I want to try something new on this blog. I am going to blog about the funny and sweet things Josh does to bless our little family. Even though Josh has autism, he brings a lot of joy to our lives and I want to make sure to convey that part of our story. Josh adores his little sister. Right now they are quite close and I am going to celebrate that for as long as it lasts. Here are two little stories I jotted down in my journal recently.
January 9, 2010
Today Josh wants to play with Jane all the time. She had to go down for a nap but he still wanted to play. After she’d been in her room for a while, he asked me where she was. I told him she was sleeping. He asked me where and I told him she was in her room. I went on my way and a little later I heard the door to her room close. Then I heard both kids laughing. I went upstairs to check on them and found Jane lying down in her crib. The lights were on and Josh was in her crib with her pushing on her chest and telling her, “You gotta wake up. You gotta wake up.” Luckily she was laughing and not upset.
January 13, 2010
Today I heard Josh wake up and come out of his room. I was still pretty tired so I stayed and bed and listened to what he was doing. Earlier this week, Josh woke up and went downstairs. I was barely awake and so I don’t know how long he was down there. When I finally got up and got Jane and went downstairs, I asked the kids what they wanted for breakfast. Josh told me he already had cookies for breakfast. He had climbed up three shelves in the pantry to reach the cookies and there was a definite path of chaos on each shelf as proof of his effort. Besides that he had chocolate remnants all over his mouth. This cracked me up and so today I wanted to see what he would do. This time he went into Jane’s room. He climbed into her crib and snuggled under her blanket. By the time I peeked in the doorway, they were both cracking up and talking to each other. I watched them for a while because it was just so darn cute but then they saw me and we had to start the morning routine. I am so grateful for all the joy and love Josh brings into our home.
