Time with him...

Lately I have felt like that super special relationship I had with my Ethan- before Rachel's birth- is a thing of the past. He acts out a lot and I find most of our interactions are negative and end with me feeling angry and him frustrated with tears- it flat out sucks.
For the past few weeks I have been trying to spend some time each day with just us - during the day & at night- in the hope that things might lighten up between us. I believe it is working! Yes, Ethan is still too rough with his sister and yes, I am still spending a lot of time correcting him but his anger & frustration (as well as my own) has decreased. It's as if now we both are thinking "he/she still loves me"... Silly right?
Anyway today while Rachel slept we went out and puddle splashed- our tradition since he learned to walk. Everything was "mommy, mommy watch this! and mommy, what is this?" we found an earth worm and returned him to the earth and had a great many laughs over the looks of him. It was great fun. I love that little man.