"I'll be there..."

This morning I wake up to find that Farrah Fawcett passed away after a long battle with cancer. I can't imagine her struggle and I hope she has some relief now. Then as we arrive at Ben's parents' house for dinner, I get a voicemail from my sister saying Michael Jackson has died after a cardiac arrest. All scandals aside, he was an incredible entertainer, and so many of his songs remind me of specific times in my life. I always think of how Ben explains why he likes High School Musical so much, because a lot of the songs and dances (mainly Zac Efron's parts) remind him of MJ. I know he had quite the childhood, I hope at some point before his death he was able to feel the comfort only Jesus can bring. I can't wait to play his songs for Thatcher and to try and dance with him to "Thriller." :)
Speaking of Thatcher...I looooove spending every day with him. Of course I find some relief during his nap times, when I can scramble to eat or jump in the shower, but then at night I find myself wanting to go in his room and pick him up just to cuddle. I almost did that last night, but Ben said no :)
I can already tell this summer is going to FLY by. We have wedding 3 of 4 coming up, my birthday, our vacation, 6 month check up and pictures, bridal shower, birthday parties, our 5th anniversary, possible canoe trip, and wedding 4 of 4 just to name a few...yikes! I need to remind myself to sloooow down sometimes, and to always thank God for every moment of every jam packed summer day.

Crazy Wavin'

Before I get to what this post is about let me address that I am attempting to do a blog. So it may be a few posts into it before I let the world know I even have a blog. So for now the only readers are me and Jesus.

Today was Father's Day and it was a really nice day. Ben went into work for like 2 hours before church (crazy I know) and then he opened his crab pj pants from the Shedd Aquarium and High School Musical 3 dvd. Then off to church where my mom's mission trip team was commissioned, lunch at Mattina Cafe with the in-laws, chillaxin' in the afternoon, then dinner with Dzia Dzia (my grandpa).

At 7:30pm we're home and starting cereal with Thatcher as usual. Tonight I added sweet potatoes. Thatcher didn't seem to interested in either tonight. I noticed him looking at his right hand a little more than usual. That made me think of sign language so I did the sign for "more" and he stared at me pretty intently. Then I noticed his hand was open in the "wave" position, palm facing me, so I did the same and waved side to side saying "hi." To my astonishment, he waved back!! It was crazy! He did it for a good 30 seconds while Ben scrambled to find the camera. He stopped for a minute but then did it again for the camera! I told Ben it felt like seeing a dog wave at you, because it's a being that normally isn't able to communicate ya know what I mean? Shortly after he went to bed, but I must say I've never been so excited for him to wake up in the morning so we can try this waving thing again :)