Silly

Your daddy made you a hat at dinner! What do you think? Fancy isn’t it?!?! You are cute, end of story!

Drinking Your Bottle

You did this today! We are trying really hard to get you to hold you own bottle. I’m not sure you are old enough or you could just be lazy! Your daddy snapped this picture really quick because you only did this for a second!

Busy, Busy

I have been such a slacker about blogging your life lately. Too much life has been happening. But you just turned 9 months old and that is huge. Maybe I can find my head and write an update soon. But here are some pictures of your cute self! 

Loving you

This photo is exactly who you are at this moment, and I love it. It's the way I see you everyday and it's beautiful. 

Last night you stayed with Grandma and Grandpa while I went to youth group. As our usual Wednesday custom. I am a high school mentor and love it. Anyways, last night we were talking about the female attributes of God, a topic I love. I got to share about the love I have for you with the girls. I love talking about how much I love you, it makes me get teary but I love it. 

The only way I can describe my love for you is by calling it all encompassing, powerful and ferocious. Not ferocious in a violent way (obviously) but in a non-stoppable way. My love for you will never stop, never run dry, in a way I can't even understand! This way I feel about you is the same way God feels about us. I love that I get a glimpse of His love everyday by having you! You are intensely loved my boy!

Love,

Mommy/ferociously loving!!

I took some pictures of you yesterday and i love them. These are just a few. Look at how amazingly cute you are! 

You and your grandpa

I took this a while back and haven’t had a chance to post it. This is you and your Grandpa wearing matching ADIDAS track suits! Sadly you have grown out of this but it was one of my favorite little outfits you had! You love your grandpa, like you were born knowing he will spoil you! I love that you have four grandparents, who all love you like crazy!!

Love, Mommy/ maybe We should match someday!!

Little Pooper

I'm sorry for this post Jake. But, I had to. These are pictures of you umm...going number 2!!! I guess that puts it politely. It just cracks me up. Look at your little face. It gets so red sometimes, you just push so hard. I have never seen such a pooper in my life! I have seen kids hide and push a little but you, my boy, you struggle through it! At first I thought you must be constipated but no, this is how you always do it. Again I'm sorry Jake but it's too cute and funny! 

An experience with your dog

8 Months of Life

You are now three fourths of a year old! My how the time has flown! Here is what’s new!

You now have 6 teeth! Four on the top and two on the bottom. I think you may be getter more because you have been slightly cranky yesterday and today.

You can crawl and pull up on things when highly motivated! I say highly motivated because you won’t crawl to anyone, you have to want to do it, For a toy or just for your own enjoyment. Oh boy stubbornness!!

You wave hello and goodbye, to everyone! Here’s a little story to go with the statement. We were at the grocery store and had just finished bagging up the groceries. As we were leaving you waved to the clerk who rang up our groceries! I thought that was very sweet and we continued to walk out of the store. You continued to wave at all of the people in line and all of the people checking out their groceries. Everyone looked at us, you waved so matter-of-factly and I said “good bye everyone!”. It could have been a scene straight out of a movie. Everyone was smiling and waving at you. There was a collective “Awww” coming from the whole store! It’s a good thing I’m not shy or that could have been embarrassing! You didn’t think anything of it. “we wave when we say good bye!” I can imagine you thinking. I love your sweet heart!

Ok this next one is a big one! Everyone, rejoice with me!!! You said "Mama" today for the very first time!! You weren’t angry or up set you just looked over at me and said, “Mama”!!! My heart melted and flew all at the same moment! You had been saying “ba-ba” for mama for a while. You say "dada" all of the time, “di-di-da” is your favorite phrase, and you say "woof" for the dog!! You also make the "p" sound in, up! My little talker! I knew you would be, I mean look at your daddy and I, we just talk, talk, talk.

You sleep like a champ (almost 12 hours each night)!!!! You eat well but you aren’t a fan of chicken or refried beans. You love mandarin oranges and fruit of all sorts!

You are a great boy! It’s amazing to watch you grow and learn. I love how everything is new to you, everything is an adventure! What I wouldn’t give to see the world through your eyes! I’m so glad I have the privilege of  introducing you to the world. I love you!

Love,  Mommy/will answer to “mama” or “baba”

Happy 8 Months!!

Happy 8 months my little Jake! Yesterday we busted out a cool new toy. Your Grandma got you this cool tent with play balls and a tunnel that attaches. You had a grand time trying to see if you could fit a ball in your mouth. You don't quite understand that you can crawl through the tunnel but hey, we'll get there! You enjoyed yourself and that's what matters!