Jack is Back

Because music camp week is so crazy busy, Cindy graciously offered to take Jack for the week in exchange for her girls. (She is a saint, considering she has newborn twins and a 2 year old of her own to care for, and I took her two best babysitters to my house for the week!). We laughed a lot about the fact that I had four heads of hair to do and she ended up with four little bums to change. I have to say that I definitely got the better end of that deal (no pun intended :)).

I missed my little Jack-Jack so much, and I wasn't the only one. Todd was absolutely heartbroken about his little bro being gone for such a long time. Halfway through the week he broke down and cried in my arms for a good 15 minutes because he missed our little man so much. It was so sweet and really touched my heart that he loves that little guy so much. As for me, I could hardly stand to think about him, I would get teary and just long to hold him, so I just tried hard not to think about how slowly the time crawled by without him. It was good that we were so busy as it helped the time go by much faster.

I am so grateful to Cindy for taking him, though, because there is no way he would have survived the week. The schedule was way too hectic -- he would have been absolutely miserable. As it was he had the best time with Kaleb. It was great for them to have some cousin time. We sure appreciate Kaleb being willing to share all his stuff with Jack. He's such a sweet little boy. Also, we're thankful that he taught Jack how to talk a little bit more. He is really trying to speak now that he's been around a little guy his size and seen that it's possible to communicate using the English language. Jackanese is still the preferred language, but we have high hopes that a transition is underway! Thanks Kaleb!!

As fun as the whole week was, we are so excited about going back to our regular routine again. We love our little Jackaboo so much. It's so good to have him home again.