How Lucky Am I?!

Well, more blessed than luck actually! Just wanted to share a couple of things real quick.

Yesterday Jake had his 6 month check up, (can you believe it!), and everything went great. He weighed 17 lbs. 12 oz. (50th percentile), he is 27 1/2 in. long (80th percentile), and his head measured in the 80th percentile as well. She said that he'll be long and lean! Everything else checked out just perfect and she even told us that Jake is ahead of the game as far as milestones go. She almost couldn't believe that he knew how to sit up and keep himself balanced and was blown away to see that he's on the verge of crawling! I think her exact words were "Yep, that's MY baby!" Ha ha! We just feel so blessed to have had such a healthy, and happy, baby! The shots are always a little hard. He just doesn't see them coming! :( But he literally cried for 30 seconds or so and was back to his bubbly self! I love being a mommy and I know that Colby feels the same way about being "Dada." I was talking to my friend Robyn, who's preggers, about pregnancy and having a brand new baby and I was telling her how people always tell you what a different more intense kind of love you have for this little baby. And it's so true. Trying to describe it to her was impossible just because there's nothing that even compares to that love. I've become a "Mama bear" in a way just because I am so protective of him! It's like God programs, (for lack of a better word), that mommy gene inside your heart even before the baby gets here. I was so nervous before Jake was born, I wanted to be the best mommy for him that I could be. Those are just some of your last thoughts before the baby arrives, but as soon as the nurse laid him on my chest it just hit me. Like I knew that everything was going to be perfect and that I WOULD be a good mommy, with help from my mom and of course Jesus. Thank you Lord for our sweet Jake and for him being healthy and most of all happy. We don't know what we'd do without him!

Ok, now the other huge blessing(s). This morning I had to be up bright an early at 6:00 a.m. to go get my wisdom teeth taken out. Yes, I was a little behind on doing it and therefore they had grown in so badly that the surgeon had to put me "under" because of the pain/preciseness they had to have taking them out. Basically my bottom right one was laying right on top of a nerve and they were afraid that if I moved or they moved that it would accidentally get cut or torn and I'd be left with no feeling on the right side of my face! Very scary for me to hear! But all went well, the Lord was watching out for me. :) And...even though Colby had to be back at work today, he stayed home this morning to watch Jake while I was gone. I'm just so proud of the daddy and husband that he is, it seems like there are too many disconnected fathers out there these days and I feel SO blessed to have one of the best ones. THE BEST one in my heart. :) So, my wonderful mom took me up to the surgery since I wasn't allowed to drive myself home. It's amazing how she will drop anything to be there for one of us and yet wants nothing in return. Her and my dad have had a very busy week and even though she was tired and busy she still went out of her way to make me comfortable. I can only pray that I can be half of the mother to my babies that she is to Matt, Colby, and I. Colby, mom, dad, and Matt were such a huge blessing today. They basically waited on me hand and foot so that I would be in as little pain as possible. Dad filled my prescription and mom fed Jake and brought me some chicken soup, Colby sat and rubbed on me and snuggled, he ran some errands that we had to have done that I would normally do, and Matt made me the BEST chocolate shake at lunch and played and played with Jake all day! I feel like I've hit the Family Jackpot. I feel so undeserving of their love sometimes. But for some reason God placed me with them and I am SO thankful! Family absolutely means everything to Colby and I and when we go to bed at night we always talk about blessed we are. I know we wouldn't be the people that we are without such an amazing example of what a family should be. Granted, we're not perfect and have never claimed to be, but the good things in me are from them.

We can't wait to see what the Lord has planned for our lives. We already feel so lucky and it's hard to believe that life could get any better! I pray that you all have that in your own lives, and if you don't then I will pray that you will. God bless!