Thinkin' time...

All week I have been in a funk. I don't quite know how else to explain it, but if you have ever been there, you know what I am talking about. Several things contributed to it, but none are exactly the cause. I have been a little sick, and a little busy, and a little down. Anyway, the good news is, today I started to feel like my old self again. I still skipped the gym, but I did get dressed, made a batch of cookies with Jaxon before we even left the house for music time at the mall, and made tortilla soup and corn bread when we got back. (if you know me, you would know that I WOULD HAVE to be mostly out of the funk to cook anything, let alone 3 things!) I was productive during nap time, and when Jaxon woke up we played at the park and in the driveway.
I did have a tender mom moment today. I was spraying off the front porch and Jaxon was playing around me. I said outloud to myself, "I could really use a broom..." next thing I know, Jaxon comes running around the corner with a broom he found in the garage. He said, "Here go Mom. Here's your broom!" I don't know why it struck me like it did, maybe because he is getting so big, and also because it was thoughtful. I showed him what I was going to do with it (Mostly because I couldn't spray the junk out, and sweep it at the same time) and HE DID IT! I'm telling you, he fully swept all the crud I sprayed- into the grass or the rocks at the street. I was so impressed. He kept saying, "I'm just doin' my job mom!" and, "Mom, I'm your special helper? Mom! I'm your special helper!"
Where did my little baby go? It made me reminsce a little, so here is a bit of my stroll down memory lane! Every time I look at pictures of Jaxon as a baby it just cracks me up-- I just don't remember him being that chunky! No one would accuse him of being big these days, but it's like he's been slimming down since the day he was born! (not a bad attribute to have!)