Lads

When I think about my boys, I feel blessed - I am the luckiest mom on the planet. I'm not sure what I did to get so lucky. Perhaps it was the vitamins, or maybe it was the prarie sky, but whatever it was I'm thanking my lucky stars.

This photo was taken just after Aidan came home from the hospital - it's one of my favourite photos, as it captured so well the excitement the boys were feeling at the time.

This seems like a good spot to tell you what happened the morning I had an appointment with the doctor to confirm my pregnancy with Aidan (my littlest). We were living in Edmonton at the time, and Kieran woke up early, came downstairs and started to tell us a dream he'd had:
"Last night I dreamt that we found this baby that didn't have any
owners. You said we could look after him, and so I asked him if he
wanted to be called Batman, and he said, 'yes'."

The funny thing was that we had not told either boy about the pregnancy, and
hadn't been hinting at it. I went to the appointment, got confirmation, then told Kieran and Liam that we were having a baby. Kieran hugged me and said, "thanks, mom!"


I'll always remember that - and to this day, I am amazed at their bond. Kieran is a boy who can get rather stressed out. He's moody and feels things very deeply. If he's having a bad day, we inch Aidan a little closer to him, and watch as Kieran calms down and overcomes his frustrations. In some ways, Aidan is like a therapy dog - he never fails to bring out the best in people. Kieran becomes incredibly gentle and protective of Aidan - he is tender and not afraid to show his love for him (he's not like that with other people - he usually holds things in).

Kieran and Aidan


Liam and Aidan

Liam, my 5 year old is also an amazing big brother - but in the beginning he was like a drive-by blur. He would get so excited, and start running around. He'd want to help, but his idea of helping was to throw a diaper at us when Aidan needed changing. Now, he reads books to Aidan, and wrestles with him, yelling "attack, it's attack of the baby!"

And Aidan? He soaks it all in - and loves every minute of it.