Jay loves Maddie

On Sunday afternoon my back went out on me (again), and my dear sister Kelli was kind enough to take pitty on me and go with me and the kids to Sam's and Schnuck's so she could get Maddie in and out of the car for me. As we were checking out at Sam's Jay was proudly introducing his sister (sounds something like "Addie"). He had the hugest smile on his face. He was in the top of the cart, and Maddie was in her carrier in the actual cart part. Jay reached down and rubbed her head as he told the checkout lady his baby sister's name. He then proceeded to say "I'm Jay" and then pointed to me and said "Mamma" and to Kelli and said "Bubba." He made my heart melt.



A couple of nights ago at dinner Jay had been reprimanded for something, so he decided to change the subject (as usual) and just start laughing. He had me and James hysterical. Even Maddie was smiling. I had tears coming out of my eyes. Whenever the laughter would start to die down, he would flash me this really serious look and then bust out laughing again. There is truly never a day without laughter when you have kids. I'm so blessed!



Now I have to document one thing having to do with Maddie before I forget it. A couple of weeks ago she woke up in the middle of the night with terrible allergies, so we brought her into our bed to sleep because she was so congested. She laid next to me on my pillow. We were facing each other with our noses almost touching. I was kissing her little face, and she fell asleep running her fingers through my hair. It was so incredibly sweet. And even now she never pulls hair, she just likes to run her fingers through it.

These were just some memories that I didn't want to forget!