Monday, February 8, 2010

Jake is 23 today.


I was 23 when I had Jake.  That was 23 years ago today. 


I was a baby when I had my baby.



I had no idea what I was doing.



This little fella taught me the meaning of unconditional love. 



I'll never be able to explain the feeling in my gut about this wonderful boy.



He taught me how to be a mom.



I know it's Jake's birthday, but I'm the one who received the greatest gift.

8 comments:

Dusti said...

Awe. Happy B-day, Jake.

SPT said...

You may have thought you had no idea what you were doing, but look at those smiles on his face when he was a boy. You were doing everything perfectly.

Unknown said...

I have 3 girls. I wanted girls. But I sure wish I had the love of a son.
Happy B-day jake.

angie128 said...

Jake is a cutie patootie.

Love the life preserver trike picture.

mel said...

This brought tears to my eyes. The last pic is fantastic.

Jan, David, Rose and Grace said...

What a sweet post, Judi. :-)

sherri s. said...

How sweet, and may I just say--in a non-creepy way--what a handsome young man! Good job, Juju!

And: my verification word is: "nuckes." Ha!

Sherri said...

BTW, JuJu, the recipe for the de-lay-shus root vegetable chowder is here:

http://www.culinate.com/books/collections/all_books/Vegetable+Soups+From+Deborah+Madison*27s+Kitchen/winter_vegetable_chowder

it's from Deborah Madison's Soups book. We live by her Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, and this book is just as nice. Bon appetit!