Buddies

Ashton and AJ are good buddies, and they love having Aryk as a new buddy. Here are the three buddies sitting on the couch together. With buddies, come stories. Ashton went to help Jeff and Grandpa Likes with some yard work and AJ stayed home with mom and to play with Aryk. He said he enjoyed his buddy, but that he wanted three buddies (Ashton, Aryk, and another new buddy). I asked where he would get his new buddy from, he said "from you, mom, another baby brother" I asked why he thought that I would have another baby, and why it would be a boy. His answer was "Jesus told me yesterday in my prayers." I was so surprised at the revelation. We have not decided IF or WHEN our family would grow, and here's AJ so confident in his response.

Another story, again, AJ's confidence astounded me. Last night Aryk was a little fussy between eating and sleeping, and AJ wanted to hold him. I didn't want to have Aryk screaming even more, so I told AJ to get ready for bed, then he could hold Aryk. I was hoping to calm him down in the process, and maybe even get him to sleep. But it didn't happen. AJ insisted that I let him hold Aryk, and that he could make him happy. AJ sat on the couch with a pillow and put his arms out. With Aryk crying I layed him down in AJ's arms. INSTANTLY he stopped crying, and fell right to sleep. No kidding... it was instant. Then Ashton and Jeff came home and he was startled awake, and the fussing started again. But AJ wanted to keep holding him and show him how to "go... 2... sleep"