we're going to be friends

jack and his cousin are best friends. we don't get to see them as often as we'd like, but i think that will always be the case unless they're living next door. (which isn't likely to happen anytime soon since they're moving to france for two years).

jack and ava have always gotten along. ALWAYS. jack loved her so much when she was a baby and as she's gotten older, she's followed every move he makes. they're almost exactly a year apart. steve says there will come a time when it'll get weird because he's a boy and she's a girl, but right now, they're best friends.

jack used to be a biter. (i'll defend my kid to the death about this too.) but one of these times involved ava. she was at jack's babysitter for the day while my sister was out of town. another little girl at the sitter's was getting into ava's diaper bag while she was napping. according to the sitter, he gave off warning signs that he was upset; yelling and crying, like "bitch, step away from my cousin's stuff or i'll bite you." and he did.

ava (and beckett and tracy) are coming to town tomorrow. we haven't seen them in three months. jack's been counting down for days. the other night before bed i asked j what he was thankful for. "i'm thankful it's only four more days until ava is here."

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