My Buddy...

Jaycee is becoming a big girl; physically and every other way.  We see this in so many ways now.  Like right now, I can write this blog because she is playing so nicely with her toys.  In fact, not only does she not need her daddy to play with her, but when I do she gets annoyed when I touch her stuff.  Along with her ability to walk and her latest attempts at conversation, she has definitely gained some independence.  Watching her walk around being a big girl, I found myself wondering: what now?  What do I do?  Being that so much has changed, I probably need to as well.  Which brings me to today's story.

I have a weakness for Carl's Jr.'s Breakfast Burger.  If you haven't had/seen this fast food breakfast marvel, I'll tell you about.  It's a breakfast sandwich with a burger patty!  I love this thing.  Jess has been trying to get me to drop the taste for it, citing its unhealthy aspects, but she has thus far been unsuccessful.  The mixture of breakfast and lunch makes it perfect for me, but I digress.  So I picked one up with Jaycee this morning and brought it home.  With the burger comes an order of hash brown things and a drink.  So we get home and have a seat on the couch.  One of the cool parts about Jaycee getting big is that she can eat more things that we eat. (I know you see where this is going, but first allow me to preface this by saying that Jaycee does not eat fast food, so this was a rare occasion.)  When we eat now, Jaycee is very interested in our food; this was no exception.  So I sat her next to me while I was eating my burger and reached in the bag for a little piece of hash brown.  I handed it to her and she opened her chubby little fingers and took the piece and casually ate, like it was no big deal.  She was so casual about it that she even crossed her legs, leaned back and watched TV!  (Where did the baby go?)  So we both sat there enjoying our breakfast.

I guess what I noticed in those couple of minutes was that I definitely lost the little baby and got a big kid in her place.  But, along with the big kid, I got a buddy.  We spend all day, everyday together and it makes sense that we would be great buddies.  Then I am reminded again of how lucky I am to be home with Jaycee and what a great sacrifice my wife makes to keep it that way.  What a great life to have...