*Mika, Joe, Elijah and Madi Jo spend Saturday morning together. Enjoy! Love • Bree 😇*

January 7th, 2023

10am

Today is a beautiful sunny day in Jupiter, Florida. It is finally the weekend again so Mika and Joe can't wait to relax at home and be with their kids.

As a New Year's resolution, Mika and Joe have been waking up at 3:30 every morning to work out at their gym downstairs before doing Morning Joe for four hours! Mika and Joe have done it for the first six days of this year but failed today.

Mika isn't too mad about it since today is Saturday and she and Joe usually slept in during the weekends, especially now since she and Joe have two young kids.

Mika and Joe have two year old Elijah and a one month old, Madeleine "Madi Jo"

Mika slowly wakes up and realizes Joe isn't next to her, but Meatball the cat is. Mika then lifts up her arm to look at her Apple Watch to reveal the time: 9:44am.

Mika hasn't slept in this long in a while with having a newborn and everything else going on, however she is thankful to get some much needed rest.

"Good morning, Meat. Are you a good boy? Are you Mama's good boy?" Mika says to Meatball as she pets him and gives him a kiss on the forehead.

"Meow." Meatball says to Mika, causing her to smile.

"I guess Daddy and Elijah are downstairs but the house is too quiet for that. Let's go see what baby sister is doing before we see what the boys are doing. But Mama needs to go to the bathroom first." Mika says to Meatball.

"Meow." Meatball says to Mika as he purrs.

"Good boy, Meatball." Mika says softly to her Maine Coon.

Mika gets up out of bed and walks over to the bathroom before walking back over to the bassinet.

Mika looks down into the bassinet and sees baby Madi Jo, wrapped up in her pink swaddle slowly waking up.

*Madi's pajamas*

"Good morning, sweet girl! Good morning, princess! Hi! Did you sleep good?" Mika says to Madi in a babyfied voice as she unwraps Madi out of her swaddle and picks her up.

Madi coos and then yawns, causing Mika to chuckle.

"Big yawn, baby girl! Daddy must have filled your tummy up with a yummy bottle, huh? Let's see, Daddy fed you at 6:30, so you will be getting hungry soon!" Mika says, kissing Madi Jo's cheek.

Mika takes Madi Jo into her nursery to change her diaper before going back into the master bedroom to get her iPhone.

"Let's go find Daddy and big brother! Come on, Meatball!" Mika says as she, Madi Jo and Meatball all walk downstairs.

Mika, Madi Jo and Meatball walk down the steps and they hear Elmo's voice on the television in the living room.

Welcome to Grouchland! Welcome to Grouchland! Welcome to Grouchland!

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is playing on the television while Joe and Elijah are both fast asleep in the recliner covered up in a blanket that Mika's goddaughter made. Joe is shirtless and so is Elijah. Elijah has started to copy Joe and wants to not wear a shirt either.

Joe is slightly snoring while Elijah is laying on Joe with a blue pacifier in his mouth.

Meatball walks over to his cat tree to take his first nap of the day while Madi Jo and Mika walk over to Joe and Elijah.

Mika smiles brightly at the sight of her two favorite boys together and snaps a picture to post on her Instagram page later.

Mika begins to rub Joe's head softly and Joe begins to stir in his sleep.

"Hey sleepy." Mika says softly as she continues to play with Joe's thick salt and pepper hair.

Joe groans while he wakes up, realizing his thirty three pound two year old is fast asleep on him.

"Meek? What time is it?" Joe asks Mika softly.

"Hey. And it's 10:05. Madi and I just woke up about fifteen minutes ago." Mika says softly as she turns her body so Joe can look up at a wide awake Madi Jo in her arms.

"Hey, princess. Did you sleep good?" Joe asks Madi Jo in a babyfied voice and Madi Jo coos back at him.

Mika and Joe smile at each other before they both look at Madi Jo. Madi Jo begins to happily coo again.

"Such a pretty girl just like her Mama." Joe says, causing Mika to blush.

"I see our little guy fell asleep again." Mika says as she watches Elijah peacefully sleep in his dad's strong arms.

"Mhm. He woke me up at around five am and wouldn't go back to asleep. He was wide awake, ready to play, ready to roll." Joe says as Mika giggles.

"He must be used to us waking up early for Morning Joe and for our very early workouts we have been doing." Mika says as Joe nods.

"I was gonna try and work out but Elijah really wanted to play with his new play kitchen." Joe says as Mika smiles.

"See, I told you he would love it and play with it a lot!" Mika says with some sass at Joe.

"You are always right, babe." Joe says, causing Mika to smirk.

"I see the TV is on. Did you two watch cartoons?" Mika asks Joe and he nods.

"Well, not cartoons but you know, kid shows. We watched mostly Sesame Street and some Bear in the Big Blue House. And then, Elijah had to watch the Elmo in Grouchland movie and the minute we put it on we both fell asleep." Joe says to Mika.

"Boys. So typical." Mika says with some sass causing Joe to playfully roll his eyes.

A few seconds later, Elijah begins to wake up and looks at Mika and Joe.

"Mama. Daddy." Elijah says softly before he yawns and his pacifier falling on Joe's chest.

"Good morning again, little man. We fell asleep!" Joe says as Elijah sits up and putting his pacifier back in his mouth.

"Hi, baby! Did you take a nap with Daddy?" Mika asks and Elijah nods, rubbing his eyes.

"Look, who I have! Your baby sister." Mika says as she smiles at Elijah and Madi before kissing Madi's cheek.

"Adi Jo Jo!" Elijah says with his pacifier in his mouth as Joe smiles at Madi while Madi coos again.

