Shhhhh....

Last night, Graeson was crying--well, I guess to say that he was crying would be an understatement. He was actually screaming. Marlie was sitting at the kitchen table and as I walked in holding Graeson, she said, "I know a trick." Not realizing what she meant, I said, "What trick do you know?", totally thinking that she was going to show me that she could make a quarter appear or something. Instead, she said, "I know a trick to make Graeson stop crying. Bring him to me." I did as instructed, and she cuddled his face close to hers, put her hands on his cheeks and said, "shhhhh, shhhhh, shhhhh, see--it works!" Much to my amazement, he stopped crying, until she stopped. Then he started crying again. I tried Marlie's "trick" and it worked for a split second, but then she tried it again herself, and he got quiet. She's such a sweet big sister to him, and I think that he knows it. He always looks at her whenever she's around. She'll teach him a lot, which could be a good thing, or it could be a very very bad thing. Either way, though, I can already tell that he is really going to look up to his big sister.