The Warren Family: November 14, 2010

Our little boy is growing up and it's difficult to imagine how we managed to live without him. I absolutely love my job and I'm so grateful to have found it but I literally cannot wait to get home at the end of the day to see Jake's smiling face. I wasn't feeling well a couple of weeks ago and Jake knew it so first thing one morning he asked if I was still sick. I told him that I was and he gave me a big hug and a kiss and said... "Bless your heart Mama". I couldn't help but smile.

Jake is still enjoying the ASU football games. In fact... we can't tell him that we're going to a game until we're in the parking lot ready to walk in because if we do he gets so excited he can't take a nap. Some friends came up for a game a couple of weeks ago and Jake showed us that he would have made a great "big brother". Kruz is only 1 1/2 and he has just started walking so he's still wobbly. He was wobbling over into traffic and Jake saw it before anyone else did so he ran over and got in between Kruz and the crowd walking straight toward him and held out his arms to protect him. It was just so precious. Trip and I wish that we hadn't waited so late in life to have a child because we would love to give Jake a baby brother or sister but at our age the risks are too great so we'll count our incredible blessings and be the best parents we can be to our little man. If we were going to only have one child... God gave us the perfect one. He's all we ever hoped for and so much more.

We got to take Jake to his very first Circus last month. That's the great thing about living so close to a university.... there's always something going on and we're always on the look out for things that Jake might enjoy. It was a really good circus and we really enjoyed seeing it through Jake's eyes. Children have a way of making you appreciate things in a whole new way. They had lions, tigers and elephants plus great clowns and amazing acrobats and Jake had a blast! On the way home he asked when we could go again.

We really had some good old-fashioned fun at the Punkin Festival this year. We carved a pumpkin and played games like pumpkin bowling, ring toss and fishing just to name a few. Jake really wanted to try the sack race but we convinced him to wait until next year so that we can practice a little bit.

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving next week. Jake is old enough to enjoy the parades now so I'm really looking forward to watching those with him this year. I thank God every day for my precious child and my amazing husband.... for a wonderful family and great friends... for a fantastic job and a beautiful place to live. I could go on and on and I'm forever grateful. I was just thinking about Thanksgiving just a few short years ago when Trip and I were trying to get pregnant and we got the wish bone from the turkey. We were both wishing for the same thing and just praying that God would bless us by giving us a child. The next Thanksgiving I was very pregnant and got choked up during our prayer when it was mentioned that we were grateful that there would be a high chair at our table the next year. The blessing of Jake is a never ending gift and I'll be thinking of that again this Thanksgiving and every one thereafter.

Happy 33 Month Birthday to Me!