Isaac and Samantha

Here are a few photos of isaac and my niece samantha. they don't get to see each other as often as we would like since we live two hours away from my brother derek and his wife, april. we got together as a family on Elijah's birthday and it was great to see the kids together. my niece is the cutest little girl ever, she has this smile that just shines, and she is really sweet with isaac. isaac has a very hard time with other kids, mostly any person under the age of five. older kids and adults he does great with but little people his own size he just doesn't know what to do with. i think it is because they are so unpredictable, they might scream, or squeal at any given moment and isaac usually interprets these as negative even if they are just being kids. he did pretty good yesterday though, he actually played in the same vicinity as samantha and he even spoke to her a couple of times. he said, "we love you" when she first arrived and later in the day when she gave him his cup he said "thank you" these are big steps for him. he loves her, he talks about her all the time at home, he prays for her every night, he even talks to her picture, its just when he is actually around her that he has a hard time. poor samantha does a great job with him even though she is so little and doesn't understand why he doesn't just run and play with her. all in all it was a good day with them, i think they both had fun though not necessarily together.