JUST for ME!

Every now and then, all the dots connect and the stars align just at the right time...

When it does, it turns even a small thing it to something AMAZING!

It happened just the other day and occurred in the form of a diaper.

I was pushing the cart through Walmart, I had one thing on my list and 10 minutes to get in and out of the store. We had a swim date with some friends in half an hour and not a single swim diaper for my non-potty trained children.

I found the packages of water diapers, in the baby section, stacked on the shelf. They were $10.00 for like, 20 diapers, which shouldn't have have been a big deal, but we only needed 2 diapers to last us the rest of the Summer (we're just not in the water very often) and I had $15 in my wallet to last for a few days. ugh. I kept looking, hoping there would be a smaller, cheaper package of diapers, somewhere. Up and down the isles I looked, determined to find a different solution. I came up the last isle of baby stuff and there they were...

One lone, beat up package of 11 water diapers. A much smaller package with a beautiful red clearance sticker right on the top. It was the ONLY package in sight and they just happened to be the exact size diaper that both of my boys wear!!

It was a swim-diaper miracle and I knew at that moment, that the package was meant to be purchased just by me. :)

I love when that kind of stuff happens.

Our song...

It wasn't long after Ashton was born that I realized lullabies really do help babies fall asleep. I experimented with different songs until I found just the right one for the two of us.

When I found it, we both knew it was the song. When he was tired and grouchy "our song" would always relax him enough to fall asleep...

So, when Aiden was born, I wanted to pick a special lullaby just for him. For weeks I tried new songs, but nothing seemed quite right. A song from the West Side Story, almost did the job, but, I didn't know all of the right words and that was very distracting to us both. :) One day, in desperation, I ended up borrowing Ashton's song...

...and that was the song Aiden chose.

Fast asleep he fell

(and it kind of made sense, Aiden loves everything his brother loves).

Yesterday, I was marveling at the magic of this song.

When Aiden is fussy in the car, I sing the song from the drivers seat and he falls asleep... When it's 3 in the morning and feeding him didn't do the trick, I put him back in his crib and sing it from my bed... he falls asleep. Of course, my favorite is when he's in my arms, looking up into my eyes, all quiet and sleepy. awww. I watch as his little eyes droop heavier and heavier until they're peaceful and closed.

I've been feeling a little sad that they have to share the same lullaby (I know, is that weird?),

but last night I realized it's not such a horrible thing.

I had Ashton in one arm and Aiden in the other, it was 10pm and my arms were getting numb, both boys were crying and obviously needed to fall asleep... I started to sing our song and within seconds they were both asleep in my arms.

If that's not magic, I don't know what is.