Connor meets Jacob

It’s moments like these that I have looked forward too…

Grandma brought Connor up to the hospital today and the plan was for me to bring him into the room (without Grandma) and introduce him to Jacob.  He was a little tired because he had fallen asleep on the car ride over, so it wasn’t starting as I had imagined.

Regardless, Connor came through and showed me the big brother his is going to be.

Initially he was real quiet and didn’t want to go with me.  I showed him were the other babies were in the nursery and told him that Baby Jacob was in there yesterday.  Then I said let’s go see Baby Jacob and Mommy.  Down the hallway we walked, holding hands.

I brought him in the room and he was a little nervous.  He didn’t understand why Mommy was in this strange bed and the room had all kinds of things in it.  I took him over to the bassinet that had Jacob in it and let him stand on the cart it sits on top of.  He looked and didn’t say much.

Next I sat him down in a chair and asked if he wanted to hold Jacob.  Initially he said no, so I sat beside him holding Jacob.  He looked at Jacob and didn’t say much…uh oh…my “plan” is not going the way I imagined.  I asked, “Do you want to hold Baby Jacob?”  and he responded, “Yes.”  So I let him hold Jacob.  he squeezed him with both arms.  Soon after that he kissed Jacob and gave him a hug.  I was proud of both of my sons and especially proud of the “big brother”.

I then said let’s go get Grandma so she can meet Baby Jacob.  Down the hallway we went and back we came with Grandma.

When it was time to go, Connor asked if he could give Jacob a kiss…I picked him up and allowed him to kiss baby Jacob while he was laying in Mommy’s arms.

Here are a few pics of Connor holding Baby Jacob once Grandma returned with us.

A little unsure...

Warming up to him...

Inspecting Jacob's face/nose.

No problem now...