Jonah's Eight!

Jonah turned 8 on December 8th in 2008.  

He's smart, handsome, very gifted athletically,(he's never tried a sport that he wasn't good at), sensitive, nurturing towards Ezekiel, manipulative, difficult, sly, crafty, quite witty, humorous, and a wonderful conversationalist.  

When he was born it was sincerely the happiest day of my life (so far).  Perhaps I shouldn't say that, but it was.  I had been terrified of dying when he was born because I'd almost died when Jackson was born.  I went into the operating room for my C-section at 8 am on December 8, 2000 wondering if I was getting ready to go to heaven.  I know that sounds ridiculously dramatic, but I'm serious when I say that I wondered if this time around I wasn't going to be so fortunate.  Obviously the Lord knew of my terror and anguish and he used my two year old son Jackson to comfort me.  I was packing my bag to go to the hospital, praying while I packed. Jackson, who was playing with some cars down by my feet, looked up at me while I was packing and said: "Mom, it's going to be OK." 

"What's going to be OK?" I asked.  He just repeated "Mom, it's going to be OK."  Then, he went back to playing with his cars.  

God had used the mouth of babes to speak to one anxious mama.  He still speaks to me through my children.  He speaks to me through His Word.  He speaks to me in my spirit.  I'm so grateful that He still speaks!  

Jonah's birth healed a part of me that had been deeply wounded 2 years, and 9 months earlier.  Jonah was a joy as a baby.  He was so easy!  He was by far the easiest baby of my four boys!  He was always happy.  Jonah is a mama's boy, and to put it simply I'm crazy about him!!!  He loves me in such a special way.  He's very quiet about it.  One wouldn't notice if they weren't really looking, but in the times when no ones around, he comes to me, checking on me, opening up to me, complimenting me, just loving me.  He's so tender about it.  He won't even do it if Marshall's around.  He's a private person.  Most people in his life really don't know him very well because he doesn't let them know him.  He's guarded.  I'm not all together sure why, but he just is.  He doesn't reveal anything that he doesn't have to.  He's SO precious to me!  He's a treasure, and now.................he's eight!