If my heart could burst it would have

This weekend we went to my sister's house on the lake to celebrate the 4th of July. It was a fun time filled with family and friends. I have a lot of memories from this weekend, but one is a treasure. It is one of those snapshot memories that gets seared on your heart.  

After a day of fun in the sun my sister took us over to her friends house to watch the firework show because her friends house is close to the firework display barge. Everyone there was so welcoming and warm and our kids fit right in with the multitude that was already running around. Aiden got right in with the group of kids on the wii.  Soon it was time to go outside for the firework show.

 Fireworks are not Aiden's thing and after trying to stay outside it became clear that he and I would need to come inside. Once  back inside he calmed down he went back to playing the wii.

 Next to the wii the stroller was set up where Riley was resting....(Riley is seven and has Trisomy 13...She is about the size of a three year old and has very limited function.) She started to stir while Aiden was playing the wii and without missing a beat he put the controller down and went to her to comfort her.(I was sitting on the couch and was just observing the scene. Everyone else was still outside watching fireworks. Nothing makes my son willingly stop playing video games. )

 He gently stroked her feet and started talking to her and then stroked her hair and leaned in close to her and took her face in his hands and kissed her on the the top of her head.  She settled down and he went back to playing the wii . 

The whole event took about a minute. I don't post much on my blog, but I didn't want to forget this.

He got me...

So I always go on and on about how sweet my boy is....My never does a thing wrong....my would never, ever try to get something past me.....my.....Um...I think I caught a little glimpse of a different side of my son the other night.

It was time to take a bath and his response was he didn't want to. My counter was that I had not asked him I told him, it was not a request and he did not have a choice. I walked him into the bathroom and I started running the water while he pulled his clothes off. Then he spied Cami's bubble bath on the back of the toilet and said "I want to put this in the bath." Most people know this, but for the few that don't, my son HATES bubble baths...They are in fact a sort of torture for him. So, I stand there for a couple seconds, eyeing my sweet boy looking up at me clutching the bubble bath bottle to his little chest. He is looking at me so earnestly with those gorgeous blue eyes. (Those eyes have been known to get more than one person to do his bidding.) I think, what the heck he wants to try something new, and let him pour some bubble bath into the tub. Almost immediately the tub begins to fill with bubbles. The conversation then went like this:

Me: "Okay, it is time to get in."

Aiden: "Oh I don't like bubbles, I can't take a bath with bubbles."

Me: "You just asked to put the bubble bath in to make bubbles."

Aiden: "Cami can take a bath."

I had been bamboozled! He clearly did not want to take a bath and by making it bubbly he thought he would not have to. Mommy would never put him in a bath of bubbles, she knows how much he can't stand it.

Not to be outdone I ceremoniously scooped him up and plopped him in the bath. He screeched "No!" I laughed and scooped him back out (I am not that mean, he really does HATE bubbles. ) I wrapped him up and sat him on the toilet and said "Now we are going to take a bath?" "Yes, Mommy, I need to get the bubbles off." I stopped the water, drained the tub and then refilled it. Aiden took a very long bath.....

I shouldn't have said a thing

So of course the moment I said it out loud that Aiden hasn't been sick in awhile we were hit by the plague!!! God bless Aiden. He got an ear infection, sinus infection, throat infection, and a bacterial skin infection called impetigo!!! He was done for almost a week and then I think I wore my self out cleaning the whole house that then I got a headache that lasted three days and I started freakin' out that I was getting sick... whew....we are all better now and ready to get back into the swing of things.

While all this was going on Cam got a really stuffy nose and that was it. Yay for Camryn...

keeping up

Ok..time goes super fast (As we all know.) My husband mentioned I hadn't posted in a awhile....He isn't even a follower he just "drops by." I figured though that I better keep up with it, or I will forget stuff.

Cam has been being Cam. She says and does funny things all the time. Riding in the car the other day she saw a person dressed as the Statue of Liberty and she blurts out " Look it is the Statue of Liberty." I think my niece told her what it was, but still impressive. Just today a song came on and she said "Oh, it's Sugarland!" Thats me and my girl "Stuck Like Glue." When I run around the house trying to get us out of the house she will tell me "Mom, relax...jus' relax." Or when it is time for bed she will ask "Is everything alright Mom, are you happy?" "Everything's okay, right Mom?" It is in these moments that I see what a sponge she is and that she is WATCHING every move I make...No pressure.

My Aiden is doing well, I dare to write that he has been a happy, healthy guy. Really though, Aiden is ALWAYS happy and ....He is such a tender heart...

This morning I could tell he really needed a break from Cam and he told her "Cam, you stay here." (He was only going to his room from her room.) to which she responded "Aiden, I want to stay with you, PLEASE!" (Did I mention he was only going to his room.) to which he replied: "Oh, alright, come with me." Such a simple conversation, it maybe lasted five seconds, but it was so Aiden. He wanted some quiet, but she wanted to be right there with him and as usual she got what she wanted. When they were much younger, we had to teach Aiden that he didn't have to give her everything...it was okay to tell her no. Even Aiden is under her spell....

Sick Already

My poor Bug....he is already missing school. He woke me up at 1:30 am when he crawled in bed with me...There are many things that you are given the moment you become a mother. One of those things is fever radar. This morning I immediately knew that this little hotbox was warmer than his norm and one look at his swollen eyes & red skin confirmed it. So me and the Thermoscan (love that thing) have been keeping a close watch. Aiden tends to catch whatever is out there....and he is usually down longer than other kiddos... I just wish he had lasted a little longer before he caught something...is after all only the fourth day of school!

First Day of School

Well we ALL made it to and then through our first day of school. I was really good dropping him off...I didn't even cry! As the day went on though I got more and more anxious. "How is he doing?" "Can the teacher understand him." "Did he remember where the bathroom is." This is not the first time Aiden has gone to a school...this was just so new....we were comfortable at his preschool. They knew him and all his "stuff."

Picking him up that day was when it hit me...I waited in the car with Cami while Jon went to pick him up. Watching him come out of the school, walking across the grass towards the car, is when it hit me... I couldn't wait to get him in my arms and breath him in. He got in the car and climbed up front with me and snuggled his head into the crook of my neck like he has done since the day he was born and then I was okay.

Except for a minor "hiccup" the day went pretty good...the next day the teacher even made some time to meet with us...He is great...he "gets" Aiden and now he knows all of Aiden's "stuff" so we are going to be okay...I think.