Saturday

This has been a great day.  We didn't do much this morning... Jace and Kai, my nephew, played exceptionally well this morning.  My heart swells with joy to see them forming such a wonderful relationship... it has always been my desire that Jace and Rory are able to be close to their extended family.  And Jace has gotten to an age where she wishes to be with her cousins more and I find it so sweet when she asks to spend time with them.  We haven't gotten to spend much time with Kai in the past and have been able to see him more frequently recently.  And tonight, before Trey and I put him down to sleep, he hugged me.  This doesn't sound like much but it's the FIRST time in his 2 years on earth that he has ever voluntarily hugged me...  I almost cried.  And then he turned to Trey and hugged his neck too!  

Jace went to a birthday party with Bic (one of her TWO favorite grandmothers :) at 1:00 and Vicki, aka Bic and my MIL, said she seemed to have a really good time.  I'm glad that Jace is able to go and do things with her grandmother and spend some quality, one-on-one time with her.  Vicki loves her so much and I think Jace brings alot of joy to her life.  I look forward to Rory sharing the same relationship with her when she gets older.  Its important to me that Jace and Rory develops relationships with their grandparents, independent of me and Trey.  I think it strengthens their ability to discern respect for other authority figures in their lives.  I'll be so happy when my own mother is back here on a regular basis and has the opportunities to do things with them too.  Of course, she'll make her number one priority to be here when the girls start any extracurricular activities later in life!  She's praying fervently for SPORTS! 

We watched the AU game this evening with our friends, Pete, Lauren, Katie and George.  Matt was here for the first half :)  But he wanted to go see some of his friends for the second half, which was fine with us.  The game was apparently a fun one to watch, considering all the whooping and hollering that Trey and Pete did.  I wasn't paying that much attention... hahaha!  But Jace and Katie and Kai all played so well together.  It's always so fun for me to watch the kids play together.  It's funny how life changes and what brings you the most joy once you have children :)  Jace really loves Ms. Lauren.  

And tonight she had the opportunity to bond with Mr. Pete...  she was in his lap ALOT tonight!  But, then again, children are really perceptive about people who truly want to spend time with them.  Rory went to bed right after the game started!  That is one baby who doesn't miss out on her sleep!  But then again, she is not going to be the napper that Jace is either!  But that's okay :)  Kai, sleepy pie (that's what Matt calls him at night when he gets tired) followed Rory to bed shortly after half time!  He didn't take a late nap like the other kids and he was definitely sleepy!  And he really must have been tired because NONE of the noise woke him up :)

Baby George (as Jace still calls him sometimes) was so CUTE tonight!  He was the first baby Jace ever really paid any attention too and she talked about him constantly for months after he was born.  I credit him with getting Jace prepared for Rory!  LOL  Tonight he, this almost 10 month old baby, pulled himself up on Jace's trampoline all by himself and preceded to jump on it for a while!  He had a BLAST!

They left right after the game and we put Jace down immediately.  She was asleep in like 2 seconds!!!  Which is fine with me because it was LATE!  Matt came home shortly after that and we spent some time talking together before he went to bed.  It has been so wonderful to have him in my life in a similar fashion to when we were growing up.  I look forward to spending more time with him.  I had always envisioned us raising our kids close to each other and having special relationships with them.  And the vision is finally becoming more of a reality---YAAAY!  And Jace LOVES him!  She asks for "Unca Matt"  alot now, as well as Kai.