"Madi is saying hello to you! She says hi, Elijah!" Mika says on a babyfied voice, waving Madi's little arm.

"Adi!" Elijah says with his pacifier in his mouth still.

"Do you want to put your pacifier away for now?" Joe asks Elijah and he shakes his head no.

Joe and Mika worked very hard to stop Elijah's pacifier use and he didn't use it for a few months, but after Bamba died this past summer, he wanted to use it again. Joe and Mika have been trying to figure out when to start the process again but for now they are letting it be.

"That's okay. You can keep it for now. Are you hungry? I know Daddy is." Mika says with a winks and Joe smirks back at her.

"Uh huh!" Elijah says with excitement.

"Okay, let Daddy get up and I'll make all of us something to eat. Madi is getting hungry too." Joe says and right on coo, Madi begins to fuss.

"Shh shh shh, it's okay! It's okay! We are going to make you a bottle!" Mika says, rocking Madi and she calms down for now.

Elijah climbs out of the recliner chair and hugs Mika's legs. Mika smiles down at him and rubs his back.

Joe than gets out of the recliner chair and walks over to Mika, Madi and Elijah. Mika smiles and hands Madi to Joe. Joe smiles at Madi and kisses her cheeks, causing Madi to coo happily.

"I'll make Madi's bottle first and then our breakfast. By the way, you look very sexy this morning." Joe says with a smirk at Mika before he kisses her twice.

"Joe!" Mika says, playfully smacking Joe.

"Sexy!" Elijah says, causing Joe to bust out laughing.

"Elijah, don't say that word!" Mika says sternly causing Elijah to laugh.

"He doesn't know what it means, baby." Joe says as he giggles at Mika.

"I know, but it looks bad for a toddler to say that word." Mika says to Joe.

Elijah begins to do a little dance, a dance he does when he has to go to the bathroom.

"Do you have to go potty? Come on, let's go!" Mika says as she quickly walks over to Elijah and takes him to the bathroom.

While Mika helped Elijah in the bathroom, Joe begins to make Madi's bottle.

Madi lays her head on Joe's chest and begins to grab at Joe's chest hair.

"Ouch, princess. Your bottle is almost done!" Joe says, kissing Madi's forehead.

Joe finishes making Madi's bottle and begins to shake it, getting it ready for her to eat.

Mika and Elijah both return from the bathroom and Elijah happily runs over to Joe.

"Did you go potty like a big boy?" Joe asks Elijah.

"Ya!" Elijah says proudly to Joe.

"Good boy!" Joe says with a proud smile.

Mika then walks over, smiling at Elijah, Joe and Madi.

"I'll feed her, baby. So you can make all of us breakfast." Mika says as Joe hands Madi and her bottle to her.

Mika kisses Madi's cheek before she puts the bottle in Madi's mouth. Madi begins to happily drink her bottle, causing Mika and Joe to both smile.

Joe and Mika kiss each other before Joe spanks Mika's butt, causing Mika's cheek to blush.

"Charles Joesph." Mika says with a smirk.

"Yes, Mika Emilie Leonia." Joe says with a smirk back.

"Behave, mister." Mika says, winking at Joe before she sits down on the couch with Madi in her arms and feeds her.

Joe walks back into the kitchen and he begins to make pancakes and bacon for himself, Mika and Elijah.

Elijah happily walks over to Joe and Joe smiles down at him.

"Do you wanna help me make breakfast?" Joe asks Elijah.

"Uh huh!" Elijah says as he get excited, jumping up and down.

Joe grabs the step stool, sitting it next to him and Elijah climbs up, happily standing next to Joe.

Joe puts some pancake batter on the frying pan and Elijah curiously watches.

"It cooking!" Elijah says, posting at the pancake in the frying pan.

"The pancake is cooking. We don't touch it it while it's cooking okay?" Joe says and Elijah nods.

"Let's flip this pancake together! Ready? One, two three!" Joe says as he and Elijah flip the pancake carefully.

"Woah!" Elijah says as he giggles.

"Whose pancake is this one?" Joe asks as he places the pancake on the plate.

"Mine!" Elijah says with a cheeky grin.

"What about the next one?" Joe asks Elijah.

"Mama!" Elijah says, giggling loudly.

"Hey, what about me?" Joe asks Elijah.

"After Mama!" Elijah says and Joe smiles as he and Elijah flip another pancake.

Mika giggles at Elijah and Joe's adorable interaction together, happy to have this incredible life.

"You have a silly big brother and daddy, huh?" Mika says as she kisses Madi's forehead.

"Mama! Breakky done!" Elijah says, running over to Mika and hugging her.

"It is? Mmm, it smells good! I'm going to burp Madi and then we will come in." Mika explains to Elijah.

"Okay, Mama!" Elijah says giving Madi a kiss on the head and then Mika a kiss on the lips before running back over to Joe.

For the rest of the day, Joe, Mika, Elijah and Madi Jo spent much needed time together as a family! :)

*Picture of Joe and Elijah both sleeping in the recliner together*
mikabrzezinski Woke up to my two favorite guys sleeping together 😇❤️

*Picture of Joe and Elijah cooking in the kitchen. Joe has a robe on and Elijah is shirtless*
mikabrzezinski Elijah is being such a big helper! He loves to cook breakfast! Flipping the pancakes and putting the bread in the toaster are his favorite things to do 😂

*Picture of Mika, Madi Jo and Meatball all cuddling on the couch.*
mikabrzezinski While @joescarborough and Elijah cook, Madi Jo and I are getting some cuddles in with Meatball right by our side 🥰