Michael's Shadow

Michael and I decided to hang out with Jakey in his room for a bit, like we always do. I put Michael on the bed and was watching Jakob play for a while.  When I turned back to look at Michael, I found him staring at the wall next to him. The wall was only a few inches from him. I wondered what had caught his attention and discovered it was his own shadow! His big head and cute little pokey-baby ears were so fascinating, nothing could break his attention. He reached his chubby little hand out several times to try and man-handle that little shadow, and as simple as it may sound to others, it was the most adorable thing in the world to me.

Michael screams with delight. He laughs when I catch my breath in surprise and say, "Ma, ma, ma!" His favorite chew toys are his right foot and then his left foot. The little boy is starting to roll! I put him on the bed in a barricade of pillows & came back to find he had escaped! Rolled right over the top of them. Now I can't trust that boy on an open bed. Here we go! He sticks his tongue out when you lift him up over your head and coos into a giggle when coming down. His cry still just breaks my heart. Even when he's in pain it's never a full blown scream. More of a questioning whimper... how could you do this to me?

Jakey is my little sweet-heart. He likes nursery, helping me cook breakfast and lunch, watching Super Why, sugar on his branflakes, wrestling with Michael (naughty!), Toy Story 2 & 3, saying the prayer, playing with "cun-gins", saying "okay", and, best of all, snuggling with mommy right before bed.  I have a little routine snuggle session with Jakob where I begin by asking if he knows where Jesus lives; to which he answers, "Okay!" Then we take ourselves on a little adventure... up past the fan, through the ceiling, through the roof, up into the trees and into the sky where the birds fly, past the sun, and the moon, and the stars... WAY up there! Then if we pray really, really hard... Jesus will come back down past the stars, the moon, and the sun... etc... past the fan... and be right here with you!

Jake positively loves this little poem we invented, and especially having one on one time.  I admit, sometimes I get a little choked up thinking about how quickly my baby is growing.  How one day, I'm going to look back on these days and wish I could just pick up my little boys and snuggle into them and have them love me back the way I love them.  My greatest wish is that my babies will grow into my best pals, then my best friends, then... well, then I suppose I could just die and not think a thing of it, cause all my wishes will have come true! Besides, who wants to get really old any way?