A very special visitor...

Aidan and I were sitting on the couch in the living room, talking to Alex this afternoon. We spend a good 90% of the time in the family room (downstairs) so it's unusual that we spend time in the living room (upstairs). Well, we were sitting next to Michael's table. Aidan kept stealing glances towards the table so I looked to see if the dog or one of the cats was over there -- maybe that's what he was looking at. Nope. Noone was there.

A couple of minutes later, Aidan looks back at the table and he starts grinning one of his huge grins and then he started laughing! Not just a little giggle, but full-out laughing! Now, this is a little strange because normally Alex is the only one that can get Aidan to laugh (I can make him giggle but not usually laugh). So I looked at Alex and he wasn't doing anything to make Aidan laugh -- he wasn't even near Michael's table! So I'm looking at Aidan, trying to figure out what in the world he is laughing at... The only thing remotely funny on the table would probably be Michael's Stitch Angel, but Aidan has seen that hundreds of times and he never found it funny before.

Then it dawned on me... MICHAEL was making Aidan laugh. That is the only explanation I can come up with (well, the only one I want to come up with!). Even now, just thinking about it, hours later, my eyes are filling with tears. I am so touched that Michael decided to make his presence known today. And to his baby brother, of all people. I am so proud of both my sons. I'm proud of Michael for watching over Aidan and doing such a good job of it. And I'm proud of Aidan for sharing his moments with Michael with Alex and I. Sometimes I think that Aidan is able to communicate with Michael better than Alex and I because his soul is still so pure.

I can only imagine the faces Michael was making at Aidan or the "inside jokes" he was telling. And, you know what? I'm glad I don't know exactly what he was doing or saying. I'm glad that they, as brothers, have such a special bond. Today, I feel so blessed. So content. So proud. I feel like the luckiest Mommy in the world.

My sons are the best!