how old we get, i will always think of peter as this little shy boy who followed me around like an eager shadow. and he still asks me for advice from time to time, even though he's now a grown man and the head of his own household. i was and always will be fiercely protective of him, willing to fight anyone or anything for his well-being. i imagine some day, we'll be two senior citizens still cracking jokes and acting like a couple of goofballs whenever we hang out together.

i'm so thankful for my brother and for the gift of a new life that he and lisa have been blessed with. here's to giving thanks for past joys and future joys!


cups of coffee:  1

mood:  relaxing....

2 comments:

Lisa said...

You realize that your brother is wearing an expression of either suspicion or outright fear in almost every one of these photos, right? It must have been intimidating to be your shadow, Eva!

Thanks for posting these. We got such a kick out of them at the party! (Consensus was that you were the cuter baby, no doubt).

Love you!

Lisa

eva said...

hilarious! actually, that explains a lot.... :D