Today my one and only is turning 11! Words cannot express how proud I am of him. Sure we go through our struggles, he is a boy and he is eleven after all. I can already tell the man he will become. He will not be easily swayed into something he doesn't want to do. That, I know for sure. I can see how that is a wonderful quality, I just feel the responsibility as a parent to ensure his values are such that he is steadfast in a positive way.
I remember being pregnant with Jake. We were starting to get frustrated thinking that I would never get pregnant, then one day I finally went to the doctor for these bad headaches I had been getting. He ran some blood work, as the medication he wanted me to take is not recommended during pregnancy. I told the doctor that I had "failed" a pregnancy test a few days prior, but he wanted to be safe.
The next day I received a phone call at work telling me not to take the medication as I was pregnant! I had been planning for months a memorable way to announce to Joe when I became pregnant. All those idea's went out the window and I called him right away to give him the news. I later received a dozen roses with the card simply saying "It's a boy!"
It took another 2 months for the regular urine tests to show up positive. Thank goodness we had a good doctor who was on top of things. She ran some tests that showed low progesterone. If she would have missed that, I most likely would have miscarried.
Jake was born one day before his due date, February 18, 1998 at 4:21p.m. I feel very blessed to be Jacob's mom. I can only hope and pray I do this very important duty well.
Blue eyes & blue popsicle slobber
Jake & Simon
Joey, Jake, and giant cookies
Jake & Madeline
Disneyland 2003 with Madison & Tyler
Christmas 2004
Preparing for Pinewood Derby 2005
Disneyland 2006
Jake's Baptism 2007
Jake & Aunt Lori 2008 
Jake & Madeline December 2008 (The closest I have to 2009)
