14 Months

Jake,

I find myself using the same two words to describe you these days...big boy. It's amazing to see how far you have come in your little life so far.






You are such a good boy. We must say it a lot to you because you've picked up on it and we'll hear you every now and then say "good boy." And you just have the biggest smile on your face!






You LOVE being outside and want to be out as much as you can! We've been so thankful for the nice weather and for you to be able to be out so much. You like to go out and ride on your little four wheeler. And now that you've really started figuring out how to run you think it's so fun to run after the dogs!

You still love to read all your books. Some of your favorite books are obviously your My Little Animals Book, Elmo and Abby Want to Play puzzle book, and The Little Mouse The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear. And you're funny because sometimes when you're tired you'll go in your room, get a book and lay down in your bed to read!


You've added a few new animal sounds to your vocabulary...which is so cute. And you really know them well, we can ask you what any animal says, (at any given time in the day), and you don't even have to think about it...the sound just comes right out.

You LOVE music, you always have from the day you were born pretty much. And now, any time you hear music, you start dancing. It's SO cute! You also like to sing, (or for mommy to sing). You like when we sing If You're Happy and You Know It. You know how to clap your hands and stomp your feet at the right times and you think it's so much fun.

We've let you start watching your Praise Baby dvd in your room at night. It's probably not a great habit to start, but occasionally, not every night, we let you lay in your bed and watch it. And usually after a few minutes we'll check on you, and you're sound asleep. But that's the only dvd you will let us do that with. It's too sweet.

You also LOVE shoes. You always want to see our shoes or hold your shoes. You've actually started trying to put them on your feet! And when you can't figure out how to get them on, you give them to me and want me to put them on you.

I love looking at life through your eyes. It's all brand new again. I'm so thankful to God for sending us such a sweet angel.