Being a mother means seeing a child grow and develop from the most intimate perspective. It is the details of a smile or the feeling of soft, plump cheeks under your kiss that bring the sweet feelings of joy and satisfaction to my day to day life.
Let me readily admit, becoming a mother has been the hardest undertaking of my life. I am far from the perfect mother I always dreamed I would be, and often find myself on my knees pleading to know how to teach them to love others and to love the Lord.
Since becoming a mother I am fully aware of my weaknesses and habitually ask Heavenly Father for forgiveness. And similarly enough, for more patients and to be more soft spoken.
But.......
just so I don't forget these precious moments of motherhood, I wrote them down so I can always remember my little boys, as little boys...........
CJ at 2 1/2 years old:
1. The highlight of his day is playing "tackle" with dad every night.
2. Puts his head on my shoulder and says "I wuv you ma ma"
3. Whenever bored, comes to me and says "So, like, what you want do ma ma?"
4. He is a pooping machine, about 4 times a day! Try not to be jealous.
5. Likes to get up on his "ool" (stool) and be my little sue chef.
6. Seems to have acquired all of my expressions, such as, rolling his eyes, as I opened a box of Halloween decorations, exclaiming "oh, beautiful!", and as I was lighting the grill, cautioning "careful, ma ma, careful"
7. Throws anything and everything when upset.
8. Any time we are all together in the family room announces "tine famee home eeneen!" (time for family home evening)
9. Can't go to sleep without his bedtime stories.
Chase at 10 months old:
1. Loves to talk to me in his raspy, growly voice.
2. Looks at CJ with absolute adoration in his eyes.
3. Thinks everything CJ does is just hilarious.
4. Weaned himself at 9 months old, much to my surprise and leaving me feeling very rejected and sad. But got over it quickly thanks to the wonderful ease of bottles, I love those things.
5. When he gets really excited, he traps my face between both hands and with a fully opened, slobbery mouth, attempts to eat me......I love it.
6. Very ticklish and playful. You can always get him to laugh.
7. Can't get enough of him naked right now.
8. He lived in onesies this summer and thus has a prominent onesie farmers tan.
5 comments:
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!!! I have been keeping track of all the beginner cute things Nathan has been doing...my favorite is kissing his chubby cheeks, and he turns his head real fast with his mouth wide open thinking its a baba, then I kiss the other cheek and he hurries and turns the other way with wide open mouth again. I do that several times...then he just plain gets mad. Your boys are so precious! Being a mother is the best!
TUT!
Jody,
You are doing great with your blog keep it up. I loved those stories about C.J. so cute. You sound like a wonderful mother. You will be very happy that you wrote down the cute things he is doing. I hope all is well for your guys in Arizona.
Jon said you and Sarah stopped by! I suffered from tension headaches ALL last week. It was awful. We should get together and have lunch one of these days. Let me know what your schedule is like! Miss seeing ya!
Hey Andrea, what's your blog address, it doesn't show up on your profile. Is it private or something? If so, add us! rogans.michael and rogans.sarah, both at gmail
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