Joy and laughter

With all we have going on I feel that its important to share and remember the laughter that is in our house. Ethan is such a love and brings us so much joy and laughter. This morning I got Ethan up and we talked for a while. He decided that he needed to give his lally (a lovey) a diaper change. Then he needed to give JT's lally a diaper change. Since we are in the world of pretend play I didn't think much of it. I simply said "oh, ok, that sounds good. They say thank you Ethan" and I went on with heading down stairs to get the day going. Then, from the monitor I heard Ethan say that lally needs lotion. Again, I am thinking it's simply pretend play so I encouraged it. "ok, buddy, put lally's lotion on and then come down for breakfast." then I hear "ok mommy" and a drawer close. Hmmm, so down the stairs Ethan comes. "look mommy, lally has lotion" I take lally and say "oh, that's wonderful", then I take a closer look. "OH! Lally does have lotion, look at that." I run up the stairs to find out what "lotion" Ethan was able to get into. He follows me up and together we search. I checked the lotions that were out and non of them were open, then suddenly I remember hearing a drawer. I open his diaper drawer and YUP! Ethan had grabbed the Vaseline, opened it, put some all over lally, closed it, put it away in the drawer, closed the drawer and came down to breakfast. Needless to say Lally had a bath in the washing machine today!
I love the laughter he brings to my life! I love that the we are so blessed that when I could cry at the mess or the craziness I can laugh. I can love the moment! I can cherish the memory!

Sadly, these stories are daily yet I am so caught up with JT and JT's needs I forget to share these stories. I laugh at them daily but I forget to share them. I am glad to have taken the moment to share the joy that fills our house. Times are hard right now, they are stressful but they are also awesome and full of blessings! We are blessed. I want to remember that! I want to hold onto the funny stories and the smiles in the midst of trials. God is good and we are blessed!