oh brother!

This is Maximus and he is 6 years old...being Maddie's BIG brother is no small task...but he has loved every minute of it...when we got to bring Maddie home from the hospital...he stared at her the entire 4 hours...he was 3 then almost 4 and he loved her from the moment he saw her...he has always had a connection with her...she adores him and looks for him always...we have always talked candidly with Max...he knows every thing...he knows and was there for her heart surgery and several of her dialations of the esophagus...at 6 years old he can tell you about Maddie and her choking...why it is the way it is...he also knows Maddie was born with Down syndrome...he has cried with me...he has hugged me...and he has told me everything will be just fine...

so the other day when he said that it was no fair that he did not have Down syndrome...I knew he meant it! and when he asked why they do not call it Up syndrome...since she has more chromosomes...I thought he was on to something...this guy will be the one looking out for Maddie the rest of her life...and he is ok with that...we could not have asked for a better BIG brother...

look at all the LOVE in our home! Maddie's first hickey...compliments of her BIG brother Max!