It’s so simple...but it’s so meaningful...
These children are our greatest blessing...
Lucibelle comes into the living room tonight after being in the playroom for a good while.
“Bubba! You have to come see the LEGO castle I built!”
She doesn’t come get Dave or me...but gets her Bubba...her hero...the best LEGO builder she knows...
Baker doesn’t miss a beat. He goes straight in, and we can hear him.
“Luci! Look what you did all by yourself!...This is so cool!...I love your tower!...Look at the colors!”
Baker then comes in to get Dave and me...”You have to come see what Luci built!”
Baker is 5 years (almost exactly) older than Luci.
He built the Millennium Falcon when he was 6. He began building sets intended for 8-12 year olds when he was 5.
He builds LEGO scenes and sets at age 8 that are unbelievable.
But his pride in his sister’s LEGO Duplo tower tonight...it was greater than any personal pride I’ve ever seen him show toward any of his personal endeavors.
When we went to see her “castle”, Baker had built her up so much that she was literally beaming... Her smile...shoulders shrugged, mouth open, brows wide with satisfaction... perhaps the most intense and meaningful PRIDE I’ve seen from Luci in her 3.5 years.
...more than her first steps...
...more than when she first figured out how to put on her own shoes...
...more than potty training...
Baker stood at the nursery window when Lucibelle was born and promised her he would be her hero...and he has held true to his promise.
Lucibelle’s pride in impressing her hero tonight was one of the most special things I’ve witnessed in my life, and my heart is so incredibly touched.
***she then...in true Lucibelle form...commenced elated destruction of said “castle” (which is why there is no picture).
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