Dang! They hear EVERYTHING...

Not only do these little boogers hear everything, they eventually start SAYING everything too...kind of scary. For some reason, my hair falling out again has really bothered me. I'm having a major pity party over this one. I'm kind of sad about it, but more frustrated than anything. Maybe because I had it in my master plan that I was going to have some fuzzy coverage for the summer and not have to wear a hat. Maybe because I was secretly super excited to get another haircut. Maybe because it means this isn't over. Maybe because it's just another reminder that no matter how much I try and get things back to 'normal' it's just not in my gosh darn control. YES, I am STILL working on my lessons in control. Put me in a corner with a dunce cap on. I am majorly failing this one. I must be talking about my hair falling out a lot lately and here's how I know and here's why I'm not talking about it again from here on out...


Our kiddo is not a snuggler. He's just not. He's more of the chatty, wrestling, run around the room in circles screaming type. haha. But for whatever reason, last night when I was about to put Austin in his crib for bed, he asked me to hold him for a little bit. Cha-ching. Best feeling ever. If you rarely get a chubby arm wrapped around you, you take advantage of it any chance you can...even when it's bedtime and you're totally exhausted :) He started rubbing on my hair and pulled a few pieces out (they just fall out when you touch them right now) and said, 'Do you see that? Your hair's falling out again?!' I told him yes, I was going to be a bald eagle mama again, but it doesn't hurt and it will grow back to fuzzy head mama again soon. Austin said, 'No big deal mom.' (How many times do you think I say that in a day?? I'm sure you can imagine, me, the control freak, watching buckets of mess fall all over the house all day long behind my 2 year old and me cringing trying to calmly chant my 'No big deal' mantra over and over). Then he started singing a song...

'Settle down.
It will all be clear.
Don't pay no mind to the demons they fill you with fear.
Trouble it might drag you down.
If you get lost you can always be found.
Just know you're not alone.
I'm going to make this place your home.'

It was one of those perfect moments at the perfect time that you hope everyone in the world can have at least once in their lives. I've had a quite a few times things have happened to me and I thought...this was sent to me straight down from Heaven.

So, what a reminder that our little turkey is listening and learning with every single thing going on around him and how important it is for us to focus on the important things and praise God for our blessings loudly and clearly...because those are the things we want our kiddo to echo!!

Win the Day!
Jenn

P.S. Austin also said STUPID at least 5 times yesterday. Haha.