Will You Wait for Me?

Last night, I had the kids all to myself. I'm not going to lie, I was, at first, NOT looking forward to it. Jordan's been sick, Ali had homework, and I was already exhausted. All this on a Monday...

Luckily, it went nothing like I thought it would. Jordan was feeling okay, and he just followed Ali like a faithful little puppy dog, so I didn't have to carry him everywhere. Yay! I had time to make us dinner, and then we sat at the table, ate, and did homework. Then Ali wanted to play Twister:

Jordan went right to bed with only a little fussing, and Ali got in the tub. My kids were angels! When I got Ali out of the bathtub, we for some reason started talking about Jesus. I explained to her that we have to have Jesus in our hearts in order to go to heaven, and that He washes away all our sins. She asked how, and I explained to her that Jesus was the Son of God. And God sent Jesus to die on the cross for us. I told her that God loved us so much, he gave His only son so that we could live. Then I asked her if she could imagine me sending Jordan to die for the world, and it made her so sad. She asked if everyone had to die on the cross like Jesus did, and I said no. He died for everyone, and because of that, all we have to do is ask for forgiveness and all our sins would be washed away.

Then we started talking about going to heaven. I told her I would go to heaven first since I'm older than she is, and she informed me (I'm assuming she heard this from Gmo?) that her great great great (she added several more "greats" on there as well) aunt lived to be 110! She said that she was going to live that long as well and then she'd be ready to go to heaven. And the kicker? She asked if I'd wait for her. OH MY WORD I almost started crying. The precious baby girl wants me to hold her hand when we walk through the gates of heaven. She said I'd be 112 when she's 110 (I'm okay with this tiny math discrepancy), and then we can both go to heaven together.

We then went to bed. I let her sleep with me since her daddy had to work super late. That didn't last very long; Jordan kept waking up and I was afraid she'd wake up too from all the noise, so I carried her to her own bed. Plus, she'd already elbowed me in the face twice and knocked a candle off our headboard (she is a crazy sleeper just like her dad!!).

I was up what seemed like all night long with Jordan. I think it's the medicine he is taking right now for his sinuses that makes him all jittery and unable to sleep. I woke up EXHAUSTED and frustrated. But when I think about last night and how awesome my kids were, it makes it all worth it. I woke up at 5:30 so that I could get me, Jordan, and Ali all ready for the day, go to Walmart to pick up baby food to send to the daycare, and show up to work on time, but really, what do I have to complain about?? I'm so blessed.