It must be great to be the baby sister

Walker loves to help with the suction machine - normally - they fight over who will turn it on

Their little petite sweet pea - just look at their faces

Sweet kisses

Most people handle Ivey as if she were a fine piece of china.
She is much tougher than she appears.

Ivey loves her brothers.

Comments

Anonymous said…

Aww! How precious to have the love of two great big brothers! I've loved all your recent posts with pictures. I always appreciate everything you share, even if I don't always have time to comment. :)

March 27, 2007 at 8:18 PM

Teri said…

I love all of the pictures! How blessed Ivey is to have 2 amazing older brothers and how blessed her brothers are to have her.

Thank you so much for your openess and sharing.

March 29, 2007 at 5:39 PM

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