From one tooshie to the next

So yesterday my MIL picked bubby up from school and bubz was in a MOOD! whoa-total cranky pants. Fred (in case you haven't ready my very first post introducing my boys- Bubby is our first and Fred -his nickname was given to him by his big bro- Fred is our newly 2nd son) was not napping well and was waking early so I knew it was going to be an afternoon to remember. Bubby was so clingy - I automatically think is he sick now too? (Fred has been sick since Monday so it has been a week here in the Derrico crib.)

Then I hear him calling "Mom"- but in the way that I know he needs something that isn't going to be so fun. Yeah- you know what I mean. So keep in mind that Bubby is newly 5 and is still mastering "wiping his toosh" all by his lonesome. But there are times when, well he needs help. (Not the most fun duty of being a parent but one that you suck up.) So I "helped" bubby get cleaned up and then Fred was up and crying...so I run up to his room and can smell that he is going to need help as well. So as I wipe Fred's lil almost 6 month tooshie I realize that I need to remember this moment when my boys still need me. Yes, there are times when I swear the looney bin bus is ready to pick me up- Hedoublehockeysticks- I want to call them myself at times! And as a mom/parent you can go from the wee hours of the morn to so late at night running then crashing without a thanks and you sometimes feel like not really a person. But then you look at their faces so innocent, so beautiful, and you forget about those yucky moments and carry on because you are a proud parent. My boys are sprinkled and I have a feeling that they will become individuals that leave their mark in this world. (Can you tell that I am a proud mama?)

Anyway, my point- right now they need me to wipe their tooshies and tears: Fred is completely attached to me for the obvious reasons-he's a baby and I have boobs; 'nough said. Bubby well, he needs me but his independence grows more with each day. Before I know it, Bubby will be getting on a bus, driving a car, going off to college and starting his own family and Fred will soon follow...So, in this moment and for the near future I am thankful that I get to go from one tooshie to the next!