"Let's Start at the Beginning. A Very Good Place to Start..."

Here's a funny for you.

We're pretty healthy people.  I let the kids eat dirt.  We don't use hand sanitizer.  We don't over worry about germs.  We don't really get sick often.  None of us have had hospital stays.  Well, except for the coarctation.  Of course, Max wouldn't remember that.  He was only 3ish months old when he had it repaired.

But then there's me.  I'm healthy.  But I have stayed in the hospital before.  Three times Max can remember...  and each time I came home with a...

baby.

Tuesday during some quiet time, I let Max hold Axel.  He loves this and they both giggle at each other.  Well, I joked with Max, "Hey, when you go to the hospital are they going to send you home with a baby?"  Max looked in my eyeballs and very seriously said, "Yes."

Ya'll, I could tell by the yes that he meant it.

Oh my Jesus, how did I over look this???

I've been so busy wondering about how to explain the big complicated things that mayhaps I need to start at the beginning.  The VERY beginning.

When I told this to the wonderful scheduler-lady at Children's Healthcare, she laughed and quickly added, "We'll have the Child Life Specialist call you".

Um, yes please.