No Place Else I Would Rather Be

I have to admit that I have been thinking about how long it will be before Steeven will not need/want me or Wade to stay in his room until he falls asleep. He does share a room with Carter so I feel better knowing he is not alone, but still I wonder how long?
It is true that most of the time what I am thinking about is what else needs to be done while I sit on the floor on the boys' room, or what might be on television. I won't lie, I have tried to leave after kissing them good night or even sneak out while they are still awake. Neither usually work.
Tonight started out the same way. Wade is working so I am putting the four to bed, no big deal. I am brushing Steeven's teeth as I am giving the girls instructions, "I am getting your brother ready for bed so you need to also get ready and then if I am not back down before you are done then read." I come upstairs with Steeven and help Carter finish in the bathroom then tell him something similar, "Go downstairs and brush your teeth then come back up for bed." Bless his little heart as he tries to get to stay up longer, "If Steeven isn't asleep yet should I still come in or just wait?" Gotta love him! "I think it would be just fine for you to come on in so you can get to bed too." So I tuck Steeven in and give him lots of kisses then say goodnight and walk out of the room. As I am leaving he says "sit" in Haitian, as I continue my walk he is letting me know this is not what he wants, so I say, "Do you want mommy to sit?", "Yes, sit.", what can I say to that right? So I sit, I have made progress from laying in his bed to sitting beside his bed to where I sit now, right by the door. All he really wants is to know that I am there, he is totally fine with me being on the other side of the room now, I mean really he can't even see me, just a blob of me without his glasses on. Now, Wade is another story. Most nights Wade has to either be in bed with him or be touching him in some way, go figure. Anyway, as I am sitting by the door Carter comes and so I tuck him in and give both boys more kisses and say goodnight, I dont' even try to leave this time, just assume my post again. This time while I was sitting I felt God telling me, "What could be more important than this?".
What could be more important than this? That is a good question, especially for a "busy" person like myself. I think I need to be doing something all the time, checking off my list, getting things done, etc, etc, etc. It's not just at night, but all day long really. I guess it is the draw back to working at home, all kinds of things surround me. Clean there, rearrange this, finish that, laundry, dishes, blah, blah, blah. Oh you are at home so you have time to........ Really, in my heart of hearts, what I deep down want to be doing is spending time with Steeven like I did my other kids, not caring for other people's kids at the same time. I have great kids at daycare, don't get me wrong, but he has never really had quality time with me like he deserves. Does he know that this is his house and his toys and his food and his family and it just happens that other kids come Mon-Fri so mommy can earn money? Jordyn, Abby and Carter do, but does Steeven? Well, this is a tangent I didn't know I would get on, sounds like it could be a post in itself.
So, getting back on track, God really made me think tonight. Why are other things so important, why do I need to check off my list and move on to the next thing? Until Steeven fell asleep I just sat there looking at the two boys, my two boys, knowing that there was no place else I wanted to be at that very moment.

I was going to end there, but then the girls did something that made me smile so of course I have to share it!
After the boys were asleep I went back downstairs to the girls' rooms. Here they both sit in Jordyn's room looking through American Girl magazines just talking away to each other. When I tell them it is time for bed Jordyn says, "I wish Abby could sleep in here tonight". So I said, "That's fine" and Jordyn smiles from ear to ear. "Oh this is so exciting, this is awesome, it'll be great, oh I should go help Abby bring her stuff in." Wow, if this is all it takes to get them this excited I have got it made, for now anyway. I remember having sleepovers with my friends when I was young, especially Amy, and we would talk forever. I just had brothers, but my girls have each other and that is so wonderful. Abby said the other day that a kid in her class was lucky because he was the only kid at his house and Jordyn said, "That would be boring", then Abby agrees and they start playing together.
I just think it is great that God lets me see that they really do love each other and having them this close together hasn't messed them up too bad, ha ha.