Well Jacob you have been in our lives for 11 weeks now.  I can't believe how fast the time has gone by, yet in some ways it seems as though time has stood still.  Right now it is about 8:15 and I just put you down to sleep.  As I was rocking you to sleep tonight I was thinking about how fast you are growing and I was cherishing that moment we had together as you were asleep in my arms and I was holding you tight.  Before I know it you will be too big for me to rock you to sleep and I want to cherish each moment I have with you, especially while you are so little.  While holding you tonight I was thinking about why I love you so much.  Here are some of the things I thought about.

I love the way you look when you are sleeping in my arms...I love watching you sleep in your basinette (which you are still in because I can't even think about putting you in your crib right now)...I love the way you stretch out when you wake up, you stretch every part of your body including your mouth and eyebrows!...I love the way you breathe heavily when you are hungry and I can't feed you fast enough...I love the way you cry ( I know I won't always say that, but right now, I love the way that sounds...but I don't let you cry for very long)...I love the way you smile when you see your daddy...I love the way you grunt when you are on your tummy because you don't really like tummy time right now...I love the little (loud) noises you make when you are about to wake up, I think my favorite is the clearing of the throat sound...I love the way you hold on to me as I am burping you over my shoulder...I love how you are so happy in the morning and wake up with a smile on your face...I love to watch you watching your bear mobile in your basinette, you watch the bear go around in a circle and you think it is the greatest thing in the world, you can watch them for a long time and be completly content...I love how you are starting to laugh...I love you cooing, you sound like a perfect angel...I love to rub your ears and head as you are nursing...I love it when you get frustrated because you can't find your food source when you've let go during nursing and you move your head back and forth quickly in search of it...I love staring at you all the time...I love staring at pictures of you...I love to see you playing with your daddy, that brings a smile to my face...I love it when you sleep with your arms in a "touchdown" position...I love the loud sound that comes from your bottom when you go poo poo, there is no doubt when you have gone #2...I love the snort sound you make...I love it when you put the soles of your feet together when I'm changing your diaper...I love all the faces you make when I have the nose picker and am trying to pick a winner from you...I love how your hair is falling out and when I pick you up from you basinette there is hair all over your sheets...I love it that I know the difference between your cries and know what to expect from you now (well most of the time anyway)..I love it when your pinky toe gets in the way when I am trying to put on your socks...I love it when you spit your pacifier halfway out and then suck it right back in...I love it when you smile at me and give me that big gummy grin...

There are so many other things I love about you, but didn't write.  I know eventually I will look back on this blog and miss all these little things about you, but I know that with each passing day I will find more and more things to love about you.  You are my precious gift from God and I thank Him everyday for bringing you into my life.  I will always love you and do anything for you, without you even having to ask.  I thank God that I am able to stay home with you to watch you grow and not miss a moment of your little life.  I look forward to seeing what God has in store for our family and for you especially, but until then I am going to treasure every moment I have with you.  I love you my little angel.

Mommy and Daddy love you!