sharing is hard!

the first grown man not who was not her daddy or grandpa who held ms. amelia: scotty (heidi's brother). i think it is b/c she is a bit tinier than expected, or maybe just b/c she's a newborn & appears fragile, not many men are wanting to hold her. however, when scotty, his wife leila, & their twins came to visit last night, he sat beside me & picked her up like he's a pro at this baby stuff or something. i guess with twin girls (who were both even smaller than amelia) you get used to their vulnerability.

hhmmm, i can't figure out the order of appearance below (well, i have the last two pegged!). maybe one of the gerwig parents can give me some insight as to which twin is sitting where. i suck at telling these twins apart! anyway, here are the gerwig grandkids! 4 girls!

one of the "o-ies" as we gerbicks call them (b/c we can't tell them apart) loving on her new cousin. this was a very cute moment! they all seemed to be very taken by the new arrival.

amelia isn't too happy after she had the misfortune to bump heads with her cousin. it was a very light love tap, nothing serious. however, addy looks very concerned.

and during this visit, addy started to show the true colors of toddler-hood: not wanting to share her toys! we've never seen her get so worked up about it. usually she will just find another toy & that's the end of it...but not this time. there was some shoving, lots of whining, some crying, lots of 'mine mine mine!' & as a result several time outs! leila made a comment about how difficult it must be for toddlers to grasp the concept of sharing...apparently it IS very hard! hopefully she gets over it soon; well, as least the acting on her feelings part.