Brotherly love

I love the wee smile on Joseph's face here, not such a good pic of Rhys though!

These two little men are becoming more and more brotherly, I'm not sure if that's the right word for it but it will do. They laugh at and with each other, chase, run, yell, squeal (the latter two for Rhys are mainly monkey see monkey do...very funny) and Joseph thinks he is very important when he gets to give Rhys a bottle and feed him at lunch or dinner time. Much more messy but quite lovely to watch. They have an ongoing thing every morning when they are both up and we all say 'Good morning', these two have cuddles, which is the two of them with their arms around each other pulling apart to smile at each other and then hugging again - sometimes five or six times - but usually ending in one or the other either having had enough or loosing their balance and toppling over.

Rhys is showing his love for his newest cousin Tripp here...

Nick's sister Annabel was down from Auckland in the holidays. It was lovely to meet the newest nephew and to be on hoilday to spend quality time with family. Rhys has become much more gentle with his showing of affection but still has the odd mishap, especially with the next youngest cousin Max who has only a red mark or a load of dribble on his head to show what's been going on. Soon enough there won't be much difference in the size of them all and Max and Tripp will get their own back.