Ohhhh, yesterday I had to stop suddenly, and found that Jared had not buckled up. It was a near disaster.

He was sitting in the very back seat of our van, and we have the middle seat out on the side he was sitting on, so he flew forward all the way to the back of the front seat, where he hit his head. He was on the driver's side, so I felt him hit the back of my seat. I was just sickened by it. I turned around and my first reaction was to yell at him - "YOU NEED TO BE BUCKLED!" Now, I never yell at my kids, seriously. He just said, "Sorry." Then I asked him if he was ok. He had a little red spot on his forehead. I had only been going about 15 mph when I braked, so it wasn't horrible, but still, the potential was there for him to have been really hurt. I was so worried.

He was fine.

That didn't change the fact that I freaked out. As soon as we got to the school, I checked him out thoroughly, and made him tell me how he was feeling about a million times. I said he was fine, and that he was so sorry for not being buckled. I just told him I was sorry I drove off without checking, because I always, ALWAYS check to make sure the kids are buckled. That won't happen again! So then I was so worried still, I called his teacher to have her pay special attention to him in case he got to feeling sore or sick later in the day, so she would call me and let me know. He was fine, of course. I still felt so bad that I had to go pick him up for lunch and have a special lunch date with him to let him know he is my special boy. I love him so much I could just eat him up!

Anyway, I'm just feeling happy to have him. My dear friend, Tammy, had her sweet baby boy a week or so ago. She is amazing, and her baby boy, Jackson, is so darling. What a blessing little boys are. What would we do without them?