I took Jake's 10 month pictures on the same day as I did Cooper's 4 year pictures. It's still amazing to me that I have two little boys and that one is four and the other is almost one. Life with boys is a beautiful mess, and God knows that I am so thankful for every single messy second of it!
Older child first...
My big boy is now four years old, and what a special little four year old he is! I wonder if he'll ever have any idea how much better our lives are because he's our son. How full he makes our hearts. How crazy he drives me by asking, "Why?" one hundred million times every day and rarely accepts "no" the first time I say it. How he brings me to my knees in prayer because of how inept he can make me feel as a parent. How I wouldn't trade a second of those crazy moments for anything in the world. How much I love the way he says mommy, his laugh, his chubby cheeks, his beautiful blue eyes, his determination, his perseverance, his helpful nature, the way he moves his mouth around when he's concentrating while cutting with scissors, the way he moves A.L.L. over his bed at night and how I giggle when I find him tangled in his sheets in a crazy position with at least one body part hanging off the bed, when he asks us to lay with him at night and always remembers to ask that we check on him, and the list could go on forever. I love this boy so much, and I sometimes wonder if he'll ever have any idea how much. We went through so much to have this child. There were a lot of tears. There were a lot of prayers. And all along God knew that he was going to bless us with this particular child, and the wait, the fear, each hurdle we had to jump, it was all worth it. He was worth it. I learned before he was even born a lot of what a mother's love encompasses, and then that day he was born, I learned a lot more. But the amazing thing about motherhood is the way that love grows with your child. I've thought a million times I couldn't love my children more than I do at that moment, and then I do.
Cooper at 4 days old...
Cooper at 4 months old...
Cooper at 4 years old...
And now to my little Jakey. I wonder the same things about Jake that I do Cooper. Will he ever know how much I love him? How full my heart is because I get to be his mama? How beautiful life is because he's here? I don't think either of my children will ever have any idea how much I love them, but I hope they know that they are my heart. I love them both with every single bit of my being. This little cutie has brought so much joy to our lives. I feel such a peace when I hold him. Everything about him is delightful. His laugh. His excitement. The way he wiggles his feet and toes when he's excited, mad, or concentrating. His peg-legged crawl. How he leans up in his carseat to watch Cooper while we're going places. His adorable 7 teeth. Jake is nothing but a
joy. God gave him the most beautiful little spirit and blessed us beyond measure with this boy.
He has had a big month! I really cannot believe how much he changed in one month! He went from barely crawling at 9 months to crawling like a champ shortly after that 9 month mark. He's learned to crawl to me and hold his arms up really high so that I'll pick him up. He normally has a big smile when he sees me bend down to get him. He is eating more and more solid/real food and less and less baby food (fine by me!) and doesn't really like when I spoon feed him anything. He got two more top teeth this month, which helps with eating more solids. He got the hang of the sippy cup this month and loves to have his cup at meal times now.
He says "Bubba" for Cooper and says it with intention. He says "mama," "mmm" (I think for milk), and "dada," but "Bubba" seems to be the first word he consistently says with intention. This boy loves his bubba too! He lights up when Cooper is around and watches him all the time. He loves for Cooper to play, and he can get quite hyper too! He also says, "aaaaaaa" to get your attention and likes for you to say it back to him. He'll change his tone and volume and keep saying it so it's like you're having some kind of conversation with him! He loves to play with remote controls and phones, and he gets mad and will pound his fists on his legs and say, "AAAA," real mad and loud if you take them away. He's also learned to whine in a similar manner about other things sometimes. This is pretty funny because he's otherwise such a laid back baby; actually it'll only be funny if he only does this occasionally! Cooper can tell you that whining doesn't really work in this house!
He had his first virus this month. It was just a little fever virus that lasted a couple days. We had such a healthy year last year, which I was so thankful for since Jake was so little, but this little virus quickly reminded me how much I hate having sick children. I think I lose at least one year off my life every time they get sick!
A couple little tricks he's learned this month are pretending to cough and clapping his hands. He's started imitating sounds, especially Cooper's, and I think Cooper had been coughing, so Jake started doing it too. Then one day I said, "Oh no, do you have a cough?" and he did it. We all laughed, and I said it again, and he did it again. It's continued, and it still makes us laugh! :) If we say, "Yea, Jake," he'll clap his hands. He holds one hand flat with the palm facing up and brings the other hand down on it. He also gives great high fives. He's at such an interactive age right now. It's amazing how fast they learn and how their personalities develop at this age. I feel like every day is a new adventure with him.
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