Monday, May 18, 2009

How can my baby be 6?

Tomorrow my firstborn will be 6 years old. How can this be?

It feels like yesterday we were coming home from the hospital. I was sitting in the backseat hovering over his tiny little body strapped in the car seat, worried that his head flopping around would cut off his airway. We then spent a few weeks trying to figure out how to hold him right, how to put his diaper without getting peed on, worrying about how much he was eating and/or spitting up, watching him sleep,putting my hand on his back to make sure he was breathing (um...Ok, I still do that...)
Whew!
anyway...back from memory lane...

Tomorrow that little baby will be 6. Oh, my...do we have our days. He's a lot like his Momma and we can really butt heads. However, he is sweet, loving, strong willed and determined, but I am so thankful for every day I spend with him. Everyone thinks their own kids are great, but he really is a special little guy. He is an energetic, emotional and easygoing fella, and sometimes it's all at once.

Here in a nutshell is my boy.

Jack is:

A Worker


A helper




A Brother


A Cousin


A Runner


A Napper (thank you, God!)


A shooter


An adventurer (who else would bring a green pistol(stuffed in his shorts...because you never know!!)


An athlete


A Planner (that traffic jam was a day long adventure!)


And my Baby.


We love you, Sweet Boy! Thank you for 6 years of blood, sweat and tears.(ours and yours!) We are so thankful for you, and pray for many, many more!

9 comments:

Christiana said...

So sweet! I can't believe I haven't posted anything about our birthday boy yet, and it was ten days ago! I also can't believe they got this big so fast

Amy said...

I remember getting the phone call away at college the day he was born. I was so sad not to be there, yet so excited to meet this little baby everyone was looking forward to meeting. He was finally here!! I cannot believe that Jack is 6 years old now. He's such a great kid and so loving to Henry. I look forward to many more great memories with him (and of course, you guys too)!

Ooogah said...

CONGRATS TO MY LITTLE BUDDY! He IS EVERYTHING Mom & Dad describe and MORE. He is a FIRE FIGHTER M O L L I E!!!!!
Love,
Ooogha

Autryville said...

He's precious. We love him so much!!

just4ofus said...

Oh! You make me teary! And we all know how hard that is!! I want to stop time too! Jack is the best! Good post!

KLK'S Blog said...

Happy Birthday Jack!!!!!

Bloggy Mama said...

Awwww... Happy birthday, Jack!!

LIsa Turner said...

Great post Mollie! Happy Birthday Jack.....6 years old! WOW! I remember when you were just a wee little baby. Oh, and I was thinking the same thing as Billy....he is a fire fighter! We love you guys!

Damselfly said...

Hey, that's great! Hope he had a happy birthday. What a cute little John Deere he's got there